# Post-exercise - "wasted" carbs
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288
**Category:** Sportswiki
**Tags:** wiki
**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288 "2017-06-20T02:16:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/21 "2019-01-28T17:57:31Z")
its the Boost Glucose Control Chocolate Sensation with 16gms of carbs. its awesome.
(and it does come in other flavors, but i havent liked any of the other ones. just the chocolate )
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/22 "2019-01-28T18:00:49Z")
@daisymae Thank you!! Will try it 😊
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/23 "2019-01-28T18:17:19Z")
i think you’ll really like it. it doesnt taste like a liquid Hershey bar, but its very good for a refuel drink.
be in mind, i drink 2 of them; one after the other. and, they are very filling…at least for me. i generally eat dinner about 2.5 - 3 hours afterwards and i find that i dont have as much of an appitite as on the days that i dont swim and dont drink them.
PS: i order them through JET (on line) and they arrive the next day. i buy them by the case, and they are very reasonable $$$.
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/24 "2019-01-28T18:38:43Z")
@daisymae I love chocolate, so anything chocolatey is AOK 🙂 Oh, I didn’t realize you drink 2 of them! Thanks for telling me. Thanks for the JET hint, too. Anything to save $$ as $$ will add up quickly drinking them everyday!
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/25 "2019-01-28T21:53:45Z")
> [@Trying](#):
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> Anything to save $$ as $$ will add up quickly drinking them everyday!
tell me about it. the $$$ can really catch up with you; its one of the reasons i buy them in bulk. (and, btw, drinking only one is just not enough to refuel. at least not for me. eric has an entirely different way of doing it than i do. i tried his way, and it didnt work for me at all. but YDMV )
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/26 "2019-01-28T22:54:07Z")
@daisymae I ended up buying some Glycerna at the store just to try it out to be sure I can tolerate it. They didn’t have Boost but the Glycerna seems to have very similar nutritional breakdown. For 2 bottles, I’d probably have to take 2U. I might just start with one bottle and just 1U.
By the way, I read on some of the FUD Sports Wikis that chocolate milk (skim) is also good for post-run refuel. Have you tried it? It would be less expensive for sure but it wouldn’t include all of the other minerals and vitamins.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/27 "2019-01-28T23:22:11Z")
> [@Trying](#):
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> I read on some of the FUD Sports Wikis that chocolate milk (skim) is also good for post-run refuel. Have you tried it?
Eric loves chocolate milk and milk with Ovaltine post run. i tried it and i spiked from about 70 to over 300 within 1/2 hour. **With the BOOST, i never spike.** i bolus 50% of the total carbs (for 32 gms i bolus 1.5 units) the BOOST has worked consistantly, effectively for over a year, so i trust it and feel comfortable recommending it. My GI MD turned me on to it.
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/28 "2019-01-29T00:03:23Z")
Oh, wow, big difference! Thanks for the warning! I can see why you’d want to stick with the Boost, and not chocolate milk.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-wasted-carbs/1288/29 "2019-01-29T00:07:57Z")
I don’t spike from it because I take a good bit of insulin for it!
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