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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2180036" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>I'm not officially diagnosed as prediabetic but after having gestational diabetes and trying to reintroduce carbs in the postpartum period and seeing spikes I didn't like (10 mmol at 1 hour and 8mmol at 2 hours sometimes), I decided I would stick to low carb eating as a new habit. I was testing like mad for a few months when I first had gestational diabetes, and also after giving birth. I tested every 15 mins once or twice after a high carb meal just to see what was happening. Now I hardly test at all if I am eating low carb.</p><p></p><p>Today we had guests who brought pizzas around to share... I saw 25g carbs /100g on the pack (they were frozen pizzas) and thought I might get away with a slice or two. Our guests ate varying amounts of pizza - one of the guys ate a whole (small) pizza about 4 times as much as I did. Just for fun, I asked him if I could test his blood sugar readings since I was doing mine again after eating carbs. The difference with my readings vs the guy who ate the whole pizza was interesting:</p><p></p><p> </p><p>(I didn't test before the meal)</p><p>1h (me) 7.7 mmol; (him) 7.2 mmol</p><p>1h30 (me) 9.4 mmol; (him) 5.7 mmol</p><p>1h45 (me) 7.3 mmol</p><p>2h (me) 4.7 mmol</p><p></p><p>I only tested him twice but it seemed his levels were going back into the normal range much faster than mine and I'd only eaten about a quarter of the amount of pizza he had. I tested myself more often when I got the surprise late spike at 1h30mins. Must have been the "pizza effect"? Fats and carbs together? Anyway, in the end, I wish I had just eaten the pizza and not checked because it made me preoccupied for the next 2 hours and I was starving before 2 hours had passed because I'd only eaten 2 measly slices...</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, I won't be eating pizza again anytime soon. At least not until I have perfected a low carb pizza crust...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2180036, member: 501623"] I'm not officially diagnosed as prediabetic but after having gestational diabetes and trying to reintroduce carbs in the postpartum period and seeing spikes I didn't like (10 mmol at 1 hour and 8mmol at 2 hours sometimes), I decided I would stick to low carb eating as a new habit. I was testing like mad for a few months when I first had gestational diabetes, and also after giving birth. I tested every 15 mins once or twice after a high carb meal just to see what was happening. Now I hardly test at all if I am eating low carb. Today we had guests who brought pizzas around to share... I saw 25g carbs /100g on the pack (they were frozen pizzas) and thought I might get away with a slice or two. Our guests ate varying amounts of pizza - one of the guys ate a whole (small) pizza about 4 times as much as I did. Just for fun, I asked him if I could test his blood sugar readings since I was doing mine again after eating carbs. The difference with my readings vs the guy who ate the whole pizza was interesting: (I didn't test before the meal) 1h (me) 7.7 mmol; (him) 7.2 mmol 1h30 (me) 9.4 mmol; (him) 5.7 mmol 1h45 (me) 7.3 mmol 2h (me) 4.7 mmol I only tested him twice but it seemed his levels were going back into the normal range much faster than mine and I'd only eaten about a quarter of the amount of pizza he had. I tested myself more often when I got the surprise late spike at 1h30mins. Must have been the "pizza effect"? Fats and carbs together? Anyway, in the end, I wish I had just eaten the pizza and not checked because it made me preoccupied for the next 2 hours and I was starving before 2 hours had passed because I'd only eaten 2 measly slices... Needless to say, I won't be eating pizza again anytime soon. At least not until I have perfected a low carb pizza crust... [/QUOTE]
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