I have reactive hypoglycemia that I control with eating and blood-sugar testing. Basically I have to eat every 3 hours, and my doctor suggested testing my blood-sugar in the morning and at night (I usually have very low blood sugar in the morning). I am not on any medication.
I know about the glycemic index, but I get really tired of eating the same foods over and over again. I am lucky because I have always been a healthy eater so I don’t really crave unhealthy things like fast-food or fried chicken or ice-cream very often.
My problem comes with the snacks? Right now I usually eat a yogurt parfait (yogurt with nuts and/or granola), cheese and wheat crackers, cottage cheese, an apple with peanut butter, or nuts as snacks. I get so tired of eating these things over and over again so I basically have to force them down.
What is a good snack idea if you are not even hungry? Usually I am not even hungry so I have to force the food down. What is something easy to eat that you could just basically gulp down or wolf down to get it in you? Thank you
4:43 am on August 5th, 2010
Emma have I got a list for you.
Eating every 4-6 hours is important to prevent hypoglycemia.
Be adventurous and try something new to liven up your snacks between meals!
Each of the following counts as one starch:
One small apple, orange, peach, pear, nectarine, or tangerine
Eight animal crackers
Four medium fresh apricots or seven dried halves
1/2 of a banana rolled with 2-tablespoons Grape Nuts cereal
1 cup cubed cantaloupe
Twelve Bing cherries
Two chocolate mousse bars (Weight Watchers)
1/2 cup chow mein noodles
Two sugar-free fudgesicles
Three gingersnaps
36 Goldfish (adds 1 fat serving)
Three graham crackers (2 1/2-inch square)
1/2 low-fat granola bar
15 grapes
½ cup fruit juice
Five slices melba toast
1 cup skim milk
Three peanut butter sandwich crackers (adds 1 fat serving)
Two small plums
24 oyster crackers
3 cups popcorn (popped by hot air, or low-fat microwave)
1 slice of angel food cake
1 sugar-free pudding snack cup
Three dried pitted prunes
15 fat-free potato or tortilla chips
3/4 ounce pretzels
2 tablespoons raisins
Two rice cakes (4″ diameter)
1 regular Jell-o snack cup
Seven Ritz crackers (adds 1 fat serving)
Six saltine crackers
½ cup canned fruit
15 Teddy Grahams (adds 1 fat serving)
Five reduced-fat Triscuits
Six Vanilla Wafers (adds 1 fat serving)
Six Waverly Wafers (adds 1 fat serving)
12 Original Wheat Thins (adds 1 fat serving)
13 Reduced-fat Wheat Thins (adds 1/2 fat serving)
1 cup nonfat fruit-flavored yogurt (sweetened with sugar substitute)
1/2 cup of sherbet or I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt or TCBY frozen yogurt
Peanut butter and whole wheat crackers
Peanut butter on apple slices (try it if you never have!)
Peanut butter and banana open face sandwich
Cheese and crackers (try different cheeses and crackers for variety)
Cheese and pretzels (pretzels contribute texture)
Polly-O String Cheese (these are individually wrapped and really convienent, but they do need to be refridgerated)
Melted cheddar cheese on bread (try rye bread for variety)
Melted cheddar cheese on Triscuits
Tortilla chips with melted cheddar and/or monterery jack cheese with salsa and sour cream
Soft tortilla with melted cheddar and/or monterey jack cheese with salsa and sour cream
Mini pizza on a roll or bagel (tomato sauce and mozerella cheese)
Plain yogurt or cottage cheese with one of the following:
slices of apple and cinnamon
unsweetened pineapple – canned or fresh
fresh or frozen berries (strawberries, raspberries, blue berries, etc.) – can be mixed with yogurt in a blender
fresh or frozen peach slices
Egg salad open face sandwich (hard boiled egg, mayonnaise and mustard)
Cold hard boiled egg with a little salt
Tuna fish open face sandwich or on crackers
Remember to try different cheeses, breads, and crackers for variation. It’s surprising how much change it can make.
Treats
Sliced kiwi and banana
Unsweetened fruit juice and club soda
Unsweeteded fruit juice popsicles (make your own)
Pina colada (unsweetened pineapple juice, pinapple slices and coconut milk combined in a blender to taste; freeze the pinapple to make it colder)
Other fruit smoothies (see recipe books on main HG page)
Fresh fruit salad
Frozen fruit (can be bought in bags at the grocery store)
Hope this brightens your day
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