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Mrs Mad Ronin

Mrs Mad Ronin

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Today i had a scare, my first real one since being diagnosed (that i could test to make sure it was diabetes related).

I got myself some no added sugar Vimto, it said 0 or 0.1g on the list. However i didn't check the ingredients. I took it on face value.

Well 3 hrs after having it i decided to teat my blood. 16.3 with the Ketones warning 😱 I nearly flipping passed out from being so scared. More about the ketones than the figure. Admittedly my sugars have been high but max has usually been 13. I have to add i felt fine apart from feeling the urge to pee alot.

So for the next 2 hrs i did nothing except drink a Tetleys green tea with lemon. No food, no exercise nothing. I was to panicked. I tested again, 5.3.

So i learnt 2 things.

1) Vimto, very very bad for you as i checked the ingredients after that and the sweeteners etc is madness &

2) Green tea is very good for you, especially in that situation.

Scared was an understatement. So yeah, my first major incident.
 
This is the problem with "no added sugar" drinks; it doesn't necessarily mean no sugar, especially if it's a fruit drink, it just means that they haven't added any sugar over and above what the ingredients already contribute. 😱 So a fruit-based drink can be quite sugary and still be "no added sugar". 🙄
 
Yes i'm certainly learning that. I have to admit, i am still finding it hard at times to remember to look for things or just being strict with myself :(
 
No added sugar Vimto has minimal carbohydrate. Whatever caused your bg to go up, it wasn't the Vimto. If you didn't test before you drank it, your reading doesn't mean anything.

Vimto doesn't have anything different to it than squash or diet Coke or whatever.
 
Well i did a test 15 mins or so before it and it was 8.3 which at the moment is good for me. I had nothing else to eat or drink and no exercise.

Vimto is quite sweet compared to normal squash, so maybe for me it didn't agree. I can drink squash and it doesn't have that impact. I can drink diet or coke zero and it does nothing. Yet vimto did increase it. Maybe for others it's fine but for some reason not me.
 
That's scary Michelle ! I have to say though that I avoid anything that just says no added sugar and only buy drinks that are sugar free...which turns out isn't a lot! 🙄
 
Mrs Mad Ronin said:
Today i had a scare, my first real one since being diagnosed (that i could test to make sure it was diabetes related).

I got myself some no added sugar Vimto, it said 0 or 0.1g on the list. However i didn't check the ingredients. I took it on face value.

Well 3 hrs after having it i decided to teat my blood. 16.3 with the Ketones warning 😱 I nearly flipping passed out from being so scared. More about the ketones than the figure. Admittedly my sugars have been high but max has usually been 13. I have to add i felt fine apart from feeling the urge to pee alot.

So for the next 2 hrs i did nothing except drink a Tetleys green tea with lemon. No food, no exercise nothing. I was to panicked. I tested again, 5.3.

So i learnt 2 things.

1) Vimto, very very bad for you as i checked the ingredients after that and the sweeteners etc is madness &

2) Green tea is very good for you, especially in that situation.

Scared was an understatement. So yeah, my first major incident.
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When you originally tested, and got the horrendous number, did you test again immediately to check it was a true reading? A dirty/contaminated finger can cause a rogue, alarming reading.

Don't ask me how I know this!
 
How alarming!

What was your most recent reading before that? I appreciate you are unlikely to have tested immediately before just an apparently benign drink.
 
My suggestion would be to try it again. If the high was unrelated to the vimto, then you can continue to enjoy it. Test before drinking then again 15-30 mins afterwards.

Sweeteners may raise levels but usually over a longer time period and it will depend on the type of sweetener. Many are of a type that, although they taste sweet, are chemically different so don't get absorbed as readily through the gut - this accounts for the gastric problems that can ensue after consumption.

