No such thing as a silly question. Personally, at 7.9 I wouldn't have eaten anything. At least you didn't go over 2. We all have to find our own way, procede with cautionI had 20g of Lindt 85% dark chocolate about 8pm my level was 7.9 mmol before and 2 hours later my level is 8.6 mmol. I'm sure it is as its not gone up more than 2 but I just wanted to confirm.
Feel a bit silly asking tbh
Ah right. Eeek! I'm a newbie and my levels are a bit high atm but they've not spiked all day as eaten low carb food so I stupidly thought the chocolate would be ok to try, and test. I'm learning. Thank you for your replyNo such thing as a silly question. Personally, at 7.9 I wouldn't have eaten anything. At least you didn't go over 2. We all have to find our own way, procede with caution
Thank you. Consider it a lesson learned.Not stupid but I would have kept to 10 gms at the most if you felt the need to try it. but as was said your level was already at 7.9 maybe next time try the experiment from a lower starting point.
Yes, it's definitely a lesson learned. The chocolate will be going away until I can get my levels down even moreYeah 7.9 preprandial means you likely already had elevated insulin levels before even taking a bite. Not ideal but at least the postprandial reading was reasonably promising in relation to the start point. When I occasionally eat chocolate it’s of the 100% variety, but it’s a bit hardcore for most people.
Anyway, you live to fight another day
Thank you for that information. That's very interesting. I do have a lot to learn. The chocolate will be going away until I can get my levels down even moreHi @Starfish18, I like the 90% Lindt variety but restrict myself as a T1D to a 10 g piece - that is about 1.4 g carb.
The fat in the chocolate helps to stop the carb being absorbed as quickly than if there was less fat.
Chocolate is also said to be a pre-biotic, it helps feed our bowel bugs.
As a general rule carbs from a meal cause BSLs to peak at about the 2 hours mark, whilst some of the protein in the meal is converted to glucose and forms a lower peak at around the 3 hour mark.
It may have been that when you ate the chocolate that the BSL was peaking at ? 2 hours or so after a meal?
If so, unfortunately the carbs from the chocolate might have pushed the BSL just that bit more.
At a different time there may not have been that result.
With diabetes timing is everything. And having a glucose meter to test BSLs is a great boon.
We all have done some version of what happened with you. We live and learn, no harm done.
Smile and enjoy a piece of chocolate on another occasion.
I will do thank you. The chocolate will be going away until I can get my levels down even moreAgree with the above: the raise from eating the chocolate looks OK, but you were a wee bit high to begin with. Try again from a lower starting point and see how it goes
It was a tasty one, yes, but the chocolate will be going away until I can get my levels down even moreIt is a lesson learned, but it was a tasty one, I hope.
Thank you for your reply. I've put the chocolate away until I can get my readings down. I got 6.5 this morning which is lowest reading I've had in a morning so hopefully I'm still heading in the right directionI’ve seen posts from non diabetics spiking to over 9 from eating a banana.
I doubt you’ve done any lasting harm from the experiment and generally I allow myself some 80% or even 70% chocolate from time to time but usually when I’m below 6.0. May affect my morning reading though the next day.
Keep asking questions- before long you’ll be answering other people’s.
Bi @becca59, all us Aussies are bonkers in some way !! I also heard that people who cut down on salt seem to lose some of their sweet taste as well. And others can pick when the chef in the restaurant smokes as smoking supposedly affects their taste and they add too much salt. But, yes, who would guessed that more bitter tasting chocolate, which in the distant past I tended to associate with Dutch chocolate, would be palatable now !!@kitedoc you eat what I do, 90% Lindt. One square at a time. It is my after meal desert with a handful of nuts. It’s amazing how you get used to that bitter chocolaty taste. I wouldn’t thank you for normal chocolate now, far too sweet. If you had told me 10 years ago that this is what I would eat, I would have thought you were bonkers. (Not you personally of course lol!)
With the enthusiasm and interest you're showing, I'm sure you are.hopefully I'm still heading in the right direction
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