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Geordie_P

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Hi friends,
I've read a lot of mixed messages about coffee, and presume it hits different people in different ways, so self-testing is the way to see if you can take it or not.

I had a Bialetti stove top (6 cup model) worth of tesco espresso ground coffee this morning after breakfast. I didn't take a reading before as it was difficult to time around breakfast. I assume I was 4.1-4,5 fasting, then had walnuts and a boiled egg for breakfast, probably raising me to somewhere in the high-fours, low fives?.

Anyway, 1 hour after my coffee (and 1hr 30 after breakfast I suppose), I was 5.3.
Two hours after, I was 4.9.

To me, that looks like coffee doesn't look too harmful for me, at least as far as BG goes. I have heard some people get things like freak spikes after 4 hours though, and would appreciate any info or experiences on coffee.
 
Like you I get a modest increase but I put that down to the milk or the variation in my test strips. either way I need coffee in my life.
 
I get a modest spike when I drink coffee but it soon returns to normal. Coffee is the one thing I'm not giving up but I know it can cause problems for some.
 
Coffee never raised my bg, but significantly raised my blood pressure. It was give it up or stay permanently on bp tablets.

I gave it up.
 
Good point Brunneria- I'd completely forgotten about the blood pressure side of things. That's what I like about this site- the different perspectives. I'll keep an eye on that.
 
Geordie_P said:
Good point Brunneria- I'd completely forgotten about the blood pressure side of things. That's what I like about this site- the different perspectives. I'll keep an eye on that.
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Well, if you do, don't expect your bp to behave like blood sugar does.
I made that mistake. Tested at 2 hours, thought I was fine, and ended up with high bp for over a year, because I didn't think outside the Diabetes Box.

Turned out that for me, a cup of coffee wouldn't start raising my bp until about 4-5 hours after drinking, and then would spike over a 5 hour period, before dropping gently over 3 days.

So one cup gave me raised bp for 72 hours.

If I hadn't had a home bp tester, neither I nor my doc would EVER have spotted it, and since I LOVE coffee, I would probably have been on bp meds for life.
 
I have a mug of coffee with double cream in the morning. I don't know if it raises my bs as I only test when I wake.
But it does raise my blood pressure, I'm not too worried about that as my bp is generally ok.
 

Interesting.
 
I have three mugs of strong black coffee (heart starters) with no added sugar leading up to breakfast.

I have not seen any difference in readings, but will pay a bit more attention next time I test after breakfast.
 
Sooooooo....No sugar, no pasta, no quinoa, no rice, no barley, no carrots, no potatoes, no tropical fruit, no stone fruit, and the list goes on.
I am not giving up coffee, that is where I draw the line. If it does spike my BG then I will just exercise more. NOPE line has been drawn.
 
Tipetoo said:
Black coffee was hard to get used to sugarless, but I will never use that saccharine sweetener **** to spoil my coffee taste again.
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Ive never drank anything sweet but for awhile when I was so terrible misinformed I tried to drink coffee with almond milk to cut down on fat. Yuck.
Now I use 36%fat cream -and still managed to loose 45 pounds.
I find I make sure to have good quality beans and then I can drink a double espresso black.
 
I always used to drink my coffee sweetened but then was working in a high voltage lab for a couple of years and no one else took sugar so was never available and now it tastes fine to me sweetened or not but will never give it up.
 
Tried another test today 3:30pm, did a random blood test. That came out at 5.2.
I then had a moka pot of black coffee, and took another test after 1hr. The second test was 4.9. Could coffee have lowered the bg reading? I suspect the coffee just didn't raise bg, and I was on a downward trajectory anyway. Can coffee lower bg?
 
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