Diet Coke Again ? BG 21.3!

[falcon123]

In the middle of last week I had a few days when for no apparent reason my BG yo-yo’ed. Anyway it was all settled until yesterday lunchtime. As I was out with a friend and we did not have much time for lunch we popped into a burger chain. We had the meal deal of burger, fries and a drink – Diet Coke. A few hours later my BG had shot from 5.5 to 21.3 and I was feeling a bit rough. Having eaten nothing else my only thoughts were than I had not been given Diet Coke again! Unfortunately I did not have my Diastix on me so I feel it inappropriate to “name and shame” the chain and branch! I am starting to think this is something for “weights and measures” to take up. Mind you I know a busy pub (in London) that frequently gives short measures and they are never taken to task! Grrr!

 

[novorapidboi26]

Gutted................I am assuming you didnt take insulin for this meal.......??

If yes, how much.....?? Can you not taste the difference between diet and full sugar..........?

 

[falcon123]

Gutted................I am assuming you didnt take insulin for this meal.......??

If yes, how much.....?? Can you not taste the difference between diet and full sugar..........?

Incorrect, I took my normal dose of insulin which is why I assume I was not given diet coke. Sometimes I can taste the difference but with some of the pumped ones it is not always that easy!

 

[novorapidboi26]

Incorrect, I took my normal dose of insulin which is why I assume I was not given diet coke. Sometimes I can taste the difference but with some of the pumped ones it is not always that easy!

You are probably right then.........I would estimate the meal between 80-100g of carbs...........is that close to your calculation?

 

[falcon123]

Their nutrition sheet came up with 65g (I only ate half the fries). A normal coke would nearly double that!

 

[novorapidboi26]

You wont be going back there then!!!!!

If I am out getting a burger, usually McDonalds, Large fries and quarter pounder comes to 100g (60 fries, 40 burger), think I am just a wee bit greedy though........🙂

 

[shiv]

I can use my Contour USB to check if a drink is diet or not - I get 'les than 0.6mmol/l' if it is diet, and usually over 3 if it isn't - might be worth seeing if you can do that with yours? Not great wasting a strip, but better than finding out the hard way!

 

[falcon123]

Had a largeish portion of pasta for lunch with a can of diet coke. Two hours later BG 8.4 - not to bad considering portion size but should be better!