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Old 26-02-2010, 09:49 AM #12
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Originally Posted by Sticks View Post
I have been diagnosed recently as having type 2 diabetes and I can confirm that sometimes urine does have that smell. I had noticed it before. I suspect it is because the blood glucose level has spiked and that is what is coming out in the urine.

Glucose is a form of sugar, possibly similar to the one used on that particular breakfast cereal.

If this is a regular occurance, you need to ask your physician to do a starving glucose test. This will indicate if you have diabetes.
Sticks. did you eat a lot of sugar in your diet prior to being diagnosed, ie over many years?
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