Things to eat/drink with low blood sugars

jordanhood

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #1

I've always taken the bog standard 1/4 bottle of lucozade whenever I go low, but since I've started my training programme and want to cut out fizzy drinks does anyone have a better suggestion? Even a non fizzy drink would be ok


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andy williams

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #2

Them little individual portion sachets of sugar you get in supermarket cafe's. One of them and just pour it in your mouth. That's what I carry if I start to get a hypo. Even got a couple in my wallet. And they're free.

 

Garr

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #3

A jelly baby raises my BS by 1mmol/l really quickly, so always carry some with me.

 

mo1905

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #4

Orange juice, Dextrose tablets, jelly babies ?

 

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lessci

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #5

Would the still Lucozade sport work? I seem to remember it's high in sugar

 

Karen.G.

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #6

I carry dextrose tablets around with me or Gluco Juice if really need it that bad.


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mo1905

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #7

lessci said:

Would the still Lucozade sport work? I seem to remember it's high in sugar

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As long as it's not a diet version. Doesn't matter i still or carbonated.


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Riri

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #8

Individual bottles of glucojuice - it's syrupy, not unpleasant and certainly not fizzy

 

jordanhood

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #9

Thanks guys will try some of this out! I play a lot of competitive golf so I'm trying to find something that will bring my sugar up as quickly as possible so I can keep concentrating!


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totsy

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #10

glucotabs are all that bring me up quick

 

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #11

Before I started pumping, most of my low bgs were dealt with some chocolate or fruit pastels but then being good, I switched to Lucozade to use indoors and bought jellybabies to use outside. I then switched to full sugar fizzy gingerbear to save money which worked just as good as Lucozade. Nowadays, I discovered by accident, that dried apricots are not only healthy but very good at raising bg levels up within 15mins. Two to three is all that is needed to lift me from 3mmol to 6mmol so I'm well happy

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Lucie75

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #12

Like I could stop at 3 dried apricots - the whole packet would be gone in the blink of an eye!

 

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• Feb 26, 2014

• #13

Jelly Babies all the way.........