# Best low treatment **URL:** \ **Category:** New T1/LADA\ **Tags:** hypoglycemia, low-bg\ **Created:** [August 21, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668 "2017-08-21T20:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/21 "2017-08-22T18:53:42Z")
They are just small traveling tubes of glucose tabs, (fits 10 tablets) here is Walgreens version. ![IMG_1310](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/d/d164ea9075ef26a4182a7eb817f00be2681adbd6.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/22 "2017-08-22T19:37:04Z")
Jolly Ranchers are very portable for walks, yoga class, etc. Love the blue ones! ---
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/23 "2017-08-29T06:48:03Z")
I just wrote a novel about our new favorite sweet things over here: > [@Best candies for lows?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-candies-for-lows/1761): > > Speaking of glucose tabs and [glucose necklaces](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-necklace-potential-new-product/665/), what type of “sugar” do folks consume to recover from low BG? I noticed on another thread, @Michel was using skim milk for his son at night. And @Eric seems to like chocolate. chocolate_bar And @daisymae was using the glucose tabs. We’ve recently gotten into these Trader Joe’s Fruit Jellies for nighttime lows. They’re 9g carbs a piece and they don’t have wrappers which is a plus. I bought [little plastic zipper bags](http://www.joann.com/reclosable-storage-bags-2inx3in-100-pkg/4918850.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BADL%5D%20%5BShopping%5D%20Product%20Type%20-%20Margin%20%5BDesktop%5D%20%5BHigh%5D&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_o7NBRDgARIsAKvAgt2G2iVGZyECw9X8NplBcS3LoVZJEyGhb8JrBAE1T9kaCX0gGhYf8-waAnHkEALw_wcB) which fit about 10 candies in … Historically, we’ve been pretty bad about keeping stuff on hand, and sometimes that’s been scary. So, we are growing up, and being better at it. But I’ve certainly politely asked for a cup of juice or soda STAT while in a bar more than once. EH hates those glucose tabs, because they taste like chalk to him. Skittles give him canker sores. For a long time he used Mentos, but got tired of it, and the mint ones were too menthol-y for him to gauge how he was recovering. Chocolate doesn’t work for him either, too much caffeine. He also used Starburst, but they melt. And small Lara Bars (but their wrappers are made of some plastic-like-substance made from corn which is stupid loud at night, and they’re hard to chew up). And a host of free hard candy scored from a restaurant/hotel/etc. is always floating around in our lives. I keep juice boxes and chocolate milk boxes, and when we did Whole30, he used applesauce, dates, and figs, and that worked. (And, now an epilogue here.) ---
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/24 "2017-08-29T06:55:11Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > Glucose tabs are the best default. They don’t go bad and they don’t melt. Actually, they do go bad. They mold. Or, ours did, left in our car. It was disgusting and frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/25 "2017-08-29T15:32:02Z")
For a moderate low (~55) first choice is a donut or other delicious pastry if available. For the serious crash (\<45) then it’s straight to the orange juice, which is always available (home, office, in my cooled lunch bag for travel). I don’t leave home without it. Candy is dandy, but o.j. is quicker. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/26 "2017-08-29T16:19:13Z")
Lemonade…so seasonal…and tasty! ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/27 "2017-08-29T16:59:50Z")
How fast is your recovery with a donut? At what point do you bolus for the extra carbs? Or do you exert terrific self-discipline and just eat a small piece? 🍩 ---
**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/28 "2017-08-29T17:01:33Z")
We had some in the car and they got sort of crystallized and unusable though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/29 "2017-08-29T17:23:43Z")
I use mini donuts and mini pastries. About 10g carbs per. They are not particularly fast, but for a moderate low it’s fast enough. I’ve gotten pretty good at controlling how many I eat. I get into more rebound trouble when I treat a deep low. Self control goes out the window in that case. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/30 "2017-08-29T20:22:51Z")
> [@CatLady](#): > > Lemonade…so seasonal…and tasty! For lows, a great thing is a Radler. Invented in Deisenhofen, Germany in 1922. It’s a mix of beer and lemonade, about 50% each. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/31 "2017-08-29T20:27:09Z")
While the Radler is tolerable, the Diesel is horrible. For the uninitiated, 50% coke 50% beer. Awful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/32 "2017-08-29T22:14:53Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Radler. Invented in Deisenhofen, Germany in 1922. It’s a mix of beer and lemonade, about 50% each. @Eric, my goodness, I am shocked you did not know… It is called a Demi Panache, invented in Belgium in 1919, by a French speaker of course. Radler. Pffff… ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/33 "2017-08-29T22:16:14Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > the Diesel is horrible. For the uninitiated, 50% coke 50% beer. Awful stuff Sure enough, the Diesel was invented in Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/34 "2017-08-29T23:09:30Z")
What I am reading here is the best low treatment depends on the low and the time of day. So for me it would be - A lager for a post lawn-mowing low. 🍺 An IPA for a walking to the pub low. 🍻 A glass of drambuie for a lazy evening low. (there is no drambuie emoji !) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/c/c2dd397a4c203321f4a248ffb51dfb58864d8fa8.jpg) and dex4 tablets for time when it is inappropirate to have a drink 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/35 "2017-08-30T23:16:32Z")
@Eric, @Chris, @Michel, and @Aaron, darn. It’s too bad I’m pretty sure I react badly to alcohol in general. @docslotnick, that sounds like a fun way to treat lows! I guess I must be pretty carb sensitive when I’m low, because it only takes 2 gummi bears (4 carbs) to stop the drop, and if I do 4 (8 carbs), it’ll bump me up ~30mg/dl. Then again, I haven’t had many lows, and no bad ones yet. ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/36 "2017-08-31T01:59:02Z")
> [@Aaron](#): > > A lager for a post lawn-mowing low. 🍺 > > An IPA for a walking to the pub low. 🍻 > > A glass of drambuie for a lazy evening low. (there is no drambuie emoji !) Love your plan 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/37 "2017-11-25T20:56:04Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > The full size fish are 5 carbs each, and the mini-fish are 2 carbs each. Easy to dose for. thanks for this info. i know this post is a rather old one, but i bring the fish to the pool with me (ha ha ha) and had no idea how many to take when i go low while swimming. i’d been over-doing it so often that i finally gave up. and it stinks b/c i love them so much and they taste much better than glucose tabs 😉 ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/38 "2017-11-25T21:03:40Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > small traveling tubes of glucose tabs, (fits 10 tablets) here is Walgreens version hate the Walgreens brand, but CVS’s version is much better. back when Walgreens was Duane Reed, those tabs were the best. orange is my go-to, but the grape and the pineapple are pretty good, too. the cherry is the absolute worst.( i’d rather eat a tums than chew on a cherry tablet 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/39 "2017-11-25T21:44:30Z")
> [@daisymae](#): > > orange is my go-to, but the grape and the pineapple are pretty good, too. My favorite is the new Martini flavored ones. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/f/ffe34369a41d2804e14f78d46da7c6e8374a267f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668/40 "2017-11-25T22:02:11Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > My favorite is the new Martini flavored ones. You know, in 46+ years of D I’ve never eaten a glucose tab. But these might change my mind. [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668.md?page=3)