Every once in a while I find myself in a position where I am out and about and I exert myself too much, either physcially or mentally, and my blood sugar plumets.
Often I have to wait a half an hour to an hour before I have access to food.
Does anyone know of any good complex carb/protein snack with no sugar that can be carried around in a pocket?
Anyone know of any granola bars with little or no refined sugar?
Posted by Lauralyme (Member # 15021) on :
Nuts would be the best
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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It's best to eat before the blood sugar plummets.
Nuts combined with 73% (or higher) dark chocolate. Emphasis on the nuts. Nuts alone will not pull me out of hypoglycemia as they contain no sugar. You have to have some carbs.
cheese will help in an emergency for me.
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Posted by jamescase20 (Member # 14124) on :
POTATOs
Posted by mandy614 (Member # 16524) on :
Turkey jerky w/low sugar content. Also these nut crackers are really good. www.itsalivefood.com you can order 12 packs.
Posted by lymeinhell (Member # 4622) on :
Hard boiled eggs if you have a small cooler. Nuts would be my next choice also.
Protein is good. In the console of my car, I keep a recloseable bag of roasted sunflower seeds, and sometimes roasted nuts. If I'm going to be away from my car, I put a handful of these in a snack-size zip-loc bag. For car trips, I take a variety of nuts and a little dried fruit for fiber (unsweetened cherries, raisins, unsulphured apricots, etc.)
There are a few snack bars that don't have chemicals. I like Boomi Bars--the almond protein one is my favorite. I get these at my health food store, but I'm sure you can order them online, too.
The almond Boomi Bar contains whey protein, almonds, and honey, but it is not very sweet. They fit in a pocket or purse, and I also keep them in my car for emergencies.
When I've had problems with plummeting blood sugar, like when out for a walk, or on a long siege of erranding, even a few bites of something like a Boomi Bar, or a handful of nuts and a drink of water will help me.
If you have a cooler, there are many more possibilities...those little wrapped cheese sticks or slices and whole-grain crackers like Ry-Vita or Rye-Krisp; hummus or almond butter with crackers or celery; plain yogurt; hard-boiled eggs...
Wishing you the best, Nutmeg
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
I like a tsp of Almond Butter.
We just had a local vitamine shop open up that also carries healthy snacks.
Perhaps there is one in your area.
I had some cashew clusters the other day that had all good ingredients in them and tasted great.
it came in a can as if you were purchasing cashews.
Posted by jamescase20 (Member # 14124) on :
I want to repeat this...
POTATO's
Why? they take a long time to fully digest..getting rid of the shock other foods cause.
Posted by gemofnj (Member # 15551) on :
James,
As in like french fries, potato chips, and baked or mashed?
They are a little hard to carry around in a pocket tho. Posted by nyjohn (Member # 15361) on :
nuts
raw food energy bars (i forget the brand but find em at a health food store)
bananas
make a protein shake and store it in a bottle and take it with you. slug it down when needed, but make sure it doesn't sit in a warm temp for more than an hour and a half before you drink it.
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