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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 520780" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Get yourself a blood glucose monitor (available in Boots the chemist, and Amazon - the Codefree one works out as quite cheap). </p><p></p><p>You may have been told by the doctor or nurse that you don't need one. Well, that is nonsense. In your situation I think you need one very much indeed. You need to see the evidence of what those sweet nibbles are doing to your blood glucose.</p><p></p><p>Don't worry, you won't have to test much. Once you know how your body reacts to various foods, you can ease off and just test when you try new foods. At the moment I am testing on waking, before dinner, and 2 hours later. A lot of people only test once a day. But for the following Biscuit Test I would test a lot.</p><p></p><p>Get your monitor, test your blood, when you are hungry (fasting) then eat your usual amount of biscuits.</p><p>Hey, I'm asking you to eat biscuits for breakfast!!! - grin.</p><p>Test your blood every half hour for about 4 hours.</p><p>Write down the results.</p><p></p><p>You will see that your blood glucose rises sharply then drops down again.</p><p></p><p>This is what you do to yourself, every time you Biscuit Binge (or choloate, or mashed potato, or whatever).</p><p></p><p>Then read up on how low you should keep your blood sugar levels to avoid diabetic complications.</p><p></p><p>And now you can make an informed decision whether you want to eat biscuits any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 520780, member: 41816"] Get yourself a blood glucose monitor (available in Boots the chemist, and Amazon - the Codefree one works out as quite cheap). You may have been told by the doctor or nurse that you don't need one. Well, that is nonsense. In your situation I think you need one very much indeed. You need to see the evidence of what those sweet nibbles are doing to your blood glucose. Don't worry, you won't have to test much. Once you know how your body reacts to various foods, you can ease off and just test when you try new foods. At the moment I am testing on waking, before dinner, and 2 hours later. A lot of people only test once a day. But for the following Biscuit Test I would test a lot. Get your monitor, test your blood, when you are hungry (fasting) then eat your usual amount of biscuits. Hey, I'm asking you to eat biscuits for breakfast!!! - grin. Test your blood every half hour for about 4 hours. Write down the results. You will see that your blood glucose rises sharply then drops down again. This is what you do to yourself, every time you Biscuit Binge (or choloate, or mashed potato, or whatever). Then read up on how low you should keep your blood sugar levels to avoid diabetic complications. And now you can make an informed decision whether you want to eat biscuits any more. [/QUOTE]
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