WHAT IS THE RIGHT DIET FOR HYPOGLYCEMIA?
First of all, a diet is very personal. ‘Right’ only means ‘right for you’, so you should find out what diet is appropriate for your condition. It is true that there are several diets that help people to control their hypoglycemic symptoms. All these diets are blood sugar regulating diets and have the following in common: • frequent small meals/snacks, depending on your needs 1.5 to 2 hours; • no sugar, honey, or products containing sugar (check food labels); • no adrenal stimulants as caffeine (found in coffee, coke and diet-coke, black tea), no alcohol, no chocolate (cacao is a stimulant too) and no nicotine; • take care with fruit juice (no more than 1 glass) and high-sugar fruit as dried fruit, bananas or grapes, see Section 4.4; • no other simple carbohydrates as white bread and white flour. Next to these, there are several methods to slow down absorption and even out your blood sugar values even more: • use mixed meals, i.e. combine carbohydrates with proteins/fat, e.g. cracker wi
