Portable pick me ups

So I'm going to start with what is probably one of the most random subjects.

What to carry on you for lows. I have learned the key to this over the years, there's a few options but I have personal favorites.

First of all, in my personal opinion, pretty much all Diabetic centered food is gross... Especially if the goal of this food is to get your blood sugar up. I find glucose tabs disgusting (and they really aren't all that helpful) and there was some other thing I tired once that was so horrible I blocked its name from my memory. It was a weird squishy bag of grossness.

Fruit is always great, but its not all that easy to carry around in anything that gets beat up on a regular basis.

You always have the option to carry icing, which is pretty awesome. I did that for a while but

• It can be squished and icing will go all over your stuff.
• Its too sweet for me and hurts my stomach when I eat it in a hurry.

From many episodes of trial and error I have learned that juice boxes and little bags of fruit snack gummy things are the best for carrying in a purse. NOT juice pouches like Capri Sun because they tend to explode when squished and are easily punctured... this has caused the demise of many, many purses. I also used to carry Gushers but they tend to explode in their packets and then are just a giant messy mush ball when you try to eat them. 

So the winners are: Juice boxes and fruit snacks!

Also, while more sturdy than pouches the juice boxes corners wear out when carried around for a long time, I keep them in zip-lock bags inside my purse, its also helpful for after you've had to drink one and there isn't a trash can, then you can put it back in the bag and in your purse or backpack without getting remaining juice on anything.