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When general health is good, the symptoms are not severe, and the person can fast normally through the night, experimentation with diet ( extra snacks with fat or protein, reduced sugar ) may be enough to solve the problem.

If it is uncertain whether " spells " are indeed due to hypoglycemia, some physicians will recommend use of a home glucose meter to test at the time of the spells to confirm that glucoses are low.

This approach may be most useful when spells are fairly frequent or the patient is confident that he or she can provoke a spell.

The principal drawback of this approach is the high rate of false positive or equivocal levels due to the imprecision of the currently available meters: both physician and patient need an accurate understanding of what a meter can and cannot do to avoid frustrating and inconclusive results.