Re: Vit C and test strips.. CORRECTION

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> It screws up glucose test strips.. (at least ones that use

> glucose dehydrogenase - which I think are all of them) The limit is

> 400mg according to Dr. K. Bernstein (NY). Which is very

>

Just did a Google search, and it seems to depend on the measurement

system used. Some I think are affected, but a lot aren't. Aboott's

Optium (and Walmart's, which is the same) isn't, and the expensive-

but-very-precise HemoCue isn't (they claim).

Jim

1. Optium meter page: http://www.abbott.co.in/optium2.htm

2. HemoCue page: http://books.google.com/books?

id=v2sfsG9xBE4C & pg=PA239 & lpg=PA239 & dq=diabetes+%22glucose

+dehydrogenase%22+ascorbic+acid

+hemocue & source=web & ots=WZsZEKNjyX & sig=LZXKp-Vu2Qmj8z5XEH1YBVAqs0A