Do diabetics taste sweet?

[Nessy]

My grandmother insists this is true.

I know you can find people salty, if you kiss them in the time between a hard workout and their next shower.

And people who eat a lot of garlic can have a taste to them.

But diabetics? (I don't know any offhand or I'd just try it.)

[CalMeacham]

Yum! thought Godzilla, as he approached the Home for Diabetics.

[KarlGauss]

Well, their urine does. That's how Hippocrates identified the disease. He dipped his finger in their pee and said, "Oh. Tastes like honey (mellitus)". But some folks, who also peed a lot, had urine that was, well, bland. Insipid. Hence we also have a diabetes insipidus.

[ScoobyTX]

Gee, doctors sure have it a lot easier these days.

[MsRobyn]

Actually, they do smell sweet.

MrRobyn is a type II diabetic (non-insulin dependent) and I can usually tell if his glucose is high if his sweat smells kinda fruity. I haven't noticed a discernably sweet taste, however.

Robin