[iDream]

So, the gallon challenge: drink a gallon of milk in one hour, seemingly impossible, friends have tried and failed in ugly ways..........then throw diabetes in the mix......I don't know if I should attempt or not, although I really think I can finish the milk.....what happens if I throw up hah?

[Keezheekoni]

The bet is usually drink a gallon of milk in 1 hour, hold it in without spewing for an hour more. If you don't have the second part of the bet, you're lucky.

I wouldn't suggest this at all...but if you're going to, follow these tips:

Use skim milk, flavoring it with chocolate will make it digest faster.
Down about 12 Lactaid pills over the hour.
Drink the first 1/2 gallon in the first 10 minutes, the rest slowly over the rest of the hour.
When you are done drinking the gallon, do not move for at least 30 minutes...any movement and you will spew.

Reasons why you might not want to do this:
1 - can't take insulin for the carbs, after you puke you'll go low.
2 - your body temp will be lowered so you'll be freezing cold and the natural reaction is to move to warm up...can't do it, you'll spew.
3 - if you're of any other ancestry than European, your body will not allow the processing of the proteins in the milk and you'll never make it within the hour time limit.
4 - if for some reason you are able to hold it all in, expect DKA.

Have fun! Have paramedics ready...

[xMenace]

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[princesslinda]

Originally Posted by iDream

So, the gallon challenge: drink a gallon of milk in one hour, seemingly impossible, friends have tried and failed in ugly ways..........then throw diabetes in the mix......I don't know if I should attempt or not, although I really think I can finish the milk.....what happens if I throw up hah?

The very thought of the potential "spew" makes me wonder why ANYONE would want to do this. I'd have to pass.

[JediSurfer]

I do know someone whom can do this but he isn't diabetic. He is a huge northern persian bodybuilder whom tend to eat like 4 full chickens a day and leg press a thousand pounds.

[iDream]

Friend threw up cheetos and milk at the same time, orange milk!

[REDLAN]

by my calculations 1 gallon of milk contains about 180 grams of carbs.

I would find that pretty tricky to bolus for - and then there is the spew factor...