AHA!
It was YOU at the Food Court last week.
8))








"Ted Rosenberg" > wrote in message
...
> cc'd by email
>
> YOU CAN NOT TEST FOOD WITH BLOOD TEST STRIPS
>
> any more than you can test blood with urine strips
>
> why not just throw the food into the air, walk three times around them
> and clap your hands, then meditate for the result.
>
> You probably will get more accurate readings!
>
> smallpkg wrote:
>
> > My point, Ted, is that if people are worried that their beverage is
> > loaded with sugar, they don't need to buy urine strips, but can use
> > their blood glucose meter (that they already have with them). Using a
> > test strip to confirm that your drink is not sugar-free is not
> > meaningless. I don't place any importance in the reading, but just in
> > the fact that I can see that I didn't get the diet drink that I ordered.
> >
> > One time I was able to tell the fast food restaurant manager that they
> > had the regular coke hooked up to the diet coke spigots. I didn't tell
> > him for my benefit--I already knew--but I was hoping to help other
> > diabetics who might not as readily recognize a regular drink.
> >
> > I can't believe how, on this newsgroup, a perfectly innocent statement
> > can cause such mayhem.
> >
> >
> > Ted Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> >> cc'd by email
> >> One touch test strips are NOT to test beverages or urine
> >> they are to test BLOOD
> >> any results from anything else are MEANINGLESS
> >>
> >> smallpkg wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have often tested beverages with my One Touch strips (all kinds)
> >>> and they register high glucose (over 600mg/dl) for drinks made with
> >>> high fructose corn syrup or other sugars. I only test when I've had
> >>> a swig of a drink that I recognize as non-diet, non-sugarfree, since
> >>> I recognize it immediately. Tonight I tested on MaiTai mix (as an
> >>> experiment), which is only sweetened with corn syrup, and it tested
> >>> "high" on the meter. You're pretty safe to just use your regular
> >>> blood glucose meter strips. Why buy urine strips just for testing
> >>> foods?
> >>>
> >>> Michael Wäsch wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Out of curiosity I just dipped an urine test strip into Coca Cola
> >>>>>> an it
> >>>>>> instantly indicated lots of glucose ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is it made with high fructose corn syrup?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Table of contents says: Sugar
> >>>>
> >>>> If you want, I can put industrial sugar into water and test it
again...
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >