Hypoglicemic

Don't be so sure. Always read labels, you may be surprised. Anything that has honey, molasses, turbinado, raw cane sugar, dehydrate celery juice and a few other tricky sweeteners should be avoided. "healthy" food companies like to add sugar now so they taste good and people buy them like they do regular food. If you're trying grains, always make sure it says 100% whole whatever on the box. If it doesn't, you best stay away.

Oh, of course! I've read the labels of all these things before buying and trying them! Really, now i'm a lot more aware for what labels say than I was before..

Awesome! Just checking, sometimes people come on here and for some reason think if it comes from a health food store there's no reason to worry, and then are shocked when they read the labels.

Since I came to this forum for the first time that i've been raising my awareness towards this so I try to be careful ^_^
oh, another great idea is doing jam at home... My mom does jam (apple jam, quince jam...) and uses water, the fruits and sugar. When I do it, I don't use sugar - at least with apples -, bacause fruits like apples are already sweet and that sweetness is maintained even after cooked. and since apples are good for hypoglicemics and apple jam is good, it's a good solution i've found out. ^^

Post your jam recipe, i'd like to see it myself so I can learn!

Lol, ok
it's all in my head, I don't usually measure water and so on, because it depends on how big the fruit pieces are and if you can use them all.
but generally, this would work fine like this:


apple jam:
1 kg of apples (yellow apples - I don't know what's their name there =x a sweet brand of apples) - this would be around 2 pounds off apples - peeled, without seeds and cut in small pieces (don't mind too much about the pieces);
around 500 ml of water - if you notice that, when the apples are cooking, the jam is too thick, add more water and stir it until you think it's as you like it.
If you wish to add sweetener (i never do, because I always try to choose sweet apples - you taste the apples and choose then..), add 1 or 2 coffee spoons of it, this would be enough.
A pinch of cinnamon.

Let the apples cook for 45 minutes to one hour with the rest of the ingredients. Mix it with a plastic or wood once in a while, just to make sure that it won't glue to the bottom of the recipient you use.
Put it in jars that you've previously boiled and let them open (or only covered with a napkin or piece of kitchen paper) for 12 hours. This will make it softer and thicker. After that time, you can close the jars and put them in a dark, cool and dry place.


Well, this is the apple jam, but I also make, as I said, other recipes: quince jam, quince paste, pumpkin jam,...
Hope you like it
after this time, use a blender or an electric mixer to make the paste more even.

Peanut butter works wonders. When I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, my doctor told me to change my diet to high protein, low carbs and low sugar. I changed to diet soda and stopped eating a lot of sweet stuff. You even have to watch your fruit intake as there are a lot of natural sugars in fruits. As time goes by, you will learn what aggravates the condition and what helps it.

Someone posted this at the eating disorders forum:

Hey, there.
How are you all? I know I haven't been around here a lot lately.. I've been so busy with my final course project and besides I've been ill. I've had a lot of dizzyness, weakness, nausea, diahrrea, difficulty breathing, loss of vision for a few moments, bowel movements, a lot of pain, etc. So, I'll be doing blood tests and ecographies next week. I can be something dangerous, but it can also be intolerance to lactose.
My doctor told me to always carry a pinch of salt with me and to have it when my blood pressure drops.