Zainab_Nigoumi
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How have people isolated and identified foods/ food combinations/ particular brands of foods, which cause problems with their blood sugars?
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Type 2 How to identify spiking culprits
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The simplest way to do this is using a blood glucose meter alongside a food diary. If you test right before eating and then 2 hours after the first bite and get a rise of more than 2 mmols then something in that meal needs adjusting or eliminating. You can then experiment to see which item it is (those with higher carb content will be the main suspects). Sometimes you can just reduce the portion size to get a better result, other times you'll need to cut it out completely.
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Try something like having simple meals...
Try the toast without anything on it.
Test before eating and 2 hours after.
Try having cereal and milk but nothing else.. test pre and post.
Or try having toast with eggs and see if the rises are Increased or same or less to normal bread.
If toast spikes then remove bread from diet
Same with meat and veg.... have a plain low carb meal.. meat with something like courgette, broccoli, cabbage. Record levels. Have same meal but add 50g bnut squash perhaps or a couple small roasties.. test both times and see if the roasties make your bloods rise..
Try the toast without anything on it.
Test before eating and 2 hours after.
Try having cereal and milk but nothing else.. test pre and post.
Or try having toast with eggs and see if the rises are Increased or same or less to normal bread.
If toast spikes then remove bread from diet
Same with meat and veg.... have a plain low carb meal.. meat with something like courgette, broccoli, cabbage. Record levels. Have same meal but add 50g bnut squash perhaps or a couple small roasties.. test both times and see if the roasties make your bloods rise..
miahara
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It all boils down to controlled experiments and measurements. You adjust one variable (the one specific food) while keeping the the others the same and note the effect on your BG level. For example at breakfast have milk with weetabix/porridge/ or whatever, and see how breakfast other than milk affects your BG. You find the lowest influence on your BG and then eat just that but then try varying the milk type - skimmed/semi-skimmed/full fat. This of course assumes that you are able to test your pre and post meal BG levels and can be bothered taking time and effort to get really scientific cos it takes time and effort.
However, if you want to save a lot of time and effort and reduce the impact of foods, regardless of "brands" on your BG the best and simplest strategy is to look on the BACKS of food packages (ignore the Traffic Lights) for low carbohydrate foods. All carby foods will push up your BG level - bread, rice, potatoes etc. Meats, fish and veg will have little effect.
Us ' human beans' are all different and how we react to different foods does vary considerably. I for example get a high BG from most breakfast cereals though many others don't. There's no 'one size fits all,' but as a general rule of thumb, cutting carbs is good for you.
Dave
However, if you want to save a lot of time and effort and reduce the impact of foods, regardless of "brands" on your BG the best and simplest strategy is to look on the BACKS of food packages (ignore the Traffic Lights) for low carbohydrate foods. All carby foods will push up your BG level - bread, rice, potatoes etc. Meats, fish and veg will have little effect.
Us ' human beans' are all different and how we react to different foods does vary considerably. I for example get a high BG from most breakfast cereals though many others don't. There's no 'one size fits all,' but as a general rule of thumb, cutting carbs is good for you.
Dave
