How to create a Low Blood Sugar Diet

When you experience low blood sugar on a regular basis, you will benefit from creating a low blood sugar diet. A meal plan that takes your blood sugar into consideration will help to stabilize your blood glucose levels.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Plan ahead. If you have low blood sugar, you will need to eat frequently, at least every two hours. Frequent, small, high protein snacks are best, so make sure you have plenty of food around to maintain your blood sugar levels, and avoid hypoglycemia.

2. Read the labels. Reactive hypoglycemia will respond badly to anything with sugar or refined carbohydrates, so avoid foods with ingredients like corn syrup, dextrose, or bleached flour.

3. Learn to cook. It is difficult to manage hypoglycemia when eating prepared food, due to the presence of sugar in nearly everything. In order to create a low blood sugar diet, you will need to learn to prepare foods yourself.

4. Get Fat. Fat in foods helps to keep you satisfied longer, and slows the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream. This allows you to maintain a stable blood sugar level, avoiding both highs and lows. Avocados, for example, are a great source of healthy dietary fats.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep a food diary, when you start your low blood sugar diet. This will help you see what foods you may be reacting to, and avoid any foods that cause you to have a low blood sugar reaction.

[karileighk]

on 6/25/2009 Thanks. I'll try some of these tips. *5

[annvans]

on 6/25/2009 Thanks for the great tips on how to create a low blood sugar diet.