sweetner bias test results?

[davemelvin]

My fasting blood test shows glucose reading of 107 - the morning of the test I had black coffee with artificial sweetner contaning dextrose with maltodextrin. Would this raise my glucose number?

[foxl]

Yes it could. Maltodextrin is a carb.

Have you been diagnosed with D? If not, if you are that sensitive to carbs, you probably should be. I would not take it as a "false" positive -- ask for an A1c and an oral glucose tolerance test. Find out what's going on -- the earlier, the better!

[owlyn]

My fasting blood test shows glucose reading of 107 - the morning of the test I had black coffee with artificial sweetner contaning dextrose with maltodextrin. Would this raise my glucose number?

If you had anything at all, you did not fast. The amount of dextrose, etc in the sweetener is negligible. The coffee itself would have a much greater effect. Get a retest done, and this time, fast.

[genie86333]

Ditto what Owlyn said...fasting means nothing but water, for exactly this reason.

[Granny Shanny]

Even black coffee is taboo because the caffeine can have an effect.