Drinking black tea

i drink black tea and coffee and dont have to inject for either, doesnt affect my bgs at all so not much help x

 

I drink gallons of white tea every day and have not had to inject for it. Pretty strange @Miniman76

 

@Miniman76 just a thought.....are you finding this happening every time you drink black tea OR would you say its more in the mornings (suggesting DP??) or evenings (basal running out?)....is there any pattern to it??

 

DP, Dawn Phenonium, a liver dump when we awake.

I am an avid tea drinker and I haven't noticed any big changes after drinking it.

 

As @Robinredbreast just mention DP is Dawn Phenonium or Liver Dump....its our bodies releasing glucose to get us ready for the day ahead.
Was just trying to see if there was any pattern to what is happening. I guess it goes to prove that we are all VERY different in the way our bodies act to different things

 

Can't say I have ever seen this. I usually drink mine as strong as possible, black or with quite literally a few drops of milk. I get through at least 3 a day at work usually.

I wonder if we all have these individual anomalies that will cause our blood glucose to rise. For me, its every time I drive.

 

I drink decaf tea and coffee both black ...te, coffee and skimmed milk even spikes me .i even can rescue a hypo with milk although that shouldnt happen apparently as its a fat
Guess we are all differant in this topsy turvy world !!

 

Sorry, but what makes you think that skimmed milk is fat? Milk contains sugar in the form of lactose but a tablespoons or two in your tea shouldn’t have significant effect on your BG.

 

I have to take some units of insulin to cover the effect of coffee.
I have read that caffeine can influence the liver to release stored glucose but the size of this effect varies from person to person.
DSo.. I wonder whether the caffeine in your lack tea might be the culprit.
Another thought is to try drinking black tea later in the day and see whether that seems to affect your BSL then also.

 

It does though..i cant tolerate it i just spike. Every body is unique.

 

Tea n and coffee spike my sugar as well. I drink tea black, but coffee with lot of milk. For tea I generally have to inject ca 1u insulin minimum.... Bit oddly same spike does not happen for diet coke...

 

I have no idea because I would not normally test bg after a drink. This makes me wonder if you are micro managing your levels too much? Different foods take varying amounts of time to affect levels and often do so over a long period. So if you had a meal then three hours later drink your tea, you cannot really be sure if it is the food or the tea which is raising your levels.

 

Hi,

I've only found that particularly milky drinks (latte for example) have any effect on my blood sugar. How many cups do you drink of black tea and what is your carb to insulin ratio? E.g. I can't imagine the black tea has 50g of carbs in it!???

Best wishes,
Tom

 

Is it always the same brand? Most tea that comes in bags has sugar added as a flavour enhancer. (And nope, it's not mentioned on the packaging. And yes, it's in the expensive brands too. You don't want to know how many different teabags I cut up one afternoon...). It's not a lot, but then I don't need insulin, so...? In the pics, the little white granules are sugar. You might want to open up your usual brand and check just how much of it is in there? Again, it's a tiny little bit, most of the time... The most I found was in the strawberry flavoured one.

 

Sorry if I misunderstood but are you saying that this sugar is in my bag standard tetly tea bags ?
Carol