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Had a hypo yesterday 3.8 and felt rotten. Was out and didn't have anything sweet to help. Started to feel really bad but managed to get to shop. My question is I know that many of you carry jelly babies as a remedy but I am vegetarian and can't have them. Can anyone suggest something else that is easy to carry and effective. Thanks
 
The only thing I can think of is some dried fruit which should do the job as well as our beloved jelly babies. Holland and Barrett do some nice dried pineapple in small chunks, a couple of those would work well I reckon, or maybe some crystallised ginger.
 
Dear kanga that's horrible hope you ate feeling better now. I rely on lucozade or sugary drink i find it fast acting
 
The measured small bottles of Glucojuice are great
 
I always have a small carton of juice or dextrose tablets (from Boots) in my bag.
 
Hi Kanga,

You can get gelatine free sweets at Holland and Barratt, Waitrose (and Sainsburys I think).I'm veggie too and I have them in a small container in my bag. My friends know I always carry my 'emergency sweets', so the stock does get pinched sometimes!
Hope you are feeling better x
 
Dextrose tablets are the best thing. Also, have a look at the Vegan Society website for sweets - one of my son's friends was vegan, and aside from gelatine he also had to avoid shellac (hard coating on sweets, made from ground-up insects!).
 
Redkite said:
Dextrose tablets are the best thing. Also, have a look at the Vegan Society website for sweets - one of my son's friends was vegan, and aside from gelatine he also had to avoid shellac (hard coating on sweets, made from ground-up insects!).
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Really?? Insects??

Just as well I've given them up!!

Jane
 
Really?? Insects??

Just as well I've given them up!!
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You probably don't want to know how most foods are coloured red then....

..incidentally, there's nothing wrong with eating insects, most people eat crab or prawns which are basically the same thing.
 
Nah, hardly anything has true cochineal in it these days !
 
Shellac is what electric motor windings are coated with Redkite. Its like a varnish on the copper wire as insulation. Don't eat that. Dextrose are the cheapest & work quickly. You can buy little plastic boxes that hold about 4 tablets in. Enough to get you out of trouble 🙂
 
Jelly beans are usually veggie too, although look out for the shellac as advised above. Haribo also do some veggie jelly sweets and the haribo stawbs (the big ones) are also veggie.
 
I have eaten fried crickets and an ants bum, YUM :D
 
Kanga said:
Had a hypo yesterday 3.8 and felt rotten. Was out and didn't have anything sweet to help. Started to feel really bad but managed to get to shop. My question is I know that many of you carry jelly babies as a remedy but I am vegetarian and can't have them. Can anyone suggest something else that is easy to carry and effective. Thanks
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Kanga - what medication (if any) are you taking for your diabetes, and what do your blood score normally run at?
 
Andbreath I am diet only. My levels vary between5.9 and 9 with occasional hypos.
 
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