WHAT DIETS CAN BE FOLLOWED BY HYPOGLYCEMICS?
People who try to control their hypoglycemia symptoms generally are on one of the following diets (in random order): 1. DIABETES DIET — This diet is fairly high in carbohydrates, about 50-60% carbohydrates, no sugar is allowed, use complex instead of simple carbohydrates: brown bread/rice, etc. Frequent meals are also highly recommended. You might contact people with diabetes on Usenet, via the heavy-traffic newsgroup misc.health.diabetes . 2. KRIMMEL DIET — The Krimmel diet is very akin to a standard diabetes diet, but it limits starchy foods as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and corn, and recommends non-starchy foods as carbohydrate source instead. Krimmel has a ‘food ethic’ that is low protein, high *complex* carb, and low fat. The ratio is 10-12% protein, 50-65% carb, and 20-30% fat and has to be maintained in a structured fashion according to Krimmel. Patricia and Edward Krimmel are authors of the “Low Blood Sugar Handbook” and “Low Blood Sugar Cookbook”. Information about the Kri
