Glucagon or Ambulance? Which is better?

[daducky88]

Coca colas fine. Its 10g/ 100ml.
If i'm a bit low, i swig about 150ml. Retest after 30 mins. And take another 150ml if necessary. Generally it isnt.
When i was younger i used to pour loads of coca cola, fanta, etc into myself to correct. And a couple of hours later be hyperglycemic. Now i moderate the corrections and correct systematically. Works for me : -)

I know Vicsetter - I thought of swapping to neatish Ribena so read the back of a bottle thinking I wouldn't need more than a dessertspoon - and there's far less sugar in that too! I'd have to drink 'quite a lot'.

I haven't found anything suitable to change over to yet.

 

[Lanny]

I had to change from fruit juice to coke as the sugar tax on taking hold meant that supermarket stocks were changed at short notice from me checking the info online before ordering & me getting the order delivered! A lot of fruit juices have less sugar now with added sweetners.

Coke at the moment is still the same but, Fanta & Sprite, not the diet ones, have less sugar now & have what they call natural sweetners so, they not labelled as diet with artificial sweetners.

Sainsbury’s now label Coke & other full sugar drinks, not many left now, as having a sugar levy added & are more expensive! I don’t know if Coke will change later like Fanta & Sprite already have. Incidentally, 7up & shloer have gone the same way using natural sweetners & not labelled as diet either.

A few times when I ran out of Coke when hypo I used 2 tsp of sugar in a cup of tea. I always keep sugar for visitors’ cups of tea anyway! I found that just 1 tsp of sugar wasn’t enough & too slow for hypo treatments.

Now I’ve made the switch to jelly babies as the fizz in Coke bloats me up & isn’t particularly nice to drink when hypo. My brain tends to change the taste of things during low hypos & is sickeningly sweeter than usual! Jelly babies can taste disgustingly sweet too, during a bad hypo, but, at least it doesn’t bloat me up!

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I found that just 1 tsp of sugar wasn’t enough & too slow for hypo treatments

Hardly surprising as 1 tsp is about 4 carbs 🙂

 

[Madeline]

I did wonder if that poor woman who recently died had used lucozade not realising the sugar tax had affected the amount of sugar in it. She was the one found in her flat with her baby (who fortunately survived), with a bottle of lucozade next to her. Family raised the alarm after not seeing her post on Facebook.

 

[Lanny]

Hardly surprising as 1 tsp is about 4 carbs 🙂

Gosh! As low as that?😱 And here I was always berating my dad for taking 3 tsp in his tea & 5 tsp in his coffee. He’s in his 90’s now & has developed T2 as well in recent years!🙄

 

[daducky88]

Spot on about none Coca cola drinks reducing their carb count.
I quite like the taste of coke. I,ve found a few advantages over other forms of carbs:

1. Its (still) available at full.sugar
2. A bottle beside the bed means i dont have to throw myself down the stairs for sugar and tea from the kitchen.
- i had to do this when living abroad b4 my addisons was diagnosed as i couldnt stand up with my hypo. It was frightening.
3. Preservatives mean unlike home made syrup, it wont go mouldy b4 i finish it.
4. It takes very little to fix my hypos (generally) and has a consistent concentration.
5. When low i tend drink a fingers width from a 1.75l bottle. ;-)
6. I tend open it and reclose it when i replace a bottle so that when low i wont have to struggle with breaking a seal.


But jelly babies are good too. Although i prefer fruit pastilles, especially the orange ones mmmm. But knowing me the whole lot would be sent all over the bedroom.

I had to change from fruit juice to coke as the sugar tax on taking hold meant that supermarket stocks were changed at short notice from me checking the info online before ordering & me getting the order delivered! A lot of fruit juices have less sugar now with added sweetners.

Coke at the moment is still the same but, Fanta & Sprite, not the diet ones, have less sugar now & have what they call natural sweetners so, they not labelled as diet with artificial sweetners.

Sainsbury’s now label Coke & other full sugar drinks, not many left now, as having a sugar levy added & are more expensive! I don’t know if Coke will change later like Fanta & Sprite already have. Incidentally, 7up & shloer have gone the same way using natural sweetners & not labelled as diet either.

A few times when I ran out of Coke when hypo I used 2 tsp of sugar in a cup of tea. I always keep sugar for visitors’ cups of tea anyway! I found that just 1 tsp of sugar wasn’t enough & too slow for hypo treatments.

Now I’ve made the switch to jelly babies as the fizz in Coke bloats me up & isn’t particularly nice to drink when hypo. My brain tends to change the taste of things during low hypos & is sickeningly sweeter than usual! Jelly babies can taste disgustingly sweet too, during a bad hypo, but, at least it doesn’t bloat me up!

 

[daducky88]

Poor lady.
I had a feeling that would happen. Its regretable that drinks manufacturers havent sufficiently rebranded reduced sugar drinks as they believe public will avoid them. Hence some maybe unaware.

I did wonder if that poor woman who recently died had used lucozade not realising the sugar tax had affected the amount of sugar in it. She was the one found in her flat with her baby (who fortunately survived), with a bottle of lucozade next to her. Family raised the alarm after not seeing her post on Facebook.

