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<blockquote data-quote="sally and james" data-source="post: 1243879" data-attributes="member: 93504"><p>[USER=327362]@Fergum10[/USER] Hi Mary, welcome to the forum. It sounds as if you are doing all the right things, though I would be wary of zero fat yoghurt. The fat has to be replaced with something and that something is usually a heavy dose of carbs.</p><p>My husband (the diabetic in this low carb household) not infrequently has post meal readings almost the same or lower than the "before" readings. Checking back on some old records, one example was 5.7 before lunch (this was unusually high for him and followed a morning fast) and 5.2 after 2 hours. At one hour it was 5.6. The meal was cheese omelette, with a bit of leafy salad. Bear in mind that readings on a home meter do not have pin-point accuracy, so the "truth" may actually have been the reverse. </p><p>I would guess this lower reading phenomena happens when your body pumps out some sugars when you are waiting for your meal, the meal stimulates some insulin production, but you have hardly had any carbs, so your blood sugar level ends up being reduced.</p><p>My husband has no diabetes meds. </p><p>Sally</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sally and james, post: 1243879, member: 93504"] [USER=327362]@Fergum10[/USER] Hi Mary, welcome to the forum. It sounds as if you are doing all the right things, though I would be wary of zero fat yoghurt. The fat has to be replaced with something and that something is usually a heavy dose of carbs. My husband (the diabetic in this low carb household) not infrequently has post meal readings almost the same or lower than the "before" readings. Checking back on some old records, one example was 5.7 before lunch (this was unusually high for him and followed a morning fast) and 5.2 after 2 hours. At one hour it was 5.6. The meal was cheese omelette, with a bit of leafy salad. Bear in mind that readings on a home meter do not have pin-point accuracy, so the "truth" may actually have been the reverse. I would guess this lower reading phenomena happens when your body pumps out some sugars when you are waiting for your meal, the meal stimulates some insulin production, but you have hardly had any carbs, so your blood sugar level ends up being reduced. My husband has no diabetes meds. Sally [/QUOTE]
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