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Schweppes slimline lemonade

Sugar substitutes aren’t suppose to raise blood sugars, but I suspect saccharine does with me. I can quite happily drink soft drinks with aspartame and acesulfame, but Robinson’s no added sugar orange squash which has saccharine in it raises my sugars, not sky high like yours but definitely a bit.
 
I bought some vitamin D tablets with sweetener - the sort which fizz, and after the first one my BG shot up to 11.3 mmol/l - I got 5.6 after Christmas dinner. I've tried some with meals and still got high readings.
It has to be a response from the liver, dumping glucose, but it is rather odd.
 
Craig381sara said:
Nope poured it myself

But just looked up this ingredient (Aspartame, Sodium Saccharin) so unsure if it could be this
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If you have any left, you could try testing it with your meter - just to ensure it was actually sweetener and not any form of packaging/labelling error (very unlikely I'd have thought).
 
Craig381sara said:
Might sound stupid but how do you do that (is it dip the lemonade and not blood) never hear of that one
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That's right. If there's no sugar, it'll show "Lo" (or such like), and if sugar, there'll likely be a value (could he "High". You can also do this with urine dip sticks.
 
Great stuff my only concern is I use a Contour next one which auto logs my tests and plots a graph and you cannot take them off the device (not from what I can see in the manual) any advice there
 
Rachox said:
Sugar substitutes aren’t suppose to raise blood sugars, but I suspect saccharine does with me. I can quite happily drink soft drinks with aspartame and acesulfame, but Robinson’s no added sugar orange squash which has saccharine in it raises my sugars, not sky high like yours but definitely a bit.
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No AddedcSugar
Rachox said:
Sugar substitutes aren’t suppose to raise blood sugars, but I suspect saccharine does with me. I can quite happily drink soft drinks with aspartame and acesulfame, but Robinson’s no added sugar orange squash which has saccharine in it raises my sugars, not sky high like yours but definitely a bit.
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NO ADDED SUGAR does not mean there is no sugar all the sugar from the fruit itself is still there the phrase N.A.S. is another marketing ploy aimed at people trying to loose weight but catches some of us in their net so might not be the saccharin
 
bangkokdiabetic said:
No AddedcSugar

NO ADDED SUGAR does not mean there is no sugar all the sugar from the fruit itself is still there the phrase N.A.S. is another marketing ploy aimed at people trying to loose weight but catches some of us in their net so might not be the saccharin
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Granted, however the carb count for the Robinsons NAS Orange squash is still only 0.6g per 100mls against for instance Tesco NAS Lemon squash which is <0.1g per 100mls, so in the absence of many carbs I looked elsewhere for an explanation for my blood sugars rise.
 
Craig381sara said:
OMG just had a glass of this (pint) and my BG went sky high (14.3) has anyone else had this problem?
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Sometimes an item of food or drink sets off my readings too without any rhyme or reason just try and avoid this particular product for a month or two (as it may be just a blip in the making) then try a smaller amount and test again
 
Rachox said:
Granted, however the carb count for the Robinsons NAS Orange squash is still only 0.6g per 100mls against for instance Tesco NAS Lemon squash which is <0.1g per 100mls, so in the absence of many carbs I looked elsewhere for an explanation for my blood sugars rise.
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Why not ask Robinsons themselves maybe they don't know it is happening and can correct the problem
 
Craig381sara said:
Great stuff my only concern is I use a Contour next one which auto logs my tests and plots a graph and you cannot take them off the device (not from what I can see in the manual) any advice there
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You could acquire a spare meter for those experiments. Unless I'm mistaken the Contour next is a small meter.
 
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