Using glucose tests to check diet soda 'authenticity'

ever gone to a restaurant, ordered a "diet" soda and questioned if it was REALLY diet when you got it? I know I have! Turns out you can use glucose test designed for diabetics (both blood and urine tests) to know for certain if a drink actually has sugar in it. If you want to debate about diet sodas and their potential health issues, go elsewhere, this is just a fun way to determine sugar/glucose content so you won't ruin your ketogenic diet and/or diabetes.

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[ketowithstacy]

It's like that for me with caffeine. If I have caffeine I could literally die. I get bad heart palpitations with back to back PVCs, bad irregular heart beat have ended up in the ER being pumped with medications to slow my heart etc. .. So when I ask for decaf and have been given caffeine it's awful! I think lots of times people don't take that seriously. They think big deal it's just caffeine. I won't get coffee at Dunken Donuts again because they did it to me twice.

[Sawyer]

Great video. Being type 2 I've been in this situation at a restaurant and end up not drinking what the brought me and just drink water. This is a super easy and low cost way to be sure. Especially in a place you don't trust. Thanks!

Also I use the Walmart meter. Such a great meter and very cheap.

[gabriellee]

It's a relief to know that I'm not the only one that's paranoid when it comes to diet drinks from restaurants lol

[rebekahbryantinman]

Wow. I was in this situation just the other day! Thank you so much for the tip!!!

[britishprofessor]

Fantastic video. I always was unsure what was zero drink and what was not. As a diabetic I can now check. Thank you👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[kishanvadgama]

this is genius. in that case can i use a drop of urine on the glucose meter and NOT the usual urine strips to see how much sugar it has?

[esj]

Your samsung washing machine has done its job..

[centigradzcentigradz]

I used to drink orange juice from a small bottle. It even had the pulp. And that was all I had and didn't have any sugar. But after a week of having my daily morning oj I gained weight. At the time I didn't understand y. But years later I realized that even if oj is freshly squeezed it takes at least 3 oranges to get that amount of juice.

[TIMESAYEAR]

I decided to test this the last time I had a fasting blood sugar test. I had not drank very much (water on an empty stomach makes me nauseous) so I was probably a little dehydrated from not drinking and my blood sugar was up. When I drank diet soda during my last fasting blood sugar, my fasting blood sugar was down by about 6 points and 10 points from the next to last test. My conclusion: diet soda has no effect on my fasting blood sugar and it's better than being dehydrated. I argued with a family member who said the taste raises the blood sugar. I said the rise in blood sugar is from a chemical response to sugar in something you eat or drink, it's not a response to a perceived sweet flavor. According to my blood test, I was correct. My blood sugar was lower. If you're diabetic you could do your own FBS any day to find out whether it raises blood sugar. The rest of us have to wait to go to the doctor.

[rubenangelvarisco]

I started to check my urine and is very useful.

[ShushLorraine]

Wow, I never thought of checking drinks like that!! Thanks. I wonder if a dark colored soda would not work on the first test strips?

[PercentOS]

The Regular Twist Up has CORN SYRUP in it, NOT TABLE SUGAR. FRUCTOSE is another type of sweetener and is actually good for the body as long as it is natural from juices such as Apple Juice. So you shouldn't judge all sweeteners as bad for the body. I have been doing a little experimenting too and my orange juice (5 squeezed oranges) went from cyan to dark brown in less than 5 seconds so I found out to never juice oranges and I can sure see why. So no more juicing for me. How many apples did it take to juice to fill that bottle? Your strip really look dark brown. But than I put about 3 Tablespoons of table sugar in about a 1/2 cup of water which really tasted sweet, even sweeter than the orange juice making sure it was well dissolved and the strip was still a cyan color about 15 minutes later. I also tested Rice Cooking Wine which is really sweet but took about a minute to turn brown. So I hope you identify the various sweeteners while you are doing these tests, noting what is healthy and what is not healthy. But even the healthy sweeteners need to be used in moderation if you are diabetic.

The reason I did my test is that on my blood panel my glucose was a bit elevated and it had to have been the orange juice from the day before despite me fasting for about 12 hours. I know it when I get too many sweets because they show up in my urine so now I make sure I follow the recommended dosages on the bottles. I'm allowed 1/4 cup of maple syrup on my pancakes and it never shows up in my urine. I started eating dark chocolate a while back too.

[xoom]

the NON DIET soda has a LOT of sugar but it's in the form of FRUCTOSE or sucrose which can't be tested by that.

[chrissie.]

Why do you think that the keto-mojo meter won’t work ? Annoying as its the one I have

[sajjadpatwary]

Today i will do the test. I never thought like that. What is the range of sugar in the diet coke or no sugar coke, if we want to avoid sugar?

[windyfranks]

Apple juice is a common fix for a low blood sugar.