Injecting before eating

ElyDave

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• Jul 7, 2015

• #21

Sounds nice, but yes low gi and the fibre to consider

 

cz_dave

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• Jul 7, 2015

• #22

Tim, When eating lentils, do you inject later than normal?

 

tim2000s

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• Jul 7, 2015

• #23

Usually just after eating.

 

Diamattic

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• Jul 8, 2015

• #24

I typically try to wait at least 15-20min, and ideally 30min works well if I am eating now GI foods. Foods that are low GI i don't wait as long, and high GI obv wait longer.