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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2570093" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome [USER=565599]@charlo98[/USER] </p><p></p><p>It sounds like you have been told to eat very high carb for someone who has such high blood glucose readings and is only on one Metformin!</p><p></p><p>A meal of spag bol followed by a roll, especially if it is vegetarian spag bol is actually very high carbs - carbs in the pasta, carbs in the veggie sauce (and some protein) and then carbs again in the roll. All of those will cause spikes, even if wholemeal. So will any foods containing bread, rice, pasta, potato, sweet fruit, sugars, juices, etc - whether those foods are 'healthy' brown, or 'unhealthy' white.</p><p></p><p>Heck, even 'sugar free' and 'no sugar added' drinks have been proven to mess up/spike some unlucky people's bgs, because the sweetness can trigger an insulin release.</p><p></p><p>The only difference between white bread/pasta/rice and brown has a smidge more fibre and a smidge less starch. This means that it digests a little slower (cos of the fibre) and spikes your blood glucose a little less (less starch). But the reality is that you will still get significant blood glucose spikes.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned going back on the GD diet, but don't explain what that is. Did you mean Gestational Diabetes Diet? If so, what was it? </p><p></p><p>As others have said, it is far more likely that your hypo symptoms are being caused by rapidly dropping blood glucose, rather than being actual hypos, and from the graph you have attached, it looks like the sharp spike in bg, followed by the sharp drops in bg are more of a problem than your lowest readings.</p><p></p><p>As a vegetarian, have a look through the vegetarian section of the forum for ideas and recipes that are lower carb.</p><p>This link will give you a free 7 day vegetarian meal plan that is seriously low carb, as well as being delicious.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/meal-plans/vegetarian-diet-meal-plan[/URL]</p><p></p><p>At the moment, you are in limbo. Until an endocrinologist runs tests and gives you a clear diagnosis, you won't have your medication sorted, and you will be left to your own devices, so until then, any dietary control that you can achieve will help.</p><p>I have experience of wildly swinging blood glucose, so I know how draining and stressful it can be - so avoiding spikes from carbs, and keeping your blood glucose as steady as possible, will make a huge difference to the way you feel, and reduce the anxiety, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2570093, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome [USER=565599]@charlo98[/USER] It sounds like you have been told to eat very high carb for someone who has such high blood glucose readings and is only on one Metformin! A meal of spag bol followed by a roll, especially if it is vegetarian spag bol is actually very high carbs - carbs in the pasta, carbs in the veggie sauce (and some protein) and then carbs again in the roll. All of those will cause spikes, even if wholemeal. So will any foods containing bread, rice, pasta, potato, sweet fruit, sugars, juices, etc - whether those foods are 'healthy' brown, or 'unhealthy' white. Heck, even 'sugar free' and 'no sugar added' drinks have been proven to mess up/spike some unlucky people's bgs, because the sweetness can trigger an insulin release. The only difference between white bread/pasta/rice and brown has a smidge more fibre and a smidge less starch. This means that it digests a little slower (cos of the fibre) and spikes your blood glucose a little less (less starch). But the reality is that you will still get significant blood glucose spikes. You mentioned going back on the GD diet, but don't explain what that is. Did you mean Gestational Diabetes Diet? If so, what was it? As others have said, it is far more likely that your hypo symptoms are being caused by rapidly dropping blood glucose, rather than being actual hypos, and from the graph you have attached, it looks like the sharp spike in bg, followed by the sharp drops in bg are more of a problem than your lowest readings. As a vegetarian, have a look through the vegetarian section of the forum for ideas and recipes that are lower carb. This link will give you a free 7 day vegetarian meal plan that is seriously low carb, as well as being delicious. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/meal-plans/vegetarian-diet-meal-plan[/URL] At the moment, you are in limbo. Until an endocrinologist runs tests and gives you a clear diagnosis, you won't have your medication sorted, and you will be left to your own devices, so until then, any dietary control that you can achieve will help. I have experience of wildly swinging blood glucose, so I know how draining and stressful it can be - so avoiding spikes from carbs, and keeping your blood glucose as steady as possible, will make a huge difference to the way you feel, and reduce the anxiety, as well. [/QUOTE]
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