Reply #2: The recommendation now is to drink a glass of milk

[Warpy]

before you get the meter and munch a couple of saltines while you're waiting for the results. Proteins and complex carbos will get that sugar up there pretty quickly without producing a quick peak followed by another valley, which is what fruit juice and sugary soda does.

If the sugar is too high, the protein and complex carbos won't add too much to it and it can quickly be corrected by regular insulin.

Hypoglycemia can lead to unconsciousness very quickly if it isn't treated, so the protocol is feed, then check.