glr

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I am back from my self-imposed ban. It gives me great pleasure to introduce the

list members to a new term, glr. As memtioned in a previous post the glr is

exactly what it is no more and noe less. The glr is the glucose level reading

obtained on your glucose monitor, or sugar monitor as some call it. It makes no

difference if it is read in moles or miligrams per deciliter. After all it is

what it is. I believe in calling an ace an ace and a spade a spade. Use any

term you like like bs for blood sugar, but this does not exactly say what it is.

Your machine does not measure all sugars, since it is designed to only measure

glucose, the simplest sugar in your blood stream. Your sugar monitor does not

measure dextrose, a sugar, fructose, a sugar, maldtose, a sugar, or even a

sucrose, the common name is sugar for this term. When ever you see the ending

" ose " on the end of a word, you are talking about a carbohydrate for sure. Even

complex carbohydrates like cellulose, a wood product is a form of sugar, a

carbohydrate. Our machines are not designed to measure these forms of sugar,

they measure only glucose, the simplest form of sugar, which is tasteless, not

sweet like fructose, dextrose or sucrose. It is only glucose and only glucose

that fuels your body systems. So I encourage each and every one of us to use

this new term, glr in reporting their monitor readings. Afrter a short period

of time it will be understandable to all and used correctly. In fact it will

become second nature, and not even arguable. Whenever your monitor is designed

to measure something other than glucose, then and only then should we change the

term glr. Do as you like, but I prefer to use glr (glucose level reading). I

hope you join me in calling it what it is.

I also wish to welcome the new members who joined us during my absence.

Welcome aboard, Harry Bates, the scientist