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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 1960448" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Hi [USER=467598]@Indy1282[/USER] , each one of the components of the cereal bar mentioned can raise BSLs. </p><p>Depending on labelling laws the manufacturer may only have to list carbs from glucose whilst ignoring the lactose in the milk, the carbohydrate in the peanuts, barley and oats, and about 50% of the protein in the bar maybe converted to glucose but to be fair may not have had much effect on the 2 hour BSL reading. So assuming the 9 g refers to the "declared carb" content the actual full carbs that your body will convert to glucose plus the 9 'declared' grams might equal 25 maybe 30 grams. So despite your ratio of one unit of insulin (short-acting I assume) to 3 g carb the BSL is high. On that ratio and let us say a refigured carb total of 21 grams, you would have been taking 7 units not one.</p><p>And ratios of units to grams of carb can alter through the day so, for example, if you were taking this cereal bar for breakfast the ratio is often closer e.g. 1 unit to say 2 g than later in the day ? 1 unit to 4 g to 6 g etc.</p><p>And as [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER], rightly points out there may be other factors affecting the BSL level.</p><p>Of course , a photo of said cereal bar wrapper with list of contents on it may help ease conjecture !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 1960448, member: 468714"] Hi [USER=467598]@Indy1282[/USER] , each one of the components of the cereal bar mentioned can raise BSLs. Depending on labelling laws the manufacturer may only have to list carbs from glucose whilst ignoring the lactose in the milk, the carbohydrate in the peanuts, barley and oats, and about 50% of the protein in the bar maybe converted to glucose but to be fair may not have had much effect on the 2 hour BSL reading. So assuming the 9 g refers to the "declared carb" content the actual full carbs that your body will convert to glucose plus the 9 'declared' grams might equal 25 maybe 30 grams. So despite your ratio of one unit of insulin (short-acting I assume) to 3 g carb the BSL is high. On that ratio and let us say a refigured carb total of 21 grams, you would have been taking 7 units not one. And ratios of units to grams of carb can alter through the day so, for example, if you were taking this cereal bar for breakfast the ratio is often closer e.g. 1 unit to say 2 g than later in the day ? 1 unit to 4 g to 6 g etc. And as [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER], rightly points out there may be other factors affecting the BSL level. Of course , a photo of said cereal bar wrapper with list of contents on it may help ease conjecture !! [/QUOTE]
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