# Measuring carb corrections in drinks without measuring **URL:** \ **Category:** Treatment\ **Created:** [September 25, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142 "2017-09-25T15:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/1 "2017-09-25T15:21:53Z")
There is a fairly easy way to estimate a specific number of carbs from any drink, without measuring. There are a lot of instances when you may not be able to measure out a specific number of ounces in a drink. Anytime you are away from home, if you are at work, or if you are in a restaurant, or need to stop at the Kwik-E-Mart and get a little bit of sugar… If you are away from home you don’t need to be a slave to glucose tabs or counting skittles because you can’t measure a drink. You can get very close to a specific carb amount with any drink. How can you pull 3 grams of sugar from a can of Coke without measuring? Or apple juice or chocolate milk? I have been doing this for years. I don’t measure chocolate milk or OJ if I am using it for a low. Most of the time I don’t even use a glass (don’t tell the wife). I can pull a specific number of ounces straight from the carton. This is easy to do. Only two things needed. 1. First, take a measuring cup and practice taking a 1 ounce swig/gulp/sip of water. It doesn’t take long to get a very good sense of what 1 ounce is. Just practice it a few times. You will be amazed at how close you can get with a bit of practice. 2. Next, all you have to do is remember a few carb estimates for things you might drink for a low. Here are some general carb numbers (per ounce) for a few different drinks (yes, I know they may vary a little bit by who makes the drink, and who you ask…): Apple juice = 3.5 grams Orange juice = 3.2 grams Grape juice = 4.5 grams Chocolate milk = 3.2 grams Coke = 3.25 grams Gatorage/Powerade 2.0 grams (Not showing sweet tea or lemonade because there is a big variation on those) Even if you don’t remember them exactly, you can see that for most things shown above (except the sports drinks), 3~4 is a pretty close estimate. * * * So just practice a little bit to get the 1 ounce swig/gulp/sip. Then wherever you are, you can always get a really good estimate of how many carbs you are drinking without having to worry about measuring. ---
**Author:** ![Dave6746](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/dave6746/32/2006_2.png) [@Dave6746](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dave6746)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/2 "2017-09-25T16:18:42Z")
I didn’t do well in history because I couldn’t remember dates, etc. I can’t remember details from a list of most anything. But I get where you are coming from. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/3 "2017-09-25T19:04:15Z")
> [@dave](#): > > I can’t remember details from a list of most anything. If you remember 3.5 grams, that gets you pretty close for a lot of sweet drinks! Just get the 1 ounce swig figured out. ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/4 "2017-09-25T21:21:57Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Just get the 1 ounce swig figured out. I’ve spent the past couple hours practicing with gin. Funnest experiment EVER! ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/5 "2017-09-25T21:43:53Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > Funnest experiment EVER! Videos ? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/6 "2017-09-25T23:47:12Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > I’ve spent the past couple hours practicing with gin. I like to practice with beer, because I can practice 12 times with every bottle. 🍺 ---
**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:** [September 26, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/7 "2017-09-26T07:16:37Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > I like to practice with beer, because I can practice 12 times with every bottle. But you did not list it in the cheat sheet 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CarolynA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carolyna/32/1828_2.png) [@CarolynA](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarolynA)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142/8 "2017-09-26T16:34:54Z")
I corrected a (mild) low with a Guinness once because I had raced a whole bunch the 2 days before and the thought of another Gu or anything at all sweet was not appealing. Beer is about 1g/oz.