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<blockquote data-quote="sugarless sue" data-source="post: 175194" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>Sugar is a simple carbohydrate, it is absorbed quickly into the body, hence why it is used to treat a hypo. Therefore the 'spike' or raised blood sugar will be within an hour, so you would have to test at an hour to get the full effect of that meal.</p><p></p><p>Bread, pototoes, pasta etc are complex carbohydrate which means they are more slowly absorbed into the body. Their full effect will be at two or even three or four hours depending on what you eat, how it is cooked and what you ate it with.</p><p></p><p>As you say, keep on testing and writing down what you eat and the results you get.</p><p></p><p>As for low carb sugar ? Why not try Splenda....Granulated has half a gram of carbs per teaspoon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugarless sue, post: 175194, member: 1210"] Sugar is a simple carbohydrate, it is absorbed quickly into the body, hence why it is used to treat a hypo. Therefore the 'spike' or raised blood sugar will be within an hour, so you would have to test at an hour to get the full effect of that meal. Bread, pototoes, pasta etc are complex carbohydrate which means they are more slowly absorbed into the body. Their full effect will be at two or even three or four hours depending on what you eat, how it is cooked and what you ate it with. As you say, keep on testing and writing down what you eat and the results you get. As for low carb sugar ? Why not try Splenda....Granulated has half a gram of carbs per teaspoon. [/QUOTE]
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