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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
>>
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