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After two days of BG under 10, and last reading last BG earlier before meal of 7, my BG has jumped back up to 16. Evening meal of Chilli with Basmati rice.....?? Why should that have such a dramatic effect ? Very dissapointed with myself and can see that it so easy to get depressed when you think you have been getting good results and it goes backwards so suddenly.
 
Could have been the rice. It would do it for me. What control are you using?
 
I am on Novomix twice a day. Currentley on 19 units in the morning and 17 units before evening meal. Only been on insulin since 16 Dec, so I know its early days but finding it very frustrating. Only good news is that for first time my Ketones were down to 0 so suppose that is something positive.
 
Hi AITCH,

Basmati rice would be the prime suspect. Loads of starch there which is sure to have a big impact on your blood sugar I'm afraid.
Have you tried making rice by grating and stir-frying cauliflower? Honestly, it's really really good, far better than ordinary rice, and very little effect on your BG.

All the best,

fergus
 
Look on the bright side AITCH, rather that than the chilli being off the menu, eh?

fergus
 
Hi aitch

Fergus is right - rice will be the culprit. Even though basmati is low GI it will still raise BG by same amount, might just take a bit longer to get there,

Novomix has some benefits, but not being able to correct or shoot enough to cover a planned meal is the major failure.
I was happy to wait until honeymoon period over but after a couple of days of unexplained higher than norm bg(maybe honeymooon is over?) I cant wait to change regimes.

I find my short acting bit of premix is not good at covering meals and any deviation from portion-type or size, will see you go higher. Intermediate acting bit is a bit better but still not great,

Keep at it, you will see a difference
 
Two questions:

How long after you'd had anything to eat did you test your blood glucose after your meal?
What else did you eat or drink with your meal?

If you tested your blood half an hour after you'd eaten, your blood glucose would be high anyway. It you'd been drinking a big sugary drink, that would push your blood glucose levels up. I am wary of saying anything is definitely the cause of something with so little information. We've been assuming you'd only eaten chilli with basmati rice and tested 2+ hours after your meal. And that you had a huge portion of rice. If you had a big swig of orange just a few minutes before you tested your blood, the test would include the sugar from the orange juice.
 
Hi Silver,

Took blood test 4 hours after meal. Had only drunk some Zero Coke with meal. Was back down today with BG of 9.9 before breakfast and 5.5 at dinner so guessing the rice was the culprit.
Suprised by the severity of the reading going up so high. It seems to be quite an art form to maintain at a constant level but its a learning process I suppose. Being new to it all itseems quite daunting to think this is it from now on.
 
It might have been even higher if you'd tested at 1 or 2 hours, or it may be the fat and protein in the chili slowed the carbs in the rice down so you got a late spike and were going up as your insulin was tailing off.

My favourite rice substitute is quinoa, may be worth trying as it doesn't budge my BG, but some people don't get on with it.
 
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