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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2732337" data-attributes="member: 517579">When we eat carbs BG will rise as the carbs are digested  and pass into the bloodstream. This isn't a "spike" - it's to be expected.  The real question is how quickly our systems can clear excess glucose - either used as fuel immediately, stored as fat, or stored as glycogen in muscles, liver and kidneys. The attached graph is a example of a CGM from a non-diabetic person and you'll see plenty of ups and downs in BG, probably in response to eating and to the liver responding to perceived fuel needs.   And have a read of this - a study of what happens to the BG of non-diabetic people after eating:[URL unfurl="true"]https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7296129/[/URL]</blockquote>

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