Which hypo treatment you choose is up to you. The type and amount depends on what works best for you. It might depend on your taste, or how easy it is to store or carry around. The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (also called the sugar tax) came into force April 2018. This is a levy that will charge soft drink manufacturers for producing soft drinks that are high in added sugar. This may affect the products you use to treat your hypo. We have more information on this sugar reduction and hypo treatments. Baldwin EJ, Feher MD. Sweets, fluids and foods in the treatment of mild hypoglycaemia. Pract Diabetes Int 2006; 23( 5): 218– 20. Heneghan C. Forty years of Lucozade sports performance research and little insight gained. BMJ 2012; 345: e4797.

British Soft Drinks Association. The economic impact of The Soft Drinks Levy. Oxford Economics, August 2016.

Password Changed Successfully

If you keep getting a low blood sugar level, talk to your diabetes care team about things you can do to help prevent it. The OGTT relies on giving a standard glucose challenge with measurement of glucose both fasting and 2 hours after the glucose challenge. Diabetes is then defined by a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 7.0 mmol/L or more or a 2-hour glucose of 11.1 mmol/L or more. 8 The same test can be used to diagnose impaired fasting glucose (FPG 6.1–6.9 mmol/L) and impaired glucose tolerance (2-hour glucose 7.8–11.0 mmol/L). During pregnancy, gestational diabetes is diagnosed when the glucose values fall above 6.0 mmol/L fasting or 7.8 mmol/L at 2 hours.

Rapilose Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Solution (OGTT) is ready to use glucose solution, designed for use in glucose tolerance testing to screen for gestational diabetes and diabetes mellitus. Plan ahead when exercising. We've got lots of information on how to look after your blood sugar levels when you exercise. Each 300ml pouch of Rapilose oral Glucose tolerance test solution indicates contents of approximately 71.5g of carbohydrate, University of Sydney. GI foods advanced search. 2017. Last updated: 2 May 2017. www.glycemicindex.com/foodSearch.php?num=2085&ak=detail.Children will need less than this to treat a hypo. Your child’s diabetes team will advise on the amount of hypo treatment they need. If you use an insulin pump, your treatment may be different, so talk to your diabetes team for advice. Low blood sugar levels can happen at night, so it’s a good idea to keep hypo treatments by your bed just in case. Some people don’t always notice the symptoms and wake up straight away. This means that your blood sugar levels may drop further and the hypo may be more severe. Treat the hypo immediately. You can do this by eating or drinking 15 to 20g of a fast-acting carbohydrate — see examples below. Walden E, et al. The hospital management of hypoglycaemia in adults with diabetes mellitus. NHS Diabetes, September 2013.

World Health Organisation. Definition and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycaemia. Report of a WHO/IDF consultation. Geneva: WHO, 2006.

Talk to us about diabetes

The second Lucozade variety, Lucozade Sport, was launched in 1990. The carbohydrate source in Lucozade Sport is also glucose, from its main ingredient glucose syrup. LRS has claimed the isotonic carbohydrate-electrolyte drink enhances physical endurance; 5 however, a systematic review found the group of studies behind this claim to be of poor quality and therefore the author was unable to draw firm conclusions about the effect on performance in exercise. 6 A low blood sugar level, also called hypoglycaemia or a ‘hypo"’ is where the level of sugar (glucose) in your blood drops too low, below 4mmol/l. Lawton J, et al. Self treating hypoglycaemia: a longitudinal qualitative investigation of the experiences and views of people with type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med 2013; 30( 2): 209– 15.

LRS has supplemented Lucozade with intense sweeteners in an effort to make the taste as close to the original as possible, as have many other soft drinks brands. In the case of Lucozade Energy, aspartame and acesulfame-K have been added. Taste has been established as one of the key factors in an individual's choice of preferred hypoglycaemia treatments. 15 Sales of soft drinks are predicted to drop in response to the SDIL. 16 Children may need less than 15 to 20g of a slower-acting carbohydrate. Your child's diabetes team will advise on this. Treating severe hypoglycaemia First launched as Glucozade in 1927, it was marketed for medicinal purposes. 1 The distinctive sweet citrus-flavoured drink underwent significant rebranding in 1983, when the slogan ‘Lucozade aids recovery' was replaced by ‘Lucozade replaces lost energy' to change its association with illness to good health and wellbeing. Lucozade as a treatment for hypoglycaemia

References

Rapilose Gel is particularly useful if you areeating less (e.g. trying to lose weight, upsetstomach), or exercising, or in any situationwhere meals are delayed, skipped orforgotten. Glucose tolerance testing is also used in the diagnosis of acromegaly and reactive hypoglycaemia. In addition, it is used in research studies to stratify participants by degree of glucose tolerance. Husband AC, et al. The effectiveness of glucose, sucrose, and fructose in treating hypoglycemia in children with type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2010; 11( 3): 154– 8. HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs. Soft Drinks Industry Levy – summary of responses. HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs, 2016.