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Does Tums Increase The Glucose In Blood?
does tums increase the glucose in blood..currently i am pregnant and i forgot to took glucose tasteafter 1 hour..i took it within 1 hour and reading came 122 and after 1 hour when i took taste i had tums and reading came 147..is it because of tums or 10 minute difference?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Tums for Tummy, is that the one u r referring! if so, TUMS is high in Calcium and little of Sugar, however, the marginal rise of sugar u observe could be due to Pregnancy itself.Pregnancy is a diabetogenic state so these values suggest to get a Glucose Tolerance Test.TUMS is safe,in pregnancy.If the OGT is positive then u can get a sugar free TUMS, but that contains Glutamate,only take it if u have no history of allergies.
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