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Hi,
I'm pre, with FBGs around 6, and usually bouncing around 5.5-6.5 during the day on low carb. My GP says I'm totally fine on the back of a HbA1C test which (for reasons which are dull and time consuming to explain) is not reliable for me, and an oral glucose which returned perfect results. So I'm on my own, I think I have an issue, but I'm never really sure about it because I've passed the test. But I know that a "normal" person runs at 4.5-5 and doesn't see any spike regardless of what they eat.
I just ate about 50gs of carbs, lentil soup and a slice of wholemeal toast. I was at 10.2 after 3 hours and have just got back to 6.0 after five hours.
I can't reconcile the difference between the oral glucose test pass and the soup and toast fail. Is it because of the GI or something? Do you guys see similar spikes and long tails with certain kinds of foods? Does the amount of carbs overwhelm your insulin response and then the low GI backs up your BG for hours afterwards? Trying to understand what is going on from a diet perspective.
I'm pre, with FBGs around 6, and usually bouncing around 5.5-6.5 during the day on low carb. My GP says I'm totally fine on the back of a HbA1C test which (for reasons which are dull and time consuming to explain) is not reliable for me, and an oral glucose which returned perfect results. So I'm on my own, I think I have an issue, but I'm never really sure about it because I've passed the test. But I know that a "normal" person runs at 4.5-5 and doesn't see any spike regardless of what they eat.
I just ate about 50gs of carbs, lentil soup and a slice of wholemeal toast. I was at 10.2 after 3 hours and have just got back to 6.0 after five hours.
I can't reconcile the difference between the oral glucose test pass and the soup and toast fail. Is it because of the GI or something? Do you guys see similar spikes and long tails with certain kinds of foods? Does the amount of carbs overwhelm your insulin response and then the low GI backs up your BG for hours afterwards? Trying to understand what is going on from a diet perspective.
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