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Default Easy way to test foods for sugar before eating?

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,
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>>>Out of curiosity I just dipped an urine test strip into Coca Cola an it
>>>instantly indicated lots of glucose ...

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>>Is it made with high fructose corn syrup?

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> Table of contents says: Sugar
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> If you want, I can put industrial sugar into water and test it again...
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> Mike
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