Wed, Jun-16-10, 18:52
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Posts: 80
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 173/150/145
BF:34/28.8/25
Progress: 82%
Location: The OC, California
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How to Use Blood Glucose Meter
Hello Everybody! I'm a newbie and I've been "lurking" in here for about a week. Played around with CAD about 10 years ago and stumbled upon this site and decided to get the Heller's more recent books and give it a try (after calorie restriction and intensive exercise for last month with not much results).
I just bought a blood glucose meter because I was curious how AS would effect my blood sugar - mainly my sugar free coffee creamer, caffeine, sugar free gum and my favorite - Good Earth's Sweet and Spicy tea (that actually doesn't have any sugar or additives, less than one carb per cup) just cinnamon oil which as a sweet taste. And I remember reading on here somewhere that the meter was the best determiner of your body's reaction. My question is how should I use this now? If my body does dump insulin into my blood stream in reaction to AS. Will that show up in my blood sugar test? How long after a meal should I test?
Sorry so wordy. Thanks so much in advance for any advice you can give!!!
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