Re: [IP] Using your blood glucose meter to test diet coke
At 03:20 PM 4/29/2005, Kathleen Weaver wrote:
>Someone asked me off list to explain how I test diet coke with my
>blood glucose meter.
>
>Basically, I drop a couple of drops of diet coke on my test strip --
>basically the same procedure as checking it against the solution they
>send with the meter. If it is diet coke, it will read low, and if it
>is real coke, it reads high.
>
>Weird thing is, I got that off this list months ago.
>
>--
>Kathleen Weaver
Which meter are you using? I tried this with an Ultra meter and a diet
coke gave "- - -" and a regular coke gave "Err4".
RoseLea
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