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<blockquote data-quote="VixyA86" data-source="post: 1039243" data-attributes="member: 74275"><p>Hi, this is a bit of a random question but I'd really appreciate if anyone could explain something to me as I can't find the answer on Google! </p><p></p><p>I was unsure if the 'diet' coke I was given at a restaurant was actually diet, so I used my blood monitor to check it and it came out 'HI'. I got another and double checked, and the result this time was 'LO', so I surmised that the first one must have been regular, the second one diet. I thought I'd found a great way of checking if drinks are actually sugar free or not if necessary when eating out, until this morning when I tested my theory with a cup of tea.....I was convinced that my dad had actually put sugar in my tea instead of sweetener, so out came my glucose monitor....19.3. I made myself another cup of tea with 1 sweetener and out of interest checked it again.....19.5! I don't understand, how can a diet soft drink produce a 'lo' result, but the tea with 1 sweetener was 19.5?! Surely a drop of (semi-skimmed) milk doesn't contain that much sugar?!</p><p></p><p>If anyone could shed any light on this I'd be really grateful!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VixyA86, post: 1039243, member: 74275"] Hi, this is a bit of a random question but I'd really appreciate if anyone could explain something to me as I can't find the answer on Google! I was unsure if the 'diet' coke I was given at a restaurant was actually diet, so I used my blood monitor to check it and it came out 'HI'. I got another and double checked, and the result this time was 'LO', so I surmised that the first one must have been regular, the second one diet. I thought I'd found a great way of checking if drinks are actually sugar free or not if necessary when eating out, until this morning when I tested my theory with a cup of tea.....I was convinced that my dad had actually put sugar in my tea instead of sweetener, so out came my glucose monitor....19.3. I made myself another cup of tea with 1 sweetener and out of interest checked it again.....19.5! I don't understand, how can a diet soft drink produce a 'lo' result, but the tea with 1 sweetener was 19.5?! Surely a drop of (semi-skimmed) milk doesn't contain that much sugar?! If anyone could shed any light on this I'd be really grateful! [/QUOTE]
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