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Angela(NZ)

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Hi Everyone

Just wanted to know if anyone else has had this happen......If i eat more carb than i should (eg 4 slices of toast, with margerine) i get a dry mouth, i have tested 2 hours after eating the toast and im always about 7, why does this happen if my BS is within range?

Thanks! :D
 
Not sure but maybe 7 is still too high for you? I usually only get the dry mouth thing when mine is higher than that, from 9.5 upwards. Other people with more experience may think differently. I know that the other day it took over 2 hours and nearly a litre of water before I felt human again, and when I look back at pre diagnosis realise why I felt so awful so often! :shock:
 
Hi Angela,

Are you drinking with your meal? Toast is very dry and anyone, diabetic or not, benefits from having a drink to help moisten our food and not have dry foods use up fluid already in the body. That is not a medical opinion at all, just a logical assumption taken from my own experience that I hate eating a meal without a drink

Now you're going to tell me, 'Yes, of course I drink with my toast', in which case all I can say is I have no idea. I would suggest that a dry mouth with a 7 blood test is most likely not caused by the blood sugar. 7 is completely within the normal range for a non-diabetic two hours after a meal.
 
4 slices of toast is a lot of carbs even if it is lower carb like Burgen this would be 44g carb -I don't use any other bread so don't know the carbs off the top of my head but other breads are much higher.

You may be going into the low to mid teens during the first hour or so before dropping to the 7's so this could be giving you the dry mouth - other than that I have no idea - sorry
 
Hi, dont know if this will help? but a couple of meds that I take, have the side effects of giving me a dry mouth. It is clearly listed on the manufacturers enclosed list in the meds packaging. Anna. :)
 
Hi,
I get this as well i find a Werthers original sugar free helps.
But if you do try them only start with 3 max per day they can have a nasty side effect.
Graham 179
 
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