Carb counting sugary drinks

[shannonb]

Has anybody had this problem? It seems like when my son drinks a super sugary drink...which doesn't happen often unless he's low...when I count the carbs like I normally do and cover it, he drops low.

For example: Yesterday he had chocolate milk with lunch (36g) and I covered with our normal 15:1 ratio. At the beginning of lunch he was 103, then an hour and a half later he was 36!!!!!. This happened another time when he drank an apple juice with lunch because that's all they had (normally I only give juice for a low), and when I covered it he dropped low.

So, should I change the carb ratio for sugary drinks? Or do you think these are isolated lows caused by other factors?

Thanks for the help.

[Mojo's mommy]

I also would be interested in the answer to this. Courtney has been wanting a slurpee forever and the pump educator suggested that may be a good treat to give her to see how she reacts BS wise and also to reward her for taking everything so well!

Well, yesterday I finally got her one, smallest available..approx 12 oz ..42g carbs and bolused her for the whole amount.She drank every last drop :D I checked her after 1 hour and her BS was 13.1 which I figured was not great but it had only been 1 hour and i actually thought it would be a lot higher. 2 hours post she was 3.1 and I had to treat a low as she still had .8 of a unit still active.

So, We have / had the same problem :confused:

[Mama Belle]

The sugary drinks are in and out of your system quickly. So they peak before the insulin and they are starting to leave your system when the insulin is working at its strongest. Therefore you have left over insulin with no carbs to cover it.

We were told that unless she is low, sugary drinks are still off limits, even on the pump. Right now, we will only on the rare occasion let her have orange juice or something with a meal, but only if it is with a meal that has enough protein to cover her insulin after the fast acting sugar has gone.