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Bread Vs Rice

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
Hi,

It comes to my information from someone diabetic (no meds only diet)that his 2 hour readings with rice (approx 30 carbs/ 100gm/ 1 cup) is pretty much in normal range whereas with a slice of multigrain Bread it would be around Pre-diabetic range.

Would it be an unnoticed early /late spike?

Carbs are carbs and GI of both is pretty much the same?

Does rice get absorbed in a more gradual manner in some compared to bread?

Similar experiences? Advises?
 
I'm T1 and have a much flatter profile with rice than bread. I give rice a good rinse so I'm not sure if that helps, but then I have noticed my body seems to deal better with less processed carbs in general.
 
Give the bread or rice to 10 different persons and you will get results that have little consistency. Spikes will vary from mlld to wild in all combinations. It matters what these are eaten with, what insulin response is illicited, how insulin restistant the individual is, gut bacteria and compatibilty with food.

Often referred to as eating to ones meter, this will show what a given food in the context of the meal does.
 
It can depend on the individual and on what foods are eaten alongside the bread/rice.
 
Thanks Guys, so this also may imply following;

A) Insulin resistance is somewhat relative to the nature of the food / meal and not the carb content or GI or GL

B) Intensity of Insulin resistance cannot be determined by spike with a carb content in a similar GI food.

C) Ditto as A&B for insulin response and production.

In layman terms, bread spiks may indicate 50% loss of pancreatic insulin production ability whereas rice may indicate mild and vice-versa for both insulin resistance, sensitivity etc.

Am I making sense? What about all the carb counting / limiting methods, I more carbs on one food keeps you good and less carbs on other spikes you how can one possibly determine the portion in carb terms?
 
Bread spikes could equally indicate an intolerance to glutemn, or even just wheat gluten.

Responses to foods and fodd combinations, in my experiences are incredibly personal, with wide, wide difference between one person and another. If you are considering this for yourself, then a period of structured testing would be in order and then draw your n1 conclusions.
 
Resurgam said:
If it was white rice that is usually digested very fast - so the spike from it could be long gone by 2 hours
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If someone returns to normal range in 2 hours, despite the interim spike, would that not be considered normal person's body response to clearing carbs /glucose from blood within 2 hours?
 
If you grab a hot iron for 1 second or 2 you still gonna get burned just a question of how badly.
 
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