For Crying Out Loud!
I've been Fighting a Cold for the last 7-10 days, and so, of course, have been taking OTC Cold medicines. Daytime & Night Time Cold Caplets, and a 'Sugar Free' Vitamin C & Zinc drink additive.
For the past week, my blood sugar has been spiking like mad, even with the low carb diet and careful glucose monitoring that I've pretty gotten down stone cold solid ever since I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
It's been driving me crazy all week trying figure out why my blood sugar was going crazy, when I have had it completely under control for quite some time.
On a hunch, I checked the ingredients list on some of the stuff I've been taking, and discovered they ALL contain maltodextrin. For those that slept through chemistry class, maltodextrin is a complex sugar that the human digestive system breaks down into simple sugars very quickly. And BTW, how do you get away with listing something as 'Sugar Free' that contains maltodextrin?
Apparently the pharmaceutical & nutritional supplements industries doesn't consider this worth a specific notation on their labels pointing out that taking these types of products will have adverse side effects on your blood glucose levels if you are diabetic!
I might as well have been swallowing sugar cubes... Give me a BREAK!
For the past week, my blood sugar has been spiking like mad, even with the low carb diet and careful glucose monitoring that I've pretty gotten down stone cold solid ever since I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
It's been driving me crazy all week trying figure out why my blood sugar was going crazy, when I have had it completely under control for quite some time.
On a hunch, I checked the ingredients list on some of the stuff I've been taking, and discovered they ALL contain maltodextrin. For those that slept through chemistry class, maltodextrin is a complex sugar that the human digestive system breaks down into simple sugars very quickly. And BTW, how do you get away with listing something as 'Sugar Free' that contains maltodextrin?
Apparently the pharmaceutical & nutritional supplements industries doesn't consider this worth a specific notation on their labels pointing out that taking these types of products will have adverse side effects on your blood glucose levels if you are diabetic!
I might as well have been swallowing sugar cubes... Give me a BREAK!
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