 

[daducky88]

Gosh! As low as that?😱 And here I was always berating my dad for taking 3 tsp in his tea & 5 tsp in his coffee. He’s in his 90’s now & has developed T2 as well in recent years!🙄

I had job interview recently, which they'd delayed for me by some weeks, and was having a hypo on the way to it. When i arrived at the place i had sit a competency test which i duly filled incompetently. Then the interview began with a cup coffee. I asked for 3 sugars which.caused some mirth. I felt better afterwards. I didnt mention anything as they already delayed the interview for me.

 

[daducky88]

When say fruit juice, do you mean "pop" ie tge stuff one dilutes?
As real fruit juice pressed from fruit would not* be different ie still had 10g/100ml sugar (~same as Coke) and apple juice 14g/100ml.

* Unless they,ve been genetically engineering less sweet fruit ;-)

I had to change from fruit juice to coke as the sugar tax on taking hold meant that supermarket stocks were changed at short notice from me checking the info online before ordering & me getting the order delivered! A lot of fruit juices have less sugar now with added sweetners.

Coke at the moment is still the same but, Fanta & Sprite, not the diet ones, have less sugar now & have what they call natural sweetners so, they not labelled as diet with artificial sweetners.

Sainsbury’s now label Coke & other full sugar drinks, not many left now, as having a sugar levy added & are more expensive! I don’t know if Coke will change later like Fanta & Sprite already have. Incidentally, 7up & shloer have gone the same way using natural sweetners & not labelled as diet either.

A few times when I ran out of Coke when hypo I used 2 tsp of sugar in a cup of tea. I always keep sugar for visitors’ cups of tea anyway! I found that just 1 tsp of sugar wasn’t enough & too slow for hypo treatments.

Now I’ve made the switch to jelly babies as the fizz in Coke bloats me up & isn’t particularly nice to drink when hypo. My brain tends to change the taste of things during low hypos & is sickeningly sweeter than usual! Jelly babies can taste disgustingly sweet too, during a bad hypo, but, at least it doesn’t bloat me up!

 

[Lanny]

When say fruit juice, do you mean "pop" ie tge stuff one dilutes?
As real fruit juice pressed from fruit would not* be different ie still had 10g/100ml sugar (~same as Coke) and apple juice 14g/100ml.

* Unless they,ve been genetically engineering less sweet fruit ;-)

I’ve never really liked drinking pressed juices as I don’t like bits in my juice. I’m aware that drinking pressed is the most natural, as you say. But, most other juices are concentrated & now, because of the sugar tax, they dilute them more & add sweetners.

 

[trophywench]

I thought 'I know! I'll buy some Ribena cos you'd most likely only need a teaspoon of that, neat, to instantly cure a hypo!' Yes, it would get stuck round your teeth a bit but then it would have longer contact with your gums plus your tongue when trying to clear it out again and swallow it - so worth a try as I like it and easy to decant into a small bottle to cart about. Great!

Fail.

They've reduced the sugar content and so had every other cordial brand and variety on Tesco's shelves.

 

[daducky88]

I’ve never really liked drinking pressed juices as I don’t like bits in my juice. I’m aware that drinking pressed is the most natural, as you say. But, most other juices are concentrated & now, because of the sugar tax, they dilute them more & add sweetners.

Oh i see.
I spose if you squeeze an orange and pour it thru a sieve you could make it bits free 🙂.

Yes i noticed that del monte had a half sugar orange recon juice?. It wasnt bad. Bit too sweet inntaste for my taste. Dorrisons have a non homogenised real oj , (smooth or bits), which has the ting of fresh oranges about it like one used to get in those glass bottled libby's oj of old. I dont like the homogenised ones that most cos sell these days.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

I buy fresh red grape juice (eg Tropicana) - no bits, plenty of sugar!

 

[daducky88]

I buy fresh red grape juice (eg Tropicana) - no bits, plenty of sugar!

Ooh at the Tropicana all the drinks are freeeee.
There's no wory, there's enough for everyoon.
Wwooooo all..

Oops old memories flying around.

 

[Pigeon]

I thought 'I know! I'll buy some Ribena cos you'd most likely only need a teaspoon of that, neat, to instantly cure a hypo!' Yes, it would get stuck round your teeth a bit but then it would have longer contact with your gums plus your tongue when trying to clear it out again and swallow it - so worth a try as I like it and easy to decant into a small bottle to cart about. Great!

Fail.

They've reduced the sugar content and so had every other cordial brand and variety on Tesco's shelves.

Don't know if you have Sainsbury's nearby? Their summer fruits high juice is still sugary, 19g per glass if you dilute correctly. This is now my go to hypo treatment since the Ribena change

 

[Sally71]

We've got some blackcurrant cordial called "Rocks" which I think is still available in most supermarkets, which is 44% sugar undiluted! Also available in orange flavour. So you don't need much of that, especially if you drink it neat or don't dilute it fully. The only problem is, once it's opened you need to keep it in the fridge or it will go mouldy within a few days!