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Message: <blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1103933" data-attributes="member: 39639">For some people Lucozade does have an advantage. It works significantly quicker than glucose tablets and can be the difference between staying conscious and passing out. People don't need to have had an "insulin overdose" to suffer a hypo. Some people are prone to them, and certain conditions mean that those people can't prevent everyone. Although the cause for most 'normal' hypos can often be determined, sometimes there is no obvious cause, or, at least nothing the person 'did wrong'.I think an exemption would be hard to manage, although I suppose it could just apply to one kind of Lucozade. To me, the easier solution is not to have a sugar tax at all but invest in education. I also think something like showing how many teaspoons of sugar are in a can or bottle of drink might help. I would include a wider range of drinks in this eg some of the very sweet milkshake drinks.</blockquote>

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