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<blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 172222" data-attributes="member: 31282"><p>At the risk of boring some of you long-termers (please remember I'm new to this!) I kept my promise to have some rhubarb today, so here's what happened. Sorry if it's a bit long-winded, but I found it interesting.</p><p></p><p>Background - I'm low carb, between 20g and 40g per day. My usual routine:</p><p></p><p>Up at 07:30/08:00; test; white coffee + Splenda tab. Breakfast 09:30/10:00, a 2-egg omelette; test 2 hrs later. Lunch about 13:30 - fish or meat salad + first metformin of the day. Test 2 hrs later. Snack of cheese, sometimes with 2 Ryvita, about 17:00. Evening meal, meat + veg 19:30/20:00 + second metformin; test 2 hrs later. Test at bedtime (between 22:30 and midnight).</p><p></p><p>I'm supposed to be on 3 metformin per day but I've dropped it to 2 for the moment, mainly because of lack of carbs betwen waking and lunch. My levels are highest at fasting - between 5.5 and 6.2 usually. They drop during the day, then rise again a little in the evening; usually around 5.4/5.8 at bedtime.</p><p></p><p>Today: 07:30 - 5.9</p><p>09:00 - 2 egg omelette</p><p>11:00 - 5.6</p><p></p><p>Then ate 120gm of rhubarb microwaved with 3 splenda tabs diluted for sweetener, + cream.</p><p>That was fine for my taste - equivalent of 3 teaspoons of sugar, and quite sweet enough!</p><p></p><p>Carb content: Collins Gem - rhub 1.6g, splenda 1.5g. Cream nil</p><p>Carb Bible 2011: rhub 5.5g splenda 2.1g. Cream nil</p><p></p><p>Tested at 12:30 'cos felt odd - bg 3.9</p><p>Ate 2 dextrose tabs. 12:45 - 6.3 Had lunch immediately, usual salad + 1 shortbread finger as a carby snack.</p><p>15:00 - 5.8 First metformin of the day - 2 hours later than usual.</p><p></p><p>Normally my levels do not drop to under 4, even if I don't eat for up to 5 hours between breakfast and lunch, as has happened twice this week. I had not done any exercise - as someone appears to be trying to transfer the entire contents of the Atlantic Ocean to Wensleydale, all I've done is get the milk in and sit at the computer.</p><p></p><p>Any comments, please?</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if my insulin resistance is improving rapidly, but my poor abused pancreas hasn't realised yet and is still producing over-large quantities of insulin, a response that was triggered by the mere act of eating the rhubarb - I believe there's a physiological mechanism that does that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="viviennem, post: 172222, member: 31282"] At the risk of boring some of you long-termers (please remember I'm new to this!) I kept my promise to have some rhubarb today, so here's what happened. Sorry if it's a bit long-winded, but I found it interesting. Background - I'm low carb, between 20g and 40g per day. My usual routine: Up at 07:30/08:00; test; white coffee + Splenda tab. Breakfast 09:30/10:00, a 2-egg omelette; test 2 hrs later. Lunch about 13:30 - fish or meat salad + first metformin of the day. Test 2 hrs later. Snack of cheese, sometimes with 2 Ryvita, about 17:00. Evening meal, meat + veg 19:30/20:00 + second metformin; test 2 hrs later. Test at bedtime (between 22:30 and midnight). I'm supposed to be on 3 metformin per day but I've dropped it to 2 for the moment, mainly because of lack of carbs betwen waking and lunch. My levels are highest at fasting - between 5.5 and 6.2 usually. They drop during the day, then rise again a little in the evening; usually around 5.4/5.8 at bedtime. Today: 07:30 - 5.9 09:00 - 2 egg omelette 11:00 - 5.6 Then ate 120gm of rhubarb microwaved with 3 splenda tabs diluted for sweetener, + cream. That was fine for my taste - equivalent of 3 teaspoons of sugar, and quite sweet enough! Carb content: Collins Gem - rhub 1.6g, splenda 1.5g. Cream nil Carb Bible 2011: rhub 5.5g splenda 2.1g. Cream nil Tested at 12:30 'cos felt odd - bg 3.9 Ate 2 dextrose tabs. 12:45 - 6.3 Had lunch immediately, usual salad + 1 shortbread finger as a carby snack. 15:00 - 5.8 First metformin of the day - 2 hours later than usual. Normally my levels do not drop to under 4, even if I don't eat for up to 5 hours between breakfast and lunch, as has happened twice this week. I had not done any exercise - as someone appears to be trying to transfer the entire contents of the Atlantic Ocean to Wensleydale, all I've done is get the milk in and sit at the computer. Any comments, please? I'm wondering if my insulin resistance is improving rapidly, but my poor abused pancreas hasn't realised yet and is still producing over-large quantities of insulin, a response that was triggered by the mere act of eating the rhubarb - I believe there's a physiological mechanism that does that? [/QUOTE]
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