Pepsi Maz?

[Adz444]

Morning everyone, I’m still very new to this and like the title says I want to know does drinking diet drinks like Pepsi Max/Coke Zero raise blood sugar?

I know they contain artificial sweeteners etc but after monitoring this morning it’s made me wonder as yesterday morning I woke and my bs was 5.6, I had a bowl of alpen oat cereal and 2 hours later it had gone up to 7.3 but reading the guidelines it says this is ok.....well this morning I woke up with bs 5.1, had the same cereal but drink a Pepsi max to wash down my Metformin and when I tested 2 hrs later it had gone up to 9.3, I did take my Metformin about an hour after eating as I forgot to take it with my food so would that raise the reading as well?

 

[RosieLKH]

I posted on here this week that I'd tried a diet Pepsi at the pub and my BS when I got home was 14, so I thought it couldn't have been diet. It's not a drink I'd normally choose,so have nothing to compare it to. Someone else posted to say diet Pepsi definitely made their BS rise. Someone said you can test the drink itself with a meter, but maybe someone who's done that could explain how.

 

[Sam50]

Hello both

My Hubby is T2 and when he had a diet lemonade at the pub and later tested himself his BG had gone up to 14. (He hadn't eaten just had a drink so knew it was that) Diet soda drinks will spike your BG in exactly the same way as regular fizzy drinks. All you are doing is saving the calories. Diet drinks often contain aspartame which is 200 times sweeter than sugar and is linked to many other health issues. Really you are better avoiding this type of soft drink altogether. Unfortunately it is not unknown for DN to advise switching to 'diet' versions of soft drinks but it is best not to follow this advice.

Hubby initially swapped sugar for sucralose (as it's supposed to be diabetic friendly) but it still spiked his levels.So he stopped using any sweeteners and his BG dropped.

 

[Goonergal]

Personally I find that diet drinks don’t raise my blood sugars at all - whether I drink them as part of a meal or on their own. The only way to find out whether you can tolerate them is to test before and after drinking.

 

[Rachox]

I’m the same as Goonergal. I’d be lost if I couldn’t tolerate them as I don’t enjoy water so use sugar free squash a lot.

 

[mytype1.life]

I'm also fine with diet drinks. Obviously they aren't great for you so I'd say try in moderation and keep experimenting/testing before you make your conclusions. Your rise may be due to the drink but it could be due to other factors. I've had a total different consequence when eating the exact same food on occasions (totally frustrating I know!)

 

[Mr_Pot]

I posted on here this week that I'd tried a diet Pepsi at the pub and my BS when I got home was 14, so I thought it couldn't have been diet. It's not a drink I'd normally choose,so have nothing to compere it to. Someone else posted to say diet Pepsi definitely made their BS rise. Someone said you can test the drink itself with a meter, but maybe someone who's done that could explain how.

I tested a sugar drink and a sweetener version on another thread recently. The sugar one read 9 on my meter and the sweetener version read Lo. So it does work but it was suggested that dipping some urine test strips would be more practical.

 

[ally1]

I drink zero coke and am ok with that