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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 936003" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>Without a meter you can't tell if your food is helping your blood sugar or not. You don't need one to avoid a hypo but you do need one if you want to know what might spike your blood sugar and what foods you can freely eat. Most people here use the code free meter - someone will have a link - as the strips are the cheapest. It can't do you any harm unless you are the sort of person who might panic when seeing the odd high reading. But if you want to know what's going on and learn about how to keep blood sugars stable then it's an invaluable tool. It's not true that you can't do anything to change blood sugar levels using diet only because of course with a meter you can see what foods affect it (carbs usually like bread, pasta, potatoes etc) and what foods don't. Also you can see the effects of exercise on blood sugar. personally I find if I have eaten anythgin that spikes my blood sugars then about 15 mins of walking gets it dow real fast. I only know this through testing with a meter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 936003, member: 195124"] Without a meter you can't tell if your food is helping your blood sugar or not. You don't need one to avoid a hypo but you do need one if you want to know what might spike your blood sugar and what foods you can freely eat. Most people here use the code free meter - someone will have a link - as the strips are the cheapest. It can't do you any harm unless you are the sort of person who might panic when seeing the odd high reading. But if you want to know what's going on and learn about how to keep blood sugars stable then it's an invaluable tool. It's not true that you can't do anything to change blood sugar levels using diet only because of course with a meter you can see what foods affect it (carbs usually like bread, pasta, potatoes etc) and what foods don't. Also you can see the effects of exercise on blood sugar. personally I find if I have eaten anythgin that spikes my blood sugars then about 15 mins of walking gets it dow real fast. I only know this through testing with a meter. [/QUOTE]
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