Nutritional management of hypoglycemia.
People with type 1 diabetes who follow an intensive management program have an increased risk of hypoglycemia, particularly overnight. New strategies for the nutritional management of hypoglycemia are essential.



The unique properties of foods that affect blood glucose are reviewed, with special attention to a new medical food bar designed to reduce the incidence of nocturnal hypoglycemia.



All carbohydrate-containing foods affect blood glucose, but each causes a different rise in concentration. Consuming a variety of conventional foods with different glycemic indices can help control hypoglycemia. A new medical food bar that provides a sequential triphasic release of glucose from sucrose, protein, and uncooked cornstarch can help control blood glucose levels.



Hypoglycemia can be avoided by consuming foods with varying glycemic indices. A new medical food bar that provides sequential release of glucose into the bloodstream may also help control blood glucose levels.
Bell
S J
SJ
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Drs Bell and Forse)|The Surgical Metabolism Labortatory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Drs Bell and Forse)|Dr Bell is now with Medical Foods, Inc, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Forse
R A
RA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Drs Bell and Forse)|The Surgical Metabolism Labortatory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Drs Bell and Forse)
D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D008612:Menu Planning; D009753:Nutritive Value
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates