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Cherries or Raspberries

Rog

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I've started taking half a dozen or so cherries each evening and my BS has been rising to around 6.4 after two hours , is that ok or would I be better with Rasberries ?
 
What was the the figure before you had the cherries? And after an hour, since the sugar in fruit is fairly quick-acting?
Cherries are worth a try since I believe some people can tolerate a few, but I always eat berries with cream anyway.
Raspberries are supposed to be safer.
Keep testing and you'll find out!
 
If it ends in berry it's much safer and especially with cream.
 
I was higher than normal before dinner at 6.3 , re tested and was at 5.7 . Had a couple of beef burgers ( high in beef) cauliflower then had full fat Greek yogurt and half a dozen cherries , tested approx an hour and a half later and was at 6.7 which was definitely higher than normal which I would say was definatly down to the cherries .
Since I was diagnosed two and a half months ago I have really not bothered with things like cherries and have not seen figures like 6.7, am I drifting or is that a safe amount of BS?
 
As long as you're sure the burgers hadn't much or any cereal then maybe the cherries did it, but 6.7 isn't bad and you saw from your preprandial test meters aren't very accurate. So don't abandon all hope. This is not carb creep!
 
I consider 8 to be the point where nerve and organ damage starts.
 
I don't think that's unreasonable but it depends on what your level was.before you ate them; an acceptable spike in levels should ideally be no more than 2 points, so you can't really just take a single reading and apply any real meaning to it. But you should be asking your meter which is the better for you. Look at http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html, print the information out, keep it handy and use it as a guide as to what's acceptable. You must learn to trust your own judgement now, and set your own limits and targets within these guidelines.

I can eat small quantities of both these fruits (with cream), and have set my own limits on how many I should eat from what my meter tells me. I don't actually see any significant rise when testing after 1 hour so I'm happy that my body can handle them well enough.

Robbity
 
Thanks Guys , the burgers were from M&S , wasn't sure or even aware on the cereal issue , what do you look for on the label to find cereal content?
Going to do berries in future no point in playing about with this .
 
One more question if I may... What cream do you suggest to go with Rasberries ?
 
Rog said:
Thanks Guys , the burgers were from M&S , wasn't sure or even aware on the cereal issue , what do you look for on the label to find cereal content?
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Don't know enough about burgers, but with sausages I go for high meat content, eg Black Farmer 90% pork and low carb. If you have time to make your own burgers you know what's in them. Cereal is just the cheap filler -- more profit I suppose (er, sorry to any real butchers online).
*EDIT* Ooh -- just found this on another thread, thanks to @AndBreathe ,,,
Spicy beef burgers - From The Incredible Spice Men - Minced meat of your choice, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli, cumin, coriander, turmeric. Squidge up with your hands to combine well, then divide into patties, and fry gently. Serve with whatever you choose. Delicious.

Rog said:
One more question if I may... What cream do you suggest to go with Rasberries ?
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Prefer double cream myself, and use it in coffee as well. Clotted is nice if you're into cream, but not in coffee -- it goes buttery!
But then you can whisk it ...
 
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Hi there for burgers you want to look for 100% need, in addition to this check the carb content. The lowest burgers I have found are Iceland 100% beef quarter pounders, they are frozen. So far they have the least carbs of supermarket brands
 
Got to be raspberries with double cream for me ..never tried it in coffee though ummm
 
I could devour a tub of raspberries every day , I love them, but not from my garden this year, as some darn critters have been at them
 
JTL said:
I consider 8 to be the point where nerve and organ damage starts.
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I have to say that this pits scared me. I'm newly diagnosed and my readings are normally between 12-14. I'm trying my hardest to get this down. After seeing this it makes me not want to eat anything. Scary.
 
Winchesters said:
I have to say that this pits scared me. I'm newly diagnosed and my readings are normally between 12-14. I'm trying my hardest to get this down. After seeing this it makes me not want to eat anything. Scary.
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Perhaps you could start a thread of your own and tell us more about yourself. Then we should be able to make some suggestions. I see on another thread you find bananas send your BS up, for instance. I think you can take that as normal. I'm sure we can help bring your worry levels down a bit
 
oldman1954 said:
Got to be raspberries with double cream for me ..never tried it in coffee though ummm
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Coffee with double cream is delicious! I've not been brave enough to try it with coconut oil or butter yet though, that just feels wrong!
 
Thick double cream or clotted cream is really yummy with berries, and (pourable) double cream in coffee or in soups. Soured cream is also great for thickening savoury stuff like soups and sauces.

Robbity
 
I'm another who would have raspberries with a little double cream, or I often mix it with quark and stevia so that it's also low calorie as well as low carb.
 
I don't sit and eat cherries or grapes as pudding with cream, but husband and I graze on cherries or black grapes or cherry tomatoes. If making tea we will snack on one or two. That doesn't seem to have an effect on me whereas a bowl would.
 
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