COFFEE!

Billy_Pilgrim

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I've just turned my hands into pin-cushions in the name of science. For my readings I waited till my post-prandial breakfast spike (which had peaked at 7.9mmol/L & was just on the way down). Here are the results of a post-double espresso this morning:

Pre-coffee - 7.5
10 minutes post - 6.5 [still on the post-breakfast decline]
30 minutes post - 7.7
45 minutes post - 6.9
1hr post - 6.3

According to 23andme.com I'm a fast metaboliser of caffeine, and this would seem to bear this out, given a peak after just half an hour. I'm actually made up, as I thought I'd have to quit until today.
 
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I have just finished my first mug of Robert Timms heart starter black coffee. Two spoon fulls in it as I had to wait 30 minutes for a tablet I take once a month to settle down.

It's not worth drinking decaf coffee, as it's a pretend thing which is not the full monty if you are a seasoned coffee drinker. :meh:
 
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Geordie_P

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Great job, Billy Pilgrim! That's some detailed data!
Glad you tested OK on the coffee front, at least in term of BG.
 

Geordie_P

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I was recently at the hospital for a problem not connected to my type 2 diabetes when I was advised to drink decaffeinated coffee and was surprised that the very next day when I changed to decaff, the tingling in my left hand which I had assumed was diabetes related and been a problem for some time, especially waking me up in the night, had completely disappeared!
Hi MaryMeg: what was the explanation/ mechanism of the coffee giving you tingling? Blood pressure, or Blood glucose? Caffeine sensitivity? Or something else? It's good to get concrete experiences for people to discuss- the available info on coffee is rather nebulous; if it's bad for you, it may be bad for others, but we should ascertain why.
 

Resurgam

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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.
Carrots are not high carb - I have a cut off at 10 percent carb content - carrots are well under that limit.
 

Resurgam

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I agree, but i eat to my meter and. Carrots push my BG up more then 2 and for me that's too much.
Oh - that is interesting - I know that I gain weight far more easily eating carbs from grains and legumes - perhaps it is a similar response - higher BG would have made me produce insulin, and convert glucose to fat. I almost always eat carrots raw, I wonder if that might be a factor.
 

Hotpepper20000

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Oh - that is interesting - I know that I gain weight far more easily eating carbs from grains and legumes - perhaps it is a similar response - higher BG would have made me produce insulin, and convert glucose to fat. I almost always eat carrots raw, I wonder if that might be a factor.
Raw is the worst for me because I don't eat them with fat. But I find I have lost weight the easiest not eating any root vegetables and no grains.
 

Resurgam

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Raw is the worst for me because I don't eat them with fat. But I find I have lost weight the easiest not eating any root vegetables and no grains.
I grate them and eat with mayonnaise, usually with green salad, boiled eggs and tomato it makes a pretty good lunch
 
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Hotpepper20000

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That sounds yummy. Did you test to see if it spikes your BG? Might be ok for you.
I used to pull them right out of our garden wipe of the dirt and crunch down.
Can't do that any more.
 

Salvia

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That sounds yummy. Did you test to see if it spikes your BG? Might be ok for you.
I used to pull them right out of our garden wipe of the dirt and crunch down.
Can't do that any more.

oooh, such memories . . . . . :joyful: (( sigh ))
 

Resurgam

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That sounds yummy. Did you test to see if it spikes your BG? Might be ok for you.
I used to pull them right out of our garden wipe of the dirt and crunch down.
Can't do that any more.
no test meter - but I might get one just to see what is going to be good for me.