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How do deal with a 'hypo' with food?
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How do deal with a 'hypo' with food?

Donna van Zyl, Specialist Diabetic Dietician talks about how to deal with a hypo using food. She talks about the right sort of food and how much to take if you are having a hypo.

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Alright, so looking at a hypo, so a hypo is a low blood sugar under 4 and what needs to be done is quick acting sugars need to be consumed so that we can recover that glucose level to above 4. An example of a quick acting sugar would be your simple sugars and ideally only sugar without any source of fat or protein because that will delay the absorption of the sugar. Examples would include juices or Leukazade or even Jelly Babies or Glucogels. The important thing when looking at treating a hypo is also the quantity of carbohydrate. You would aim for approximately 15 grams to 20 grams of carbohydrate and that would include for example 200 milliliters of juice or four to five jelly babies as an example.

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