Lucozade and non diabetics!

[lucy123]

I am sure I should know the answer to this but don't and my hubby just asked.

If a non-diabetic drank a bottle of lucozade first thing in the morning - would his levels stay between 4-7 all the time, or could they spike to say 10 and then get back to 4-7 after a period of time - I would have thought for a non diabetic they would always stay between 4 and 7 but am probably wrong.🙂

 

[Northerner]

It's quite possible the levels would spike, but not as high as a diabetics, especially if they drank a lot in one go. It's part of the reason some people get a 'sugar rush' and then a drop afterwards as their bodies try to cope with the sudden amount of sugar - by producing lots of insulin first, then having to counter that with glucagon almost immediately because levels have gone too high. If you see what I mean! 🙂

 

[lucy123]

I think he is planning on trying it! Not sure why but the results will be interesting.

 

[Dizzydi]

The results will certainly be interesting. Did hubby try it Lucy ?

 

[Ellie Jones]

Yep, non-diabetics do spike after eating/drinking heavy loaded carbs... But the spike and return will happen in a short period of time...

To expand on what northerner says, insulin also has another role to play apart from lowering our glucose levels, it also stores excess glucose into fat stores.. So you get a large hit of insulin which lowers the blood glucose and because it does it quickly the remainder will start storing the fat!

It ones of the problems behind T2 weight problems, as the body got to produce more insulin to over-come the insulin resistence, which then cause more fat to be stored which increases insulin resisitence, round in circles!

 

[lucy123]

Thanks Ellie for the good explanation.

 

[Copepod]

Lucozade (equivalent to 75g glucose) is used for oral glucose tolerance tests - so would make more sense to give 75g glucose equivalent than a whole bottle.