A little "experiment"

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chrisbel

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Hi again
I have been keeping my carbs down to around the 50grm mark for the past two weeks and with the exercise I do on a regular basis I have lost weight (from 18st 2lb -17st 5lb) and lowered my readings to around 5.5 (one point this week down to 4.5).
So today I had a chance for some free food in the job I do, I drive for the military, around Salisbury Plain.
I thought I would try a little experiment, (well, thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it) had the beefburger (no bread roll) hand full of chips, spoonful of baked beans and a small chocolate chip muffin.
I took a reading at 5 o,clock, about three hours later 6.5 :shock: and then at 21:00 after doing one and half hours of quite strenuous exercise ( I practice Taekwon do) it had gone up to 6.8 :shock: :shock: :shock: :(
So it seems to me that in my case lowering carbs do work, now I have to try and get it all back down again.
I am a type 2 diet controlled with a 40mg statin.
Think I'll stay away from experimenting in the future :)
 
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totsy

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thats how we do it, its all a matter of learning by testing to see what effects us, im sure you will soon get back to normal :D
 
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Doczoc

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From the point of view of another type 2, anything other than a significant reduction in carbs is just insane! Anything else is just 'giving in' to the idea you'll end up on insulin!
 
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sixfoot

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If as you say the portions were small then it is also possible that the exercise caused a liver dump. Some of the protien in the Burger would convert. The chips and muffin would spike ... the beanz depending on the amount of sugar in the sauce.
 
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caitycakes1

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My money is on the chips and beans. Beans are horrifically high in carbs and so unfortunately are chips :cry:

Caitycakes x
 
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hanadr

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Hi
your statin isn't controlling your diabetes. It's controlling cholesterol formation.
If you had been on the low carb for longer, a few months, say, You might have changed your insulin sensitivity and got lower readings. going up after exercise is common.
Wewll done!
Hana
 
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