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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1427788" data-attributes="member: 41816">Hi [USER=389076]@Rosiegough_[/USER] <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />That is how I make my homemade spag bol sauce too, and it doesn't even blip my blood glucose, unless I add the fancy stuff (like ketchup <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )Do you test your blood glucose before and after meals?  That is the best way to see whether a food or a meal is affecting your blood glucose.  You can buy your own testing kit if your surgery hasn't provided one for you.  They often don't, because it costs too much.Are you on insulin?  If not, then bolus doesn't apply to you.  There are various different types of insulin which are designed to act in different ways.  Bolus insulin is the fast acting one that insulin-dependent diabetics inject with meals to control the glucose released from that meal.Hope that helps.</blockquote>

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