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Foods which cause a spike

Jacquelineann

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Having duly measured just the right amount of white rice I then duly test my blood two hours afterwards and it is 16.6. I am sure that in another two hours it will have gone right down again but how do I cope with this? The rice alone does not provide enough carbs to cover the insulin. Should I eat the other carbs later? Should I just take this as being okay as it will go down as quickly as it has risen? Should I take it I can't eat white rice? Doing everything by the book :-(
 
Hello jaquelineanne,sad to say most of us cannot tolerate rice as it is high in carbs , have you had the info pack for new posters yet? Clive
 
I am T2 for 15 years aged 68. Never on Insulin , so can't comment on your question.But: With high Glycaemic index (GI) White rice is not the best. Brown rice with fibre may be better. Read some where that rice cooked, left in the fridge overnight and reheated next day has resistant starch which is absorbed slowly. It is not just how soon sugar levels return to acceptable level but how high it has risen is also important.
 
I know that everyone's body reacts more or less different to certain foods. I, for example, can't eat bread in the morning because my sugar after 2 hours will be high. Though in the afternoon the bread does not affect my sugars bad so I can eat it then. You need to follow and remember how certain foods affect your blood and avoid them (or eat them at a certain time, like me with eating bread).
 
Jacquelineann said:
The rice alone does not provide enough carbs to cover the insulin.
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My first thought is that you're either eating a tiny amount of rice (smaller than a portion), or your measurements are off.

Remember that there is a signficiant difference between "Cooked" and "Uncooked" serving sizes for rice.
Most white rice is also very high on the glycemic index (meaning it's digested much faster than most carbohydrates).

Give us a better picture of how much rice you're eating, what your carb ratio is, and why you don't feel you were eating enough to correct with insulin.
 


That is quite a spike, can I ask if you bolus ahead of your food to give your insulin a head start, if you do and that is the result then I'd be inclined to ditch the white rice and look for another form of carbs.
 
@Jacquelineann I am type 1 and absolutely LOVE rice but I have found that if I have rice & say I would usually need 5 units for the amount of carbs then for rice I would take maybe 8 units & that way I dont spike too badly & for some reason, I dont drop too low either
 
I have brown rice or white basmati rice. I find I can have both of those ok, but normal white rice isn't so good for me and can put my Blood sugar up quickly.

I measure my cooked rice in tablespoons to count the carbs. How did you measure yours? Could you have miscalculated?
 
I weigh my cooked rice and only have a smallish amount definitely no more than 100 grams.
 
Hi please don't cool and reheat rice, as it is extremely dangerous as can cause food poisoning. You are safer buying precooked rice pouches. Personally I am T2 and find I don't spike as high with the precooked rice.
 
When are you eating it ? I can't tolerate carbs in the morning or afternoon but by evening time I am much more sensitive to injected insulin can eat a higher carb intake without spiking.
 
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