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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 1746364" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>A whole orange spikes so fast that my insulin can't keep up. If I take enough insulin to not go very high with this spike, my bg will come crashing down as fast as it went up, because the insulin will keep on working long after those quick fruit sugars are gone. </p><p>If I take less insulin, I will spike very high for a short time. I don't like those high spikes, so I avoid very sugary foods. </p><p>With a piece of cake, there is fats and slower carbs as well, which slows the spike and it takes longer to digest so I'm not left with too much insulin for hours after eating. That said, injecting for a big piece of cake is not that easy either, so I tend to have just a couple of bites. The guinea-pigs don't eat cake, so I usually steal a bite from a friend when there is cake <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>When having a hypo, they advise to take some fast acting carbs (sugar, dextro, jelly babies, an orange) to get rid of the hypo and follow it with some slower acting carbs to avoid going low again after the fast-acting carbs are gone. Same principle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 1746364, member: 372207"] A whole orange spikes so fast that my insulin can't keep up. If I take enough insulin to not go very high with this spike, my bg will come crashing down as fast as it went up, because the insulin will keep on working long after those quick fruit sugars are gone. If I take less insulin, I will spike very high for a short time. I don't like those high spikes, so I avoid very sugary foods. With a piece of cake, there is fats and slower carbs as well, which slows the spike and it takes longer to digest so I'm not left with too much insulin for hours after eating. That said, injecting for a big piece of cake is not that easy either, so I tend to have just a couple of bites. The guinea-pigs don't eat cake, so I usually steal a bite from a friend when there is cake :) When having a hypo, they advise to take some fast acting carbs (sugar, dextro, jelly babies, an orange) to get rid of the hypo and follow it with some slower acting carbs to avoid going low again after the fast-acting carbs are gone. Same principle. [/QUOTE]
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