Vitamin C Forum

Im just curious, had some basic labs done a couple weeks ago. Non fasted glucose was high. I dont remember exactly but based on timing of my appt there is a very good chance I had 2-4 grams of ascorbate within an hour of my blood draw. Would this have any bearing on my blood glucose?

I read somewhere that vitamin c raises blood glucose levels. I researched this before starting vitamin c because I WAS hypoglycemic at the time.

Hi Exitium
I believe the answer is yes it will show you have a raise in your glucose levels as the Vit C is read as glucose- this thread i believe is in depth.
http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10603
Jimmy

ofonorow wrote:

exitium wrote:Im just curious, had some basic labs done a couple weeks ago. Non fasted glucose was high. I dont remember exactly but based on timing of my appt there is a very good chance I had 2-4 grams of ascorbate within an hour of my blood draw. Would this have any bearing on my blood glucose?

The answer is no.

However, did you just have a meal, or when was the last meal? Do you remember the numbers?

Yes, I had eating about 90 minutes before.

Werent you trying to do some testing with a glucose meter to contrast/compare oral VC compared to lipo VC? If a dose of VC was causing glucose meter to register higher glucose then wouldnt that be the same?

Owen,

In some older threads, you reported an experiments on measuring plasma Vit C levels, after digesting Lypo C packets using a freestyle lite blood glucose monitor. If I remember correctly, your experiment did not show any increase in the reading after digesting 5 packs, even showed a drop of 60 points from base line.

Here is my experiment. Recently, I am taking 5 packets of Livon Lypo C twice a day and about 24 g of L-Ascorbic acid in four doses (why ? , that is another thread). In the morning session, I take 5 Lypo and 5.5 g of Ultra C. My measurements using the freestyle lite, before and after, showed only a diff of 10 point. However, later in the day when I took 5.5 g of Ultra C alone I got a spike of ~ 40 points.

Then I got hold of an NIH study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725640/), which suggests that this method is not suitable for plasma concentrations below 50 mg/dL.

Any thoughts ?

I did not do a details experiment, as you did, just a couple readings. they are below:

7:00 AM 16 oz of water.
7:15 AM: base line 96 mg/mL
7:20 AM; 5 packs of Livon Lypo + 5.5 g of Ultra C
7:35 AM: Reading: 106 mg/mL
7:50 AM : Reading: 108 mg/mL

2:00 PM : baseline 105 mg/mL
2:05: PM 5.5 g Ultra C
2:20: reading: 146 mg/mL

Meter used: Freestyle lite.

Additional Info:

Hydration: In every Vit C dose (lipo or Ultra C) I take at least 16 oz of water. If we assume that in the morning we are a little dehydrated, 15 min after taking 16 oz of water (no vit C), may not be getting me fully hydrated. Where as, at 2 PM I have numerous sources of liquid and, probably a bit more hydrated (?). So the base-line may be off a little.

Ph: Yes, that makes sense to me. Lipo being neutral (I presume) and the 2 PM Ultra C intake totally acidic, can throw off balance the meter's electrode response, specially when we are comparing the two.

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