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Small unscientific test on my non-diabetic hubby

vit90 said:
Sugar on Yorkshire puds? I never use sugar when making them (or is he sprinkling it on?! :D)
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Only yesterday I had lunch with a fellow who said if there are any Yorkshire puds left over he eats them cold with maple syrup or honey
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Well I did say it was unscientific!
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Sorry, Blue. My post was uncharacteristically over brief. I meant it to be supporting the "interesting, but can't take much from it" other than Mr B scored a prize winningly high number on one random, carb-fuelled finger-prick test. I wasn't being critical.

I just wish my own Mr B would allow a little sacrificial finger stabbery. Alas, I'd either have to wrestle him for it, or harvest a opportunistic droplet immediately post some sort of injury. :oops:
 
My husband would run a mile if I even showed him a Lancet he hates any thing illness related ,the last time he went to the GP in 2004 ! he spent the after noon in hospital because of high blood pressure He came home with a load of meds that he never took and says his BP goes up even driving past the GPs
CAROL
 
Quite agree, it's not scientific. You can't say take 2 readings and that the points between join together Half an hour after eating the level was at 8.9 and 2 hours later it was up again It might have gone down in between, it might not without a CGM you can't know.
(we also all know how variable and inconsistent meter readings can be. There have been lots of times when I've had to test 3 times because the first reading was much higher than expected and I needed to try to get some clarity about where my level actually was. )
Fasting would be a better indicator. I really doubt whether they would do an OGTT, I don't think many people get them outside of pregnancy The HbA1c is used because it's cheaper but also because it does indicate whether levels have been consistently higher than they should be In the UK before the HbA1c was used, I tget the impression that most people were diagnosed on the basis of 2 fasting tests
 
AndBreathe said:
Sorry, Blue. My post was uncharacteristically over brief. I meant it to be supporting the "interesting, but can't take much from it" other than Mr B scored a prize winningly high number on one random, carb-fuelled finger-prick test. I wasn't being critical.

I just wish my own Mr B would allow a little sacrificial finger stabbery. Alas, I'd either have to wrestle him for it, or harvest a opportunistic droplet immediately post some sort of injury. :oops:
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No apologies necessary AB. I understood exactly what you meant. :)
 
Wasn't the Yorkshire pudding once billed as the next best thing as an alternative to pizza :)
 
vit90 said:
Wasn't the Yorkshire pudding once billed as the next best thing as an alternative to pizza :)
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Probably in Yorkshire ...

(OK, coat on, out the door ...).
 
Oh you heathens
God gave us Yorkshire puddings (he was a Yorkshire man too)
They should be eaten before the meal so please behave you naughty Lancastrians
Wars have started over less
 
Worth saying that beer is often accused of being very carby. It is to start with before fermentation but isn't too bad when finished as most of us know from experience, alcohol itself doesn't greatly affect BS.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
It just shows what beer can do!
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Very interesting, but I agree with some other comments, portion size and amount of carbs plus weight and waining beta cells are most likely the culprit.

Stout beer has a BG lowering affect on me.

I had low fasting BG but high spikes after meals until an infection and some weird immune response wayed waste to what functioning beta cells I had left.

Stout beer is now my dessert
 
Snowy12 said:
Your hubby is good letting you experiment on him,my daughter asked to test her which of course I obliged hers was 5.2 1 hour after dinner she was pleased and said she wouldn't do it again as it hurt more than she thought.
Now just need to find my very own
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Why not give him a home DIY Glucose Tolerance Test. Mix 75g of glucose tabs in water have him drink it and test and record him every 30 minutes for 3 to 4 hours while he watches the TV?
 
runner2009 said:
Why not give him a home DIY Glucose Tolerance Test. Mix 75g of glucose tabs in water have him drink it and test and record him every 30 minutes for 3 to 4 hours while he watches the TV?
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Hi Runner2009 now that is to easy,no pain no gain so I have heard lol.
 
runner2009 said:
Very interesting, but I agree with some other comments, portion size and amount of carbs plus weight and waining beta cells are most likely the culprit.

Stout beer has a BG lowering affect on me.

I had low fasting BG but high spikes after meals until an infection and some weird immune response wayed waste to what functioning beta cells I had left.

Stout beer is now my dessert
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runner2009 said:
Why not give him a home DIY Glucose Tolerance Test. Mix 75g of glucose tabs in water have him drink it and test and record him every 30 minutes for 3 to 4 hours while he watches the TV?
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This particular beer he was drinking was a local brewery dark ale. Very dark. He did say it was quite sweet.

I have always understood beer to be "liquid sugar" in that it is quick release, spikes people high quickly, then drops suddenly, causing hypos if you aren't careful with the insulin.

As for an OGT at home, I think he would run a mile! In fact, I know he would. I am keeping an eye on him and will do some post prandial tests under proper conditions, if he lets me!
 
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