Wow, I feel like a champ. That’s right. Last weekend I defeated my wife Chrissi in the “Sugar Free Taste Challenge!” It was a close battle but there could be only one winner!

     We had a great time making the video. It was a ton of fun trying figure out which drinks had the sugar content in them. You guys should try it. Keep in mind of the high amount of carbs in the drinks that are not sugar free. That can be tricky. My wife and I challenge you! It’s not as easy as you think. Especially since we don’t drink those beverages often. Like never drinking coffee before and having some ask you, “drink these two different coffees and tell me which one is from Starbucks.” Anyways my wife and I had a great time making that video. The bloopers that we did not put in made us laugh too. I had trouble saying “Culprits” at the end of the video a few times. Must have been all the sugar I drank.

     The idea for this video came a few weeks ago. It actually evolved from a suggestion by Joe a.k.a. “zentalklaugh” on youtube. He sent me some ideas for the Making Sense of Diabetes Video Contest www.TuDiabetes.com was having.

     Joe suggested “For taste you could go for a film noir approach. My mouth is dry, too dry. Checks sugar. It's 300. Need to take insulin. Then he decides to drink something. He gets a diet soda from Sonic (in my mind the worst offenders on giving people sugar sodas when they order diet). He then has to deduce the difference between sugar and diet soda based on taste. The thick sweetness of high fructose corn syrup versus the thinness of diet and the brief taste of sodium. Then he has the hunger. He took too much insulin, time to get something to eat. And then the same type of experience.”

   I loved the idea of getting the wrong ordered soda. It has happened to me several times. I can tell right away that this is not the diet soda I ordered. So from there I came up with the “Taste Challenge” to see if I could tell the difference between sugar and sugar free drinks and treats.

I can see me and my wife doing a few more of these “Sugar Free Taste Challenges.”