Eating Out tips

Has anyone ever asked for a diet drink in a restaurant and then they are not sure if it is sugary or not? I have found that if you set up your blood glucose meter as if to test your blood and then dip the stick into your drink when ready - the meter will tell you for definite whether or not the drink is diet!

For example, I did this today and the reading was 1.8, so I knew the drink was definitely diet. Sometimes you can tell that a drink is definitely diet just through taste, but I find this tip is especially useful when drinking something like pepsi or pepsi max which still tastes quite sugary!

you can also use ketostix........i tend to get diet coke which is quite easy to identify.....

I know what you mean! I've always found diet coke really easy to identify but some of the other colas or other diet fizzy drinks can be a bit of a problem!