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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1520962" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Red wine is fine. It has virtually no carbs. If anything it will lower your levels because while the liver is processing the alcohol it has no time to produce glucose to dump. How many potatoes did you have? This can make a difference. The dessert won't have helped. </p><p></p><p>It isn't a question of which food spiked you. It is the total carbs in the meal that matter, so it was a combination of all the foods you ate.</p><p></p><p>For example. I can manage 2 small new potatoes in a meal that doesn't contain any other major carbs. If I added a lot of gravy to that meal I would spike. It isn't necessarily the gravy causing it, but the gravy plus the potatoes. (Gravy is difficult for us because it is made with flour, similarly other sauces) I only know this because I use my meter to the best advantage, and at the beginning of my journey I experimented. I also kept a detailed food diary including portion sizes and recorded my levels alongside. Patterns emerged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1520962, member: 94045"] Red wine is fine. It has virtually no carbs. If anything it will lower your levels because while the liver is processing the alcohol it has no time to produce glucose to dump. How many potatoes did you have? This can make a difference. The dessert won't have helped. It isn't a question of which food spiked you. It is the total carbs in the meal that matter, so it was a combination of all the foods you ate. For example. I can manage 2 small new potatoes in a meal that doesn't contain any other major carbs. If I added a lot of gravy to that meal I would spike. It isn't necessarily the gravy causing it, but the gravy plus the potatoes. (Gravy is difficult for us because it is made with flour, similarly other sauces) I only know this because I use my meter to the best advantage, and at the beginning of my journey I experimented. I also kept a detailed food diary including portion sizes and recorded my levels alongside. Patterns emerged. [/QUOTE]
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