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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2621135" data-attributes="member: 506169">[USER=575722]@Carick[/USER]    As [USER=475901]@TriciaWs[/USER] said, we are all different and so our our personal responses to carbohydrates. So 2hrs after 1st bite is a good starting point.  We are not looking to catch the peak, we are checking to see what our BG spike higher is at a time when in a non-diabetic, the body would have got  back to a fairly even keel from digesting the food.However if you eat some highly refined or what is (to your body) a high GI carb then the response will be quicker both on the up side and in coming back down again, so 2hrs may be too long and 1 and a half (or even 1hr) may be better. Similarly if a carb is eaten with alcohol or a fair bit of fats, then the response will be delays and so 2 and a half to 3 hrs may be better, But it's a very individual thing!Similarly if you have a meal with a high carb desert (but you wouldn't do that would you?), then the 1st bite is effectively 1st bite of the desert not 1st bite of the low carb main course!</blockquote>

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