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<blockquote data-quote="cugila" data-source="post: 111630" data-attributes="member: 15325"><p>Lucozade contains 17.2g of carbs per 100 mil. </p><p>Therefore that means that a 380 mil bottle contains 65.36g carbs.</p><p>One third of that 380 mil bottle is 126.66 mil</p><p>So one third would mean you are consuming 21.78g carbs.......that seems an awful lot to me ? </p><p></p><p>Two or three Gluco Tabs is only a max of 12g carbs - that is usually enough to put me up by about </p><p>1 - 2 points. Therefore to get a similar effect then you should really only drink around 70 mil which gives you a total of 12.04 g carbs, whether it be Lucozade or GlucoTabs.</p><p></p><p>I have to treat my hypo's and there is no way I would drink such a large amount of Lucozade in the first instance, I just have a 'slug', about the amount I refer to above. I would probably end up on the 'rollercaster' rising massively after drinking such a large amount. </p><p></p><p>You should only drink enough to treat the hypo and raise to a level slightly above 4 mmol/l. Then as you say a 'carby' snack to stabilise the levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cugila, post: 111630, member: 15325"] Lucozade contains 17.2g of carbs per 100 mil. Therefore that means that a 380 mil bottle contains 65.36g carbs. One third of that 380 mil bottle is 126.66 mil So one third would mean you are consuming 21.78g carbs.......that seems an awful lot to me ? Two or three Gluco Tabs is only a max of 12g carbs - that is usually enough to put me up by about 1 - 2 points. Therefore to get a similar effect then you should really only drink around 70 mil which gives you a total of 12.04 g carbs, whether it be Lucozade or GlucoTabs. I have to treat my hypo's and there is no way I would drink such a large amount of Lucozade in the first instance, I just have a 'slug', about the amount I refer to above. I would probably end up on the 'rollercaster' rising massively after drinking such a large amount. You should only drink enough to treat the hypo and raise to a level slightly above 4 mmol/l. Then as you say a 'carby' snack to stabilise the levels. [/QUOTE]
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