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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2746091" data-attributes="member: 372207">The fats from the cream may delay the carb hit so you'll see it on your meter rather than the spike having come and gone when you test. Disclaimer: I have no idea how many carbs in salad cream, never heard of it so far. So it might be the carbs.Can you aim for normal levels when treating? There is no need to go up to 5.4, just around 4 is a normal level. With a functioning pancreas producing insulin it's very hard to force your blood glucose to be higher than where your body likes it to be, it'll fight those glucose tablets with more insulin. They're still giving out a two week free sample: <a href="https://www.freestyle.abbott/uk-en/getting-started/sampling.html" target="_blank">https://www.freestyle.abbott/uk-en/getting-started/sampling.html</a>But mind, while those sensors are very useful to spot patterns, they aren't to be trusted for absolute numbers. Mine for instance tend to read 1 to 2 mmol/l lower than a fingerprick, so please don't treat hypos based on this unless confirmed with a fingerprick.If it were me, I'd use it to find patterns around food, and as a heads up on when I'd want to do a fingerprick test.</blockquote>

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