I regularly drink Robinsons NAS squash with no impact on my levels 🙂
 
Northerner said:
.../I regularly drink Robinsons NAS squash with no impact on my levels 🙂
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Me too. I don't drink a lot of fizzies and have never thought to test when I did. I do like the Robinson's NAS though (especially the peach) and they don't seem to affect my numbers.
 
Thank you all for your replies 🙂

Well not sure why but Vimto has to got to do something to me for some reason :confused:

I decided to put it to the test again. Tested 4 times yesterday, readings where ok for me. High after meals but them i was testing some foods and the returned to normal. Even had Coke zero and Robinsons summer fruits squash, all fine.

So this morning i got up and tested 8.3. I drank a glass of vimto. Nothing else as it takes me an hour sometimes 2 before i can eat or do anything, for other reasons.

15 mins later 16.0. Left it an hr, come down to 9. Had breakfast and tested 2 hrs later 11 but you expect that. Now back down to 8.3. As i say 8.3 is a normal range for me at present.

So if i go by that the only thing i can put it down to is Vimto. But i am open to other possibilities :D

Yeah, so i am not sure what else it can be. I know it has left me quite baffled as i agree looking at the evidence Vimto is fine. I'm not stupid, i have brains somewhere lol
 
Do you have any of the Vimto left, and does it have a batch number, or any other information on it?

Based on the bewildering nature of your findings, in your shoes, I might be inclined to email the manufacturer, including any information you might be able to give them to identify the batch your Vimto came from, and ask if they have had any reports from diabetics of unexpected reactions.

Whilst typing this, I'm wondering, if you have any of the demon drink left, if you could test it, rather than you? You could use a Diastix, if you have any, or use your meter.

You never know, there may have been a QC issue.
 
I do have plenty left to be honest with you. It was one of those big ones that were on offer. Maybe that's why it was on offer 😉 but yeah that's not a bad idea to email them just to see if they have had a dodgy batch or something. As i say it is odd and i know it shouldn't be doing that. Not given all the information.

Thanks for the tip, i will do everything you have mentioned :D
 
Could it be an allergy to something in there? Just wondered if a mild allergic reaction might elevate the old glucose levels? I have a very serious allergy to shellfish and I was warned that an allergic reaction could cause very high BG, followed by very low BG (which I'm hoping I don't have to deal with whilst jabbing myself with an epi pen 😱)
 
DeusXM said:
No added sugar Vimto has minimal carbohydrate. Whatever caused your bg to go up, it wasn't the Vimto. If you didn't test before you drank it, your reading doesn't mean anything.

Vimto doesn't have anything different to it than squash or diet Coke or whatever.
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Hi

My father in law is diabetic and we had been buying him no added sugar Vimto.
Today out of interest I tested his blood sugar as he is not well controlled. It was 15.5. I have tried to tell him that the things he eats and how he cooks is affecting his sugars but he insisted it was the Vimto. To show him I tested the Vimto. Undiluted it was 4.7, diluted 14.4. I did it a further 5 times in different vessels with tap water and bottled. All the same. As soon as I add water to Vimto the sugar level goes through the roof.
I am a registered nurse and have been for over 25 years. I use blood glucose monitors daily and I have never seen results like these.
 
Colinbert said:
Hi

My father in law is diabetic and we had been buying him no added sugar Vimto.
Today out of interest I tested his blood sugar as he is not well controlled. It was 15.5. I have tried to tell him that the things he eats and how he cooks is affecting his sugars but he insisted it was the Vimto. To show him I tested the Vimto. Undiluted it was 4.7, diluted 14.4. I did it a further 5 times in different vessels with tap water and bottled. All the same. As soon as I add water to Vimto the sugar level goes through the roof.
I am a registered nurse and have been for over 25 years. I use blood glucose monitors daily and I have never seen results like these.
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You have replied to a post that is old and @DexusXM, no longer seems to post, along with others in the thread.
 
What are you testing with though? Obviously you can't use blood testing strips. That's like expecting to be able to see if you wear your specs in your ears! Who sells Vimto testing strips?
 
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