a quick question

[dragongirl]

Thank you, all.
Hana - I'm just contemplating shunting the self-harm to somewhere else!

I asked that question about so much testing two days ago and things have changed so quickly - I was confused and apprehensive then, and today I feel I might get there (wherever 'there' is). Mostly because exercise is working and because bg is improving (I think). Way to go but yesterday and today far better:

Sat: fasting 5.1, then after brekkies 6.9 and no higher all day, with two-hour consistently lower than one-hour readings, lowest daytime being 5.4.
Sun: fasting 5.2, then post brekkies 6.6, pre-lunch 4.3, post 7.5/5.3; ignore pre-dinner spike as had to eat small amount of cereal as worried re not going to loo (!)and because dinner to be late, then post dinner 7.4/5.5.

I just feel I am getting on top of it and even enjoying what I am eating and might stand a chance when I have to return to the clinic in Sept and confess what I am doing. Do miss marmite sarnies but not hungry between normally timed meals, which is a distinct improvement. Also I feel the extra exercise may be contributing - have a long house and can march up and down if wet outside, and found a step to do stepping on, and have a glider anyway. Prefer to be out and about, of course. Husband has done me a spreadsheet for food and bg - says it's the least he can do. I should jolly well think so!
And thanks all of you who have "spoken" to me this week.

 

[Sid Bonkers]

I cannot eat anything with oats but...my two hour test was always fine.It was only when I tested after one hour that I realised just how high I was going with oat based foods.

In the above scenario where levels peak high after an hour but quickly return to pre meal levels, how dangerous is a short sharp spike? There seems to be lots of research regarding high HB A1c's but I can't remember seeing anything on whether short highs are considered dangerous.

Not looking for an excuse to purposely eat very high GI foods here, just genuinely interested

 

[cugila]

Sid.

There is much research in several areas which has been published. Here is a link to just one:

Short-term peaks in glucose promote renal fibrogenesis independently of total glucose exposure.
http://ajprenal.physiology.org/cgi/cont ... 287/2/F268

An extract from part of this report:
The results of these experiments clearly demonstrate the deleterious effects of intermittent elevations in glucose concentrations on the fibrotic process that occurs in the human kidney.

So. A spike may not immediately be dangerous but long term it can have effects on many different organs in the body, in this case the kidneys. That is why it is best to avoid the foods which you know will cause spikes.

Ken.