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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 93449" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>The biggest mealtime effect on blood glucose is the amount of CHO but the speed of digestion and absorption also has an effect. How much each g of carbs will cause your level your rise is also dependent on weight, insulin resitance and amount of your insulin your body is producing.</p><p> ( A chart for type 1s on insulin shows for 1g of CHO, a 0. 17mmol rise for someone weighing 90kg to 0.33mmol rise for someone weighting 41kg... That assumes some background (basal) insulin)</p><p></p><p>Orange juice is relatively fast acting so will have a quick effect and raise your levels significantly.</p><p></p><p>If you have access to enough testing strips, testing your blood glucose levels before and 2 hours after meals it will help you see what effect individual meals have on your glucose levels.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I wonder if you are actually being asked to monitor the level of your CHO intake, ie keep a diary showing an estimate of the carbs eaten at each meal. So you would need to keep a record of the amount of carbs in food such as cereals, bread, rice, pasta, beans/lentils, potatoes, milk, fruit, soft drinks, cookies and cakes and also vegetables (though fewer in the latter).</p><p>If so you (and forgive me if its not the case and you know how to do this) its worth getting some scales and a measuring jug.Use these for measuring how much you eat of things containing carbohydrates you can then check out their carb content with a book of carb tables (the little Gem carb counter ? )</p><p>If you eat food thats prepackaged and labelled, its easy to use that..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 93449, member: 12578"] The biggest mealtime effect on blood glucose is the amount of CHO but the speed of digestion and absorption also has an effect. How much each g of carbs will cause your level your rise is also dependent on weight, insulin resitance and amount of your insulin your body is producing. ( A chart for type 1s on insulin shows for 1g of CHO, a 0. 17mmol rise for someone weighing 90kg to 0.33mmol rise for someone weighting 41kg... That assumes some background (basal) insulin) Orange juice is relatively fast acting so will have a quick effect and raise your levels significantly. If you have access to enough testing strips, testing your blood glucose levels before and 2 hours after meals it will help you see what effect individual meals have on your glucose levels. I wonder if you are actually being asked to monitor the level of your CHO intake, ie keep a diary showing an estimate of the carbs eaten at each meal. So you would need to keep a record of the amount of carbs in food such as cereals, bread, rice, pasta, beans/lentils, potatoes, milk, fruit, soft drinks, cookies and cakes and also vegetables (though fewer in the latter). If so you (and forgive me if its not the case and you know how to do this) its worth getting some scales and a measuring jug.Use these for measuring how much you eat of things containing carbohydrates you can then check out their carb content with a book of carb tables (the little Gem carb counter ? ) If you eat food thats prepackaged and labelled, its easy to use that.. [/QUOTE]
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