I’m a type one diabetic, and having a low blood sugar is one of the worst feelings in the world. I’ve started wondering the science about how things affect you when you do have a low blood sugar. For example, how quickly after drinking juice does your blood sugar start to go up? For me, while I’m stiting there and waiting while my body dumps adrenaline into my system, feels like forever!
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Fruit juices don’t raise blood glucose levels as well as pure glucose does. Fruit juices do have glucose in them but they have a lot more fructose which is not known to raise blood glucose well.
Actually, here’s an article that explains this all better:
[https://beyondtype1.org/treating-hypoglycemia-with-dextrose/](https://beyondtype1.org/treating-hypoglycemia-with-dextrose/)
I’m not saying fruit juice doesn’t help diabetics, but for some, pure glucose may work better and faster. You need 15g of carbs/glucose to increase blood glucose levels, check levels after 15 minutes and repeat if needed with another 15g of glucose until blood sugar levels start increasing.
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