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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2752970" data-attributes="member: 517579">Rises in blood glucose are to be expected after eating carb in any quantity. This is perfectly normal. It is not a "spike". I'd reserve that term for an abnormal, unexpected, and large rise.  Personally, my approach is that to reduce both the rise in blood glucose and to shorten the time BG is elevated, the best thing is not to eat the carb in the first place - that's what works for me.  It's quite convenient for the food industry to convince people to focus on "preventing" a higher rise that might last only a matter of minutes, rather than a slightly lower rise that may persist for hours.  The damage from elevated levels of glucose are to do with higher levels over time. It's not really clear which has most impact, as I've never found any research on it.  However if you look at the BG profiles of non-diabetic people, it seems to be absolutely clear that after carbs they will experience short-term rises to comparatively high levels, which do not last long. If that's the "normal" profile, that's the one I'd prefer to follow.btw - Dietary fat doesn't cause insulin resistance.  Dietary fat is not digested to glucose, so does not stimulate an insulin response.  If no insulin response, no increase in insulin resistance.</blockquote>

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