What are blood glucose decreases?

Blood glucose decreases are when your body’s sugar level goes down, like when you have less energy to play.

Imagine your body is like a toy car that runs on candy, the more candy (or sugar), the faster it goes. When you have blood glucose decreases, it's like your toy car starts to slow down because there’s not enough candy left in the tank.

When your blood glucose goes down, you might feel:

• Tired
• Fuzzy-headed
• Cranky or moody
• Like you need a snack right now

It’s kind of like when you’ve been playing all day and forget to eat, you start to feel sleepy and grumpy because your body is saying, “Hey, I need more candy!”

Sometimes your body uses up all the sugar in your blood, especially if you haven’t eaten for a while. That’s why it's important to have snacks or meals when you need them, they're like refueling your toy car so it can zoom again!