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Resurgam - thanks for your response. The choice has expanded significantly recently as Plant Based Food seems to be the in thing. However I guess it requires re-training of the mind set - and as someone who needs to dine out frequently it can be an issue. For example the Quark based protein -...

Thanks for your detailed response. I am just trying to get the issues clear in my head. For a lifelong vegetarian its not quite as easy to drastically reduce carbs as might appear, particularly if you are often not in a position to make your own food. But thanks to you, I now have a better...

Thanks KK. Its weird that some specific foods cause large highs. Another day I also tried a pot noodle - assuming that it would be terrible. It wasn't good, but not nearly as bad as baked beans on toast! - which to my thinking is slow carb. I am surprised by the degree of randomness.

Thanks JoKalsbeek. Please let me understand a bit more - what if I say, its OK I am ready to take insulin to neutralise that carb? I measure my carb and take the right dose-why aren't people doing that? How do I know whether its not enough insulin - or there is enough but my beta cells can't...

I guess what I am saying is that if there was a database of glucose response for diabetics of specific foods (for example Beans on Toast) on how much it raises glucose by, it would be easier to choose stuff. But may be there are too many variables. For example something like...

Thanks for the responses. I had assumed that the medication would control this amount of carb. I am a vegi and therefore difficult to avoid carbs. I had assumed that the beans would digest slowly - but I guess the sauce doesn't help, and then the bread. A sitagliptin 50 with Metformin 1000...

I am a T2 of some years. Recently I haver got a Libre2 and can follow my blood glucose. My question is what level of peak is acceptable and I can be comfortable that it is being handled adequately by my medicine. Example: My glucose reading at 10:30 was 6.3. This morning at 11 I had Beans on...

Thanks VashtiB. I appreciate the points you and others are making but maybe I just don't have the will power you guys have. I know I am going to have occasional lapses and I was looking for a way of handling that if possible - seems walking is the consensus. I am probably making excuses, its...

Thanks - yes I see that HbA1c 7% is 154mg/dl. But of course HbA1c is an average - so some times higher and sometimes lower than 154. I was trying to get to the max practically safe number for a safe post meal spike. With my Abbott Libre CGM I am trying out, I can see that most of the time I am...

BRUNNERIA - Thanks for a most helpful explanation.

so far - if I ALREADY had a bad meal and it will/has spike my sugar the solutions to bring it back down quickly are: 1. Drink more water - but this only works if you are over 180mg/10mmol - thats when it gets into urine? - "When there is too much glucose in the blood, the kidneys may not be...

Followed the link. It says: What is hyperglycemia? Hyperglycemia, the term for expressing high blood sugar, has been defined by the World Health Organisation as: Blood glucose levels greater than 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dl) when fasting Blood glucose levels greater than 11.0 mmol/L (200 mg/dl) 2...

Thanks Nutribolt - that's really kind and helpful. A common issue everyone faces is that it is not always practically possible to largely control what you eat if you are out a lot. If I am visiting someone its kind of difficult. That's why I asked the question - what to do if you know you had...

answering my pown questions - seems its a C-Peptide Test

Thanks Daibell - is there a test that can be done to check whether its excess insulin or lack of insulin?

Definitely overweight!

Good morning. Thanks Jo for your great answer. Currently pretty difficult to keep spike as low as 153 - I am a vegi and its difficult to get to very low carb - although it does go down pretty quickly. The analogy with arsenic is pretty effective in explaining. Is there a source for that 153 figure?

I am a T2 and have been experimenting with this device for the last few weeks. It is amazingly good at showing me what impact various foods have on me - I am able to experiment and adapt. For example - a huge plate of mushrooms and tomatos does practically nothing - a piece of toast, even...

I am a T2 non insulin. Occasionally I end up going to a party or event and eat stuff I know I shouldn't - this I did last night. Then I saw the massive spike on my Freestyle Libre device that I am trialling for last 3 weeks - last night I hit 260 with an xmas meal despite my normal medication...