Hi all,
I went out for a curry and a few beers on Saturday (first time I have had more than 1 pint since being diagnosed!). Anyway, I was fine and all my levels went back to within range after food etc. I was at 11mmol before eating, probably due to having had a few lagers but was pleased to see it back at 5.8 2 hrs later.
Anyhow, my mate asked me to check his blood sugar in between starter and main course and he was 13.8! I am assuming it's because he was drinken lager and had eaten mango chutney etc, but my understanding was that in a non-diabetic your levels still always reamained within the 4-8 threshold...
I just wondered if this is the case. If it aint, then why should we all stress to get back below 8 after meals if it is okay for the occassional high? It kind of made me dead chuffed that my sugar levels were more 'normal' than his and I am the diabetic!!
JC
I went out for a curry and a few beers on Saturday (first time I have had more than 1 pint since being diagnosed!). Anyway, I was fine and all my levels went back to within range after food etc. I was at 11mmol before eating, probably due to having had a few lagers but was pleased to see it back at 5.8 2 hrs later.
Anyhow, my mate asked me to check his blood sugar in between starter and main course and he was 13.8! I am assuming it's because he was drinken lager and had eaten mango chutney etc, but my understanding was that in a non-diabetic your levels still always reamained within the 4-8 threshold...
I just wondered if this is the case. If it aint, then why should we all stress to get back below 8 after meals if it is okay for the occassional high? It kind of made me dead chuffed that my sugar levels were more 'normal' than his and I am the diabetic!!
JC
