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High BG with sardines !!!

helensaramay said:
Are you sure it was the sardines that caused your spike?
There are many things which affect our BG readings ... including a little bit of food (or newspaper print) on our fingers which change the readings.
This is why I never draw conclusions from a single unusual reading but repeat the experiment again to check it was not caused by stress, exercise, drugs, ...
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I've only had sardine meal I think the problem is in quantity
 
Since you say meal was late in evening, and measurements were 7/9 hours later - could this be Liver Dump/Dawn Phenomenon ?
 
bulkbiker said:
Portion control may be useful (debatable) depending on the make up of the food being consumed.
The thread is about sardines which contain little if any sugar so I'm not quite sure what you mean.
"diet" as in weight loss regime isn't really what LCHF is all about.. it's a way of eating for life not a short term fix although it does have many short term benefits too.
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I appears that others think half a kilo of sardines is a lot and that to much protein increases blood sugar which to me means that eating fewer sardines No matter the sugar content would lower B.s not a short term measure but eating less whether low Carb or not should be a permanent lifestyle change you are a LCHF advocate and that's fine but we are not all the same and whilt I understand the Low carb high fat diet and broadly follow it but I do eat carbs which you would consider high but in moderation and I find it works for me,
 
bulkbiker said:
Portion control may be useful (debatable) depending on the make up of the food being consumed.
The thread is about sardines which contain little if any sugar so I'm not quite sure what you mean.
"diet" as in weight loss regime isn't really what LCHF is all about.. it's a way of eating for life not a short term fix although it does have many short term benefits too.
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For some people calories dont seem as relevant as carbs & fat but multiple people have reported here and on sites like DD ( look at the unanswered questions in particular) report that for them cals matter as much as lchf when it comes to weight. Some of what ive read over the years implies its much easier for men to lose lots of weight easily on lchf than it is for women - something to do with gender mediated patterns of fat distribution and differing sex hormones
 
Bluetit1802 said:
You don't have to avoid protein. We need it for cell repair and growth among many other things. I certainly don't avoid it, but you do have to watch portion size. Your portion of sardines was HUGE. ;)
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To reminde
i I've already analyzed sardines at lunch
It's was 168mg/dl before meal after meal my BG down to 112mg/dl
 
Bluetit1802 said:
You don't have to avoid protein. We need it for cell repair and growth among many other things. I certainly don't avoid it, but you do have to watch portion size. Your portion of sardines was HUGE. ;)
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Not really sure its fair to call “nearly half a kilo” of sardenes huge given that a fair part of that is not edicle ( bones, heads, guts etc) “ nearly half a kilo would be just under 500g and According to this
https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/commercial/sardine/biology.html
“ nearly half a kilo” would equate to 3 or 4 sardenes - personally 2 is fine but I wouldnt say 3or 4 is huge
 
Boo1979 said:
Not really sure its fair to call “nearly half a kilo” of sardenes huge given that a fair part of that is not edicle ( bones, heads, guts etc) “ nearly half a kilo would be just under 500g and According to this
https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/commercial/sardine/biology.html
“ nearly half a kilo” would equate to 3 or 4 sardenes - personally 2 is fine but I wouldnt say 3or 4 is huge
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Lol Do you know I eating about 14 sardines
Without heads or peel means pure of the gazelles what I am doing I like it
I think my wife was planning to get rid of me hhhhh
 
Boo1979 said:
Yes v expensive - always cheaper when on holiday in the med
14 fish in half a kilo sounds like about the size of what we would call whitebait
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz....0i71j30i10.r8RNV/2NrkA=#imgrc=CVE03ICWR8T73M:
Delicious deep fried - sadly a long gone but not forgotten cafby delight

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=white+bait+deep+fried+photo&rlz=1C9BKJA_enGB776GB776&oq=white
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As far as I know, Morocco is exporting sardines to Europe
We about 3500 kilometer of sea
Morocco is the fifth largest exporter of fish and fishery products to the EU. In 2007, its
exports amounted to € 760 million or 5% of all fish imports. Exports have increased at an
annual average rate of 4.3% since 2000.
 
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Boo1979 said:
Not really sure its fair to call “nearly half a kilo” of sardenes huge given that a fair part of that is not edicle ( bones, heads, guts etc) “ nearly half a kilo would be just under 500g and According to this
https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/commercial/sardine/biology.html
“ nearly half a kilo” would equate to 3 or 4 sardenes - personally 2 is fine but I wouldnt say 3or 4 is huge
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I eat the whole thing as long as it's cooked, it's a pretty small fish.
 
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