in the contrary, fat for hypoglycemia helps stabilize the blood sugars, eating raw sugar just starts the rollercoaster of hypo's all over, and for me(following the advice of a GP) made the entire condition worse, plenty of protien, with fat, with less than 100 carbs per day is what works for people(myself included) with hypoglycemia, the more fat, the more stable the blood sugar.

I hope someone can help me, I am not a diabetic but have worked with a hypoglycemic child on a couple of occasions. He eats large amounts of chocolate and drinks a lot of coca cola. For example on Saturday afternoon he had eaten a 150g bar of chocolate, 2 mars bars, and 2 cans of coke.He had in his pocket another 2 mars bars and 1 other can of coke. He also says he has to eat every hour. Is this the norm.

Your experiences would be gratefully received and make me more understanding of his situation.

The point is, for Type 1 diabetics (those most prone to hypoglycemia and those who make no insulin), chocolate will not bring the blood sugar up fast enough during a severe low. The above comments really don't apply to a person with no insulin secretion of their own (autoimmune Type 1 diabetes).

I wish those with Type 2 diabetes, hypoglycemia, obesity, etc. would remember that there ARE other forms of diabetes...

you are correct, type one is a different beast altogether,(perhaps the article could have specified that they were referring to type 1)
chocolate would be a bad idea for that, the high quality chololates are a rare treat.
for the child eating sugar all the time he is just riding the roller coaster, up and down up and down with the blood sugars. as long as the parents think that this is ok, there is probably not much that you can do, for my child that is pre-diabetic with hypoglycemia, she is on a low carb, high protein diet. Sugar(carbs) is akin to rocket fuel for us.

Yes, all of that is true, but come on, it's a comic! Not everything has to be completely correct everywhere- we're human for goodness sakes! No one is going to base what they eat during a low on a comic picture! I couldn't even remember it a day later!

As a type 1 diabetic for 30 years, the most dangerous complication I have is severe hypoglycemic unawareness. I have had 2 motor vehicle accidents that luckly did not kill anyone or myself. Both vehicles were destroyed.

As a diabetes educator and registered dietitian I teach ALL patients who take medications which can potentially cause hypoglycemia NEVER to use chocolate to bring their blood glucose up to a safe level.

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