Dealing with Diabetes

[gagseymt]

I am problay not the first to do the walk with type 2 diabetes. I have no problems carrying my tablets. But many say always have energy bars available. Well there's my problem. Too much sugar in the bars. What has other people used when walking, as a snack to gain a quick energy boost?

 

[Saramago]

Nuts. You should also be able to have half a banana at a time, saving the other half for later. You can get anything in the many stores. Also safe with a portion of an orange.

 

[scruffy1]

Bananas work for me the only problem, bouncing round on or in your backpack -they turn into pudding around 1030 if not protected; energy bars taste like processed cardboard, too much sugar and taste godawful. Beware the ubiquitous bocadillo, that lovely and widely available sandwich, processed white flour baguette, full fat cheese, a bit of ham (ok once in a while maybe) or fried egg omelet, if you are lucky may have salami or such. White bread, lettuce and tomato won't give you much energy though. There are lovely half litre containers of yoghurt and fruit in any tienda may try that.

 

[Saramago]

Also, there are those small cans of tuna salad with the pop tops (as well as sardines) - if you have your spork handy! That'll give you a little vroooom!

 

[supersullivan]

I carry a small packet of dried fruit ( sultana, raisins or similar ) but I tend to walk 30+ km days on the camino so raised sugar levels haven't been an issue.

 

[Agnogel]

Your problem is if you get a hipo (too low blood sugar) as there can be a long way between towns or shops to get a pick me up i carried hard boiled sweets with me plus a small packet of gluegose tabs for that reason i never realy used them i ended up shearing the sweets with my fellow pilgrims who were very glad of them, as i ate little and often when i could , I would not be so concerned with taking in too much sugar while walking as you will burn it off quick, If your on tablets insted of injections you can half the dose so it wont counteract the sugar intake too quick, Talk to you doc if in douth Bring you gluegose meter with you so you can keep an eye on things and ajust to suit

 

[amorfati1]

I am problay not the first to do the walk with type 2 diabetes. I have no problems carrying my tablets. But many say always have energy bars available. Well there's my problem. Too much sugar in the bars. What has other people used when walking, as a snack to gain a quick energy boost?

How much sugar is too much sugar?
i have to manage hypoglycemia (spelling?) and always have something w/ me in my bag/purse to prevent those nasty 'crashes'. i had 3 Larabars (cherry pie flavour) with me for extreme emergencies - those have 16gr sugar, & are not tasting like cardboard at all (the flavours that i've tasted) http://www.larabar.com/products/cherry-pie#ingredients
the other one that proved useful to me was this powder, mixed w/ juice and a bit of hot water in the morning in a 'plastic jar' which i took with me to get started for the day. http://www.thesynergycompany.com/v/pure_synergy.html that kept my sugar level amazingly stable and i had no ghastly surprises in that department. per serving (1 teaspoon) has 2 gr of sugar -- for b'fast i made sure to have some sort of protein - even if it was cheese from the day prior.
Best Wishes and happy planning --