If you experience hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), your doctor or diabetes educator may recommend keeping a "quick fix" of sugar with you.  Typically, these quick fixes should equal 10-15 grams of carbohydrate.  Examples include:

• 1/2 cup orange juice, 
• 6 jelly beans, 
• 2 T. raisins, or 
• 5 Lifesavers candy.  

Choose simple sugar foods that do not contain fat as fat will delay how quickly sugar goes into the blood stream (chocolate is an example of a sugar food that contains fat).  The goal with sugar foods is to increase blood sugar from a hypoglycemic state.  Check with your doctor or diabetes educator to learn more about low blood sugar and how to prevent it.