Glycemic Load 0 to 9 is low, 10 to 19 is medium, 20 and above is high. Pretty much all grains are too high for a diabetic - you don't need them. Most loads are on 100 grams of each food. Wheat and rice are the worst. Cut out grains and you'll lose a kilo every two days. I lost 12 kilo in 28 days because my insulin went down. Y'all all making this too complicated. Glycemic load is based glycemic index, but using a portion that is realistic of what you'd actually eat. Glycemic index is based on 50 grams of each food so not too realistic. Anything over 20 is high.
And yes LADA folks use so much insulin to cover so much carbs, but this just a guess cause carbs vary incredibly on how they effect your blood sugar. So even LADA folks need to learn about glycemic loads of foods. A carb is not a carb, by any means. You don't need to test anything cause that's what glycemic index and loads are all about. The food is tested on many people and the average is what's used so you can get a general idea how these foods affect you blood sugar. If I eat 1/4 cup of steel cut oatmeal, and nothing else, it spikes my blood sugar over 50 points on my meter. So even a glycemic load of 5 can have an effect, the key is to use low glycemic foods to bring the effect of the whole meal down (fats, fiber, protein) - like add whole fat milk or cream, nuts, or other low glycemic items to the oatmeal to bring the whole meal glycemic load down. All nuts are low glycemic.
Grains are the main cause of diabetes because the only thing higher glycemic load is dried fruit. This is why 70% of Americans are in pre-diabetes right now. Americans are eating 200 pounds of wheat each year or almost a half pound per day. 70% of Americans are estimated to have an HbA1c between 4.9 and 6.9 right now. This is not a pretty picture.
This is why grains are killing us:
Note some boiled grains are not too bad but process this with sugar, skim milk, and white flour and see what happens in the bread section below.
Examples of glycemic loads of foods: (remember under 10 is low and over 20 is high glycemic load)
Pearl Barley - 7
Barley porridge - 19
Buckwheat - 11
Bulgar wheat - 8
Couscous - 7
Millet -17
Polenta - 6
Quinoa - 12
Rice Basmati white - 15
Rice Brown - 12
Rice Jasmine - 31 (Goodby Thai restaraurants)
Rice long grain - 15
Rice wild - 12
Wheat whole grain boiled -28
Oatmeal boiled - 5
Oatmeal instant - 7
BREADS
Bagel - 36
Baguette - 48
Hamburger bun - 31
Bread Rye 100% whole grain - 27
Sourdough - 25
White - 36
Stone ground whole wheat - 26
Spelt dark - 40
Bowl of Wheaties, no sugar added - 44
Frosted flakes - 48
Cherios - 49
Shredded wheat - 49
Coco krispies - 67
Sugar - 68
Dates - 69
Cornflakes - 70
Rice cakes - 76 (remember when people ate these to lose weight?)
Glucose - 100
Maltose - 105
New book Y'all shoud read - Wheat Belly by William Davis, MD ISBN 978-1-60961-154-5
on glycemic loads of foods - The Easy GL Diet handbook by Dr. Fedon Alexander Lindburg ISBN 10: 1-56975-574-4
.Every mornig now for the last 4 yrs i had granola religiously. i got the same readings as you but with a bit of adaption you can lose the bg rise. i have 25g of lizis, 5 chopped strawberrys, tablespoon of flaxseed, 10g of mixed pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, handfull of mixed nuts which are walnuts brazils and almonds, mix in a big bowl washed down with a coffe. the milk i use is lactose free. bgs 1 2 and 3 hrs saty all level. i think the fat from the nuts and the fibre from the flaxseed change the whole gl completely. it also keeps you full for ages . try it ive posted quite a few time with lizis granola and other people have tried this receipe with very good bg results.