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trand

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Yesterday I had quite a lot of places to go and forgot my sarnies, needless to say I ate quite a bit of junk food ie;egg/bacon sarnie, and a ham french stick all white bread, by the evening I was on/off toilet, it all passed straight through me, has anybody else had this when veering from thier normal diet, I low carb,and only eat Bergen bread ( not just bread,stuff in it)
 
Yep, same with me. I'm on metformin but don't normally have any of the 'usual' stomach problems, unless I have something carby...
 
Very interesting! I had a "straight-through" afternoon episode on Thursday, and couldn't work out what it was as I'd just got back on the straight and narrow after a few days of sandwich lunches and too much wine.

Someone else on here posted something about Metformin occasionally having side-effects even after you were well-settled on it, and I put it down to that, as I'd never had trouble with the odd 'carb-binge' when on Atkins pre-diabetes.

I don't think I'm going to experiment to prove it though! :shock: except maybe after my next HbA1c, if I decide to run an OGTT.

Viv 8)
 
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No! but I've never had an OGTT, so I'm going to try one using Lucozade.

Apparently, if you're very-low-carbing, you need to eat about 150g of carbohydrate per day for 3 days before you do the test in order not to get a false reading when you startle your pancreas with the Lucozade :shock:

I thought it wouldn't be a good idea to do it before I have my next HbA1c. :wink:

Viv 8)
 
No, it doesn't seem logical, does it?

To quote Gretchen Becker (The First Year - Type 2 Diabetes 2nd edition p289):

Rapidly rising and falling levels of glucose or insulin or both may trigger hunger pangs as well as surges of adrenaline, which also stimulates hunger.
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If you eat more carbs than you're used to, both insulin and glucose levels will rise (in Type 2s), triggering hunger pangs.

Also, carbohydrate is processed quicker than protein or fat, which don't trigger so much insulin and which both keep you feeling fuller for longer.

And the trouble with hunger pangs, for me, is that I always crave carbohydrate :roll:

Viv 8)
 
I eat a normal diet have never changed anything, yet I still get hungry from time to time where nothin fills me up.
 
Please define a normal diet! For low carbers that is normal, I just cut out sugar,white bread and cut portion sizes, and that is normal for me. So what do you eat?
I still have days when I seem to want to eat a lot too.
 
Well since being diagnosed in 97/9 they only thing I've cut out is sugar in tea, I changed to sweetener.
 
I low-carb (usually less than 50g per day, almost always under 70g - there is the odd exception!) because it keeps my BGs almost down to non-diabetic levels, and because it's about the only diet that I can lose weight on.

I envy anyone who can eat "normally" and still keep good control!

Viv 8)
 
My last hbac1 was 7.9 I wouldn't say I was brilliantly controlled. 50g I have more than that in just my breakfast. I do try to carb count but I get fed up with that after a while.
 

Yes, I've never had an GTT either, and I was planning on doing a DIY one. I even bought the glucose powder to do it with.

Don't fancy 150g of carbs for 3 days though (partly for the reasons noted in the early part of this thread). I have a HbA1C coming up, perhaps I'll do it in the "blind spot" just after the test.
 
That's just what I was thinking, Borofergie! Anyway, I'm on the run-up to my birthday after the HbA1c - which is not coincidence! :lol:

Had a great day - nothing above 4.7, which I'm really pleased about after the last 3 or so weeks on slightly higher carbs.

Viv 8)
 
Back to the topic I had a bad day today (food wise) chicken rogan josh with pea rice, 8 pints then burger and chips on way home-do I feel guilty? no! It was the anniversary of surviving a serious motorbike accident and all part of celebrating living. SOmetimes there are more important things than numbers!
 

Just the 8 pints then Gappy. 8)

I'm not a big drinker (anymore), but I tend to find that I'm more likely to fall off the waggon when I'm eating out on a business trip with colleagues. In these cases, the chips / bread rolls that I end up eating, seem not to spike my blood if accompanied by several alcoholic drinks.
 
borofergie said:
In these cases, the chips / bread rolls that I end up eating, seem not to spike my blood if accompanied by several alcoholic drinks.
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They won't! The difference I get when eating carby food with or without alcohol is massive. I normally have a drink midweek, wednesday evening before dinner. Three or four pints, or half a bottle of red, before spag bog leaves me with BG of about 6, 2 hours later. The same meal with NO alcohol sees me with a BG of about 8.5
Great innit? I save all my naughty meals for times when I'm gonna have a drink. Big roast dinner with spuds and all the veg on sunday lunch after a trip to the pub sees a BG of about 5
 

Well that's the old diabetes cured then!

Now if only I could get rid of that annoying pain in my liver...

:mrgreen:
 
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