Glucose Monitor Comparison: The One Touch Ultrasmart Vs. The One Touch Ultra 2

Some of today's newer glucose monitors for diabetics make keeping your sugar under control simple for you and your doctor. The One Touch Ultrasmart is one of these new styles of glucose monitors, with features such as the ability to program it with your prescriptions (both pills and insulin), dosages, and the times of those doses. Also, the monitor allows you to factor in exercise and if you were under any stress at the time of the sugar reading, if you felt low or high, or if you were on vacation. You can also program into the machine how many calories you ate at your meal, as well as how many carbohydrates you ate, how much fat, and how much protein intake your meal had. The machine uses 2 AAA batteries, which is much simpler than the older machines that use the harder to find and often very expensive lithium batteries, it also gives you the ability to use rechargeable ones. This new machine virtually eliminates the need for a paper log book as it stores all the information you and your doctor could need right in it. Think of it as, more or less, a diabetic PDA. There is a Data port on the machine so that you can plug it into your computer and print out a paper log to take to your doctor every visit.