28.3 is the WEIGHT. NOT the protein. Let's see if I can explain this. It is confusing. On my can of tuna it says 2 oz (56 g) has 13 grams of protein. There are 2.5 servings in a can. So there are 140g of weight and 32.5 grams of protein. So 5 oz protein per can. 6.5 G protein per ounce.28.3 grams x 6 isn´t it more like 160 grams
44 grams is very fine I think
That's the weight of the food, not the grams of protein. Most protein is about 7 g per ounce. Some higher and some lower. 6 x 7= 42 G protein.
28.3 is the WEIGHT. NOT the protein. Let's see if I can explain this. It is confusing. On my can of tuna it says 2 oz (56 g) has 13 grams of protein. There are 2.5 servings in a can. So there are 140g of weight and 32.5 grams of protein. So 5 oz protein per can. 6.5 G protein per ounce.
Make sense?
28.3 is the WEIGHT. NOT the protein. Let's see if I can explain this. It is confusing. On my can of tuna it says 2 oz (56 g) has 13 grams of protein. There are 2.5 servings in a can. So there are 140g of weight and 32.5 grams of protein. So 5 oz protein per can. 6.5 G protein per ounce.
Make sense?
No worries!!! My husband had to explain it over and over until it sunk in!!!haha I am not really good at this, but I do trust you are right... sorry for my foggy brain...
Some find a rise from milks, creams ect so that could explain your climb. I wouldn't try and observe a test starting at 9. That should have been corrected first thing. Sometimes being higher makes you go even higher. My guess is the greens had nothing to do with this at all and its best you try this experiment again when your bg is more in target upon wakening.
I have never been prescribed medication. I reduced my levels after diagnosis by sticking to the Newcastle diet for eight weeks and losing over two stones in weight. I bought a meter and have tested my fbg for over a year now. They are usually in the sevens. I started to put weight back on and decided to take action. I joined the forum and started to choose low carb options and test before and after meals to try to find out the foods I should avoid.Are you on insulin?
Is your fasting high everyday?
How are your day time numbers?
Are you moderating your protein?
How many carbs do you eat per day?
Sorry, loads of questions but I bet it's somewhere in these questions
Sounds very solid !! Big learning curve!! Test test test and find out!!I have never been prescribed medication. I reduced my levels after diagnosis by sticking to the Newcastle diet for eight weeks and losing over two stones in weight. I bought a meter and have tested my fbg for over a year now. They are usually in the sevens. I started to put weight back on and decided to take action. I joined the forum and started to choose low carb options and test before and after meals to try to find out the foods I should avoid.
Over the past two weeks I have had one reading of 12.0 two hours after eating black pudding.
I am trying to make low carb choices but I have a lot to learn. I have not eaten bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, biscuits, pastries etc since my diagnosis. Prior to this I ate a very carb heavy diet and avoided fat. Milk has always been my drink of choice but I have been buying skimmed milk since 1980. I ate lots of bread but skipped the butter, choosing jam or honey. I am the only person I know who really doesn't like chocolate, but I loved all varieties of crisps, nuts and anything cheesy.
I haven't been weighing the meat, fish or cheese I have been having. I have been choosing vegetables from above ground, Brussels sprouts, savoy cabbage, leeks and (today) broccoli. I didn't realise that the relatively small amount of carbohydrate in the vegetables I have been eating might be too much.
My plan now is to limit the cream, butter and cream cheese. Have egg mayonnaise for breakfast as soon as I get up, drink water instead of coffee and weigh my protein.
I will take on board the suggestion that I should avoid carbs early in the day, I did not realise that insulin resistance fluctuated throughout the day. And I will continue to test before and after meals and try to make sense of this new way of eating.
Thanks Kristin251, you are right but I will stick with it. Going down...Sounds very solid !! Big learning curve!! Test test test and find out!!
NoAre you on insulin?
Is your fasting high everyday?
How are your day time numbers?
Are you moderating your protein?
How many carbs do you eat per day?
Sorry, loads of questions but I bet it's somewhere in these questions
If your post breakie numbers are rising that would indicate that your liver and muscles are releasing glycogen the way to stop this would be to eat a small amount of carbs for breakfast and this should stop your body compensating for the lack of instant energy available only from carbs.
Try 10g carbs for breakfast and test 2 hours pre and postprandial and then adjust accordingly. IMHO no amount of protein or fat will stop your liver helping you out.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/body/glycogen.html
80g of broccoli has 1.1g of carbs and 19g of KCal, I don't think that is what caused your high BGMy fbg at 6:15 was 9.2 this morning and I started the day with a coffee and 30ml double cream.
Tested again at 10:15 before eating 300g broccoli and 30g butter. I boiled the broccoli in plain water and added no seasoning. Level at this point was 9.7 so it had gone up despite the coffee and cream.
When I tested again at 12:10 it was 11.7! I was shocked. Washed hands again and retested using another finger and 11.5.
Should I put broccoli on my list of food to avoid?
Thanks Trebor2516. I may try broccoli again this evening. I'm just going to stick with lchf for the moment and keep testing. The more knowledge I have about my reaction to a whole range of food the better.80g of broccoli has 1.1g of carbs and 19g of KCal, I don't think that is what caused your high BG
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