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Tricky Vitamin C tabs

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johnme

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
I have recently been in the habit of drinking vitamin C from tablets at night. I have several. After all, what harm could vitamin C do? But I've been having raised blood sugar (7 or 8) in the morning. It was a mystery to me - I'm on a LCHF diet and stick to it. Then I read the side of the vitamin C tube.... Maltodextrin. I feel such a fool!
 
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johnme said:
I have recently been in the habit of drinking vitamin C from tablets at night. But I've been having raised blood sugar (7 or 8) in the morning. It was a mystery to me - I'm on a LCHF diet and stick to it. Then I read the side of the vitamin C tube.... Maltodextrin. I feel such a fool!
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Easy mistake to make. There are sweeteners served in small pink sachets at the breakfast tables of a certain hotel chain that caused me to have massively high glucose levels after a low carb breakfast. When I checked the packets carefully - dextrose! We live and learn.
 
Don't feel bad, we've all been caught out at one time or another. We live and learn.
 
Why exceed the stated dose, the excess will just be peed out anyway, you’re just wasting your money?! I take one soluble vitamin C and zinc tablet per day, yes it does contain Maltodestrin, but each tablet only weighs 4g and the Maktodextrin is way down the list of ingredients so there’s not much of it in it. My HbA1c is non diabetic, so the benefits (way less colds) far outway any perceived effect on my blood sugar levels.
 
Rachox said:
Why exceed the stated dose, the excess will just be peed out anyway, you’re just wasting your money?! I take one soluble vitamin C and zinc tablet per day, yes it does contain Maltodestrin, but each tablet only weighs 4g and the Maktodextrin is way down the list of ingredients so there’s not much of it in it. My HbA1c is non diabetic, so the benefits (way less colds) far outway any perceived effect on my blood sugar levels.
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I was told to take large doses of vitamin C by my doctor who is a chronic fatigue syndrome/M.E. specialist. She also wanted me to follow the paleo keto diet which is fine by me because of my type 2 diabetes (except for missing my cheese!! Butter is ok but not cheese ).
But taking large dose ascorbic acid raised my blood glucose and there weren't any additives in the powder, it was just ascorbic acid... so have discontinued it.
 
Angelofthemarches said:
I was told to take large doses of vitamin C by my doctor who is a chronic fatigue syndrome/M.E. specialist. She also wanted me to follow the paleo keto diet which is fine by me because of my type 2 diabetes (except for missing my cheese!! Butter is ok but not cheese ).
But taking large dose ascorbic acid raised my blood glucose and there weren't any additives in the powder, it was just ascorbic acid... so have discontinued it.
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Daily requirement of vitamin C is easily met by well balanced diet.Besides, the excess is immediately excreted.
 
Rachox said:
Why exceed the stated dose, the excess will just be peed out anyway, you’re just wasting your money?! I take one soluble vitamin C and zinc tablet per day, yes it does contain Maltodestrin, but each tablet only weighs 4g and the Maktodextrin is way down the list of ingredients so there’s not much of it in it. My HbA1c is non diabetic, so the benefits (way less colds) far outway any perceived effect on my blood sugar levels.
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Thanks for your post. I'm not necessarily as logical as that, more 'let's have a drink late at night...I know, I've got vit C tabs...' etcetera. I've stopped now anyway. I don't drink alcohol, don't take tea or coffee in the evening. I'm down to water. Like a horse.

Not sure about the HbA1c. Blood sugar is a sore point at the moment, hence me tracking it so closely. My last test/next result includes a month where I thought I was suffering from bronchitis so was dosing myself with honey and lemon or benilyn (sp?). Actually I had a pulmonary embolism and pneumonia. I ended up in hospital for a couple of weeks. When I came out the gp insisted on arranging the diabetic review even though I knew and she knew the results would be skewiff. If I'm to be frank I find the system seems to be more about the medics' schedules than the patients'. I was in a hospital ward where literally more than half the patients were diabetic. The tea lady would come round taking orders for dinner, always heavily carb loaded and followed up by a sweet pudding. At the same time the nurses were going round handing out metformin. You couldn't make it up. I had to have my wife bring food in. Pork pie with the crust peeled off. Hard boiled eggs. I'd better stop for fear of sounding like a whinger. I had fabulous medical treatment from the NHS but the food and the medicine are in silos.
 
johnme said:
I was in a hospital ward where literally more than half the patients were diabetic. The tea lady would come round taking orders for dinner, always heavily carb loaded and followed up by a sweet pudding. At the same time the nurses were going round handing out metformin. You couldn't make it up. I had to have my wife bring food in. Pork pie with the crust peeled off. Hard boiled eggs. I'd better stop for fear of sounding like a whinger. I had fabulous medical treatment from the NHS but the food and the medicine are in silos.[/QU
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I had a few days in hospital before last Xmas I lived on omelettes and salad! The only suitable choices! Breakfast was a nightmare, I had nuts which I took in with me and black coffee!
 
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