Lucozade free

[lely]

When in gym. And BG drops quick I'll top myself up with lucozade but seems a bit of a waste of time using the Cals and drinking the Cals. Someone has suggested using lucozade free.
Can it be used to recover low bg same as normal?
Any info appreciated.

 

[azure]

I've never heard of Lucozade Free @lely Do you have a link?

I stick to the original or orange ones as they have enough glucose to work properly. There are some lower sugar ones and some zero sugar ones, but I wouldn't use them to treat lows.

I'm not sure how the calories compare but you could try dextrose tablets maybe.

 

[gem09]

If I go low, I try to go for pure fruit juices and at least I know that I'm getting one of my five a day lol. If it's an intense cycle or something for stamina I just use dextrose tabs to keep going.

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[tim2000s]

Lucozade free has no carbs so there's no point in using it.


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[catapillar]

Ive only heard of lucozade zero and the point of lucozade zero is that it has no sugar - so it would not treat a hypo. If you are really very worried about calories, do a bit of experimenting to figure out how many grams of carbohydrate (fast acting glucose like dextrose tablets or lucozade) you need to bring you up 1 mmol and then you van make sure you are having the fewest calories possible to effectively treat your hypo. Although i do like the idea of fruit purée so you can tell yourself you are at least taking something good in.

 

[therower]

My favourite gym drink, especially if I'm doing high intensity workout is orange cordial and water with 2 tea spoons glucose powder (purchased from Holland and Barrett). It's cheaper than all the fancy must have exercise drinks and does exactly the same job, plus I get to control what goes in. Light workout just 1tea spoon. Happy training

 

[IceLover]

Its really hard in my area now to find the normal lucozades as they are being replaced by the sugar free ones!!! even in asda's!