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Foods that you thought would spike you surprisingly dont

I found it with some juicy fruits like Mango, orange, pineapple . Even with intake of half glass of apple juice in the morning did not raise my afternoon BS readings . Is there any good reason behind these phenomenon ? I though all juicy fruits are "NO" for diabetes .
 
Kaha said:
I found it with some juicy fruits like Mango, orange, pineapple . Even with intake of half glass of apple juice in the morning did not raise my afternoon BS readings . Is there any good reason behind these phenomenon ? I though all juicy fruits are "NO" for diabetes .
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As has been said earlier, quick release foods (such as fruit and especially fruit juices) spike early - within an hour. You need to test every half an hour from first bite until you see your base levels again. You could easily be back to normal within 2 hours but have been sky high at 30 minutes.
 
I love matjes herring, a sort of soused herring, raw and very tasty. It's very popular in Germany and comes as snack food on a crusty white bread roll. I know I shouldn't, but it's a small bread roll and its the only white bread I ever eat and only a few times per year.

Oddly enough, it doesn't send my BGs up, probably because I've been walking around the shops all day.

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Funnily enough my hubbie (type 1 on one smallish does of lantus and metformin twice a day) a generous glass of red wine with it and blood sugars ok in the morning. Anyone else find that?
 
oops sorry that doesn't make sense. It was meant to read he has 2 or 3 slices of thin crust pizza!
 
I've not done serious testing but have tested oranges and kiwi fruits (eaten with normal low carb meals) at 1 and 2 hours and get a smallish spike of around 1mmol. I tend to keep just to berries, but sometimes really want an orange - I used to drink a small glass of orange juice every day until my doctor said NO! when giving me my diagnosis...

Robbity
 
logindetails said:
If you want to know what foods cause spikes you really have to test every hour for at least the next 8 hours. I thought I was ok with rice until I established a pattern where I found it spiked me 6 hours after eating it.
A lot of people are lulling themselves into a false sense of security by testing once 2 hours after a meal and seeing no spike.
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I have commented on your experience with rice several times since I read it. I was horrified by the time lag, but at the same time, it probably (in some way) explains my personal readings versus HbA1c.

Once the libre is back on open sale I will be trying a few sensors.
 
I think to be at the safe side we should have some pills (probably exist) those have longer/delayed action capability to take care of delayed spikes.
 
I always wonder what people mean by "spike". It would be helpful if we gave the numbers before and after, and the timing. For me anything over 6 is too high. So a jump from 4.5 to 6 would be a spike, but so would a jump of 1 mmol/l from 5 to 6.
 
Which type of wine ? Even the sweet ones reduce BS ? Confused. I know that red wines are good for heart pantheists but could not imagine how wine can reduce BS ?
 
Etty said:
I always wonder what people mean by "spike". It would be helpful if we gave the numbers before and after, and the timing. For me anything over 6 is too high. So a jump from 4.5 to 6 would be a spike, but so would a jump of 1 mmol/l from 5 to 6.
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6 is borderline between normal and pre diabetic for a 12 hour fasting test. If you are 6 two hours after a meal, that's just fine. This is a typical graph:

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Yorksman pressed the button before me my post is similar.
Etty said:
I always wonder what people mean by "spike". It would be helpful if we gave the numbers before and after, and the timing. For me anything over 6 is too high. So a jump from 4.5 to 6 would be a spike, but so would a jump of 1 mmol/l from 5 to 6.
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To rise after a meal is absolutely normal. People wearing continuous monitors have more than 1mmol/l rises. For example the average rise after breakfast of 21 healthy young people wearing one was 2.8mmol/l and other longer studies have shown bigger rises than that. (I've written in some mmol/l figures. the blue line is average, the brown ones show 2SD from the mean levels still ie the range of levels registered by this non diabetic group)
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loobylou said:
Funnily enough my hubbie (type 1 on one smallish does of lantus and metformin twice a day) a generous glass of red wine with it and blood sugars ok in the morning. Anyone else find that?
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loobylou said:
oops sorry that doesn't make sense. It was meant to read he has 2 or 3 slices of thin crust pizza!
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Ah! Beware the Pizza effect. Have a look on Google. It can fool folk into thinking it's OK and then suddenly spike you many hours later.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Ah! Beware the Pizza effect. Have a look on Google. It can fool folk into thinking it's OK and then suddenly spike you many hours later.
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How can you tell if the food spikes you 6 hours later for example rather than the normalish times? I would have eaten again by then so how can I tell if it is my last meal or a previous one that is responsbile for a late spike? Bit confused :confused::confused::confused:...... ok, a LOT :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
Jan
 
Sable_Jan said:
How can you tell if the food spikes you 6 hours later for example rather than the normalish times? I would have eaten again by then so how can I tell if it is my last meal or a previous one that is responsbile for a late spike? Bit confused :confused::confused::confused:...... ok, a LOT :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
Jan
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Foods that have a very high fat content such as pizza can cause a delayed blood glucose spike. The fat in these foods slows the absorption of carbohydrates, which can result in normal levels two to three hours after eating and elevated blood glucose up to eight hours after.
 
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