tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685490189681814819.post8290173008678116874..comments2023-07-23T06:49:33.125-04:00Comments on The Insulin Crowd: Why is diabetes so bad? How can diabetes harm you?Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196661815670656597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685490189681814819.post-71795054303591056502016-02-15T14:33:48.387-05:002016-02-15T14:33:48.387-05:00Hi Charlotte. When a person with diabetes has low ...Hi Charlotte. When a person with diabetes has low blood sugar, it is literally a life threatening emergency. They need to get sugar into their blood stream as quickly as possible. Your cousin drinks a juice box, as opposed to a banana, because juice absorbs through the digestive tract into the blood stream faster than a banana would. A banana has to be broken down more and would take longer, so juice is actually a safer option for her. Both juice (especially if it's 100% juice) and a banana have the same kind of sugar (fructose), but juice doesn't have to go through some extra steps to digest it. Fructose is not an artificial sugar, it's the sugar that comes naturally in fruit. You're probably thinking of "High fructose corn syrup" which is still a natural sugar, just one made from corn. HFCS has a lot of negativity associated with it, because it is added into a lot of foods unnecessarily. But, when treating a low blood sugar, something that is high in sugar is not such a bad thing. Sometimes with low blood sugar, we are looking for the fastest acting sugar, as opposed to the most healthy option. Hope that sheds some light on why your cousin might be choosing juice over a banana. Most likely, her doctor as well, has told her that juice or glucose tablets are the best treatment for low blood sugar. She's probably just following doctor's advice, and she's definitely doing the right thing. Thanks for commenting!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196661815670656597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685490189681814819.post-74854716526828996792016-02-13T18:32:54.903-05:002016-02-13T18:32:54.903-05:00My cousin has type 1 diabetes and whenever she is ...My cousin has type 1 diabetes and whenever she is "low", she drinks a juice box. Juice boxes are high in sugar and so are bananas. Why doesn't she just eat a banana instead? They are so much healthier than those artificial high fructose juices.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455981444808335654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685490189681814819.post-79371822323822064392012-06-30T21:23:44.538-04:002012-06-30T21:23:44.538-04:00Wow! You are such helpful! I love your work!Wow! You are such helpful! I love your work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685490189681814819.post-56995613546425105892010-11-03T13:35:23.860-04:002010-11-03T13:35:23.860-04:00You're doing a GREAT job ! I'm loving the...You're doing a GREAT job ! I'm loving the education about Pancreas's !<br /><br />NettiMarkys momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729444758566006678noreply@blogger.com