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I see us comparing our morning fasting and post meal levels but has anyone started a thread to compare our post meal spikes at specific times after one kind of food that we can all experiment with (provided you are at least low carb)?
If you'd like to participate, have some scales to measure accurately and try this on one day and do the same with a non-diabetic friend or partner if you can find one who is also willing to participate.
1ST experiment (carb response)
(I recommend first thing in the morning so you have a chance to burn it off and don't do this if you really can't tolerate fruit! Leave it for those who already eat at least low carb.)
100g of banana (a small banana - peeled).
Measure all of any of these points:
Right before eating
30 mins after
60 mins after
90 mins after
2 hours after
(3 hours after)
If you only want to measure before and at 2 hours, that's also fine, but 30 and 60 mins will be useful to see our spikes!
On a different day, measure the following.
3 egg omlette fried in butter.
Try to use 60g eggs totally 180g so we all have the same amount. Measure in the shell so it's not so complicated.
Then take readings as above:
Before; 30m; 60; 90; 2hr, (3hr)
When you've done a test, post your results here so we can compare how differently each of us reacts to the same food.
Good luck finding a non-diabetic guinea pig to join in!
If you'd like to participate, have some scales to measure accurately and try this on one day and do the same with a non-diabetic friend or partner if you can find one who is also willing to participate.
1ST experiment (carb response)
(I recommend first thing in the morning so you have a chance to burn it off and don't do this if you really can't tolerate fruit! Leave it for those who already eat at least low carb.)
100g of banana (a small banana - peeled).
Measure all of any of these points:
Right before eating
30 mins after
60 mins after
90 mins after
2 hours after
(3 hours after)
If you only want to measure before and at 2 hours, that's also fine, but 30 and 60 mins will be useful to see our spikes!
On a different day, measure the following.
3 egg omlette fried in butter.
Try to use 60g eggs totally 180g so we all have the same amount. Measure in the shell so it's not so complicated.
Then take readings as above:
Before; 30m; 60; 90; 2hr, (3hr)
When you've done a test, post your results here so we can compare how differently each of us reacts to the same food.
Good luck finding a non-diabetic guinea pig to join in!