This is just beyond belief! There's probably a thousand or more T2s who regularly test BG and monitor carbs intake who could demonstrate a very significant relationship.it also concluded that there is no association between total carbohydrate intake and glycaemia (blood glucose level).
But there are over 3 million Diabetics in the UK, and half as many again not yet diagnosed. If those in power do not attend this Forum or get untold letters of complaint from those you have identified, then THEY will respond to the feedback they see in the media, which so far is a drop on the ocean. So your thousand T2's above currently represent a 'silent' minority. Sorry, but our message is obviously not carrying the weight needed to bring about change. Walls of Jerico. anyone?This is just beyond belief! There's probably a thousand or more T2s who regularly test BG and monitor carbs intake who could demonstrate a very significant relationship.
Dave
Most of the research we do at work involves measuring the blood glucose of non-diabetics age 18-25 prior to, during and following CHO consumption and/or exercise.
One study we did in summer involved feeding participants a popular fast food breakfast including muffins and hash browns (you know who I'm talking about) and measuring their blood sugar. It was not uncommon to see a starting blood sugar of 3.0-4.5 mmol/L rise to 10.0-13.0 mmol/L following consumption of the breakfast with a swift return to around 5.0 mmol/L within an hour.
It is simply untrue that non-diabetics do not have spikes in blood sugar, they may not be as spectacular but they're there.
Most of the research we do at work involves measuring the blood glucose of non-diabetics age 18-25 prior to, during and following CHO consumption and/or exercise.
One study we did in summer involved feeding participants a popular fast food breakfast including muffins and hash browns (you know who I'm talking about) and measuring their blood sugar. It was not uncommon to see a starting blood sugar of 3.0-4.5 mmol/L rise to 10.0-13.0 mmol/L following consumption of the breakfast with a swift return to around 5.0 mmol/L within an hour.
It is simply untrue that non-diabetics do not have spikes in blood sugar, they may not be as spectacular but they're there.
So the comparison isn't really useful. We would need to do proper comparisons with a cross section of diabetics, with 15 minute timings for both groups (and factor in medication), to see the true picture.
Hi @Brunneria I'm all for that,when I get some more strips I will test every 15 minutes,but every time I takes the wife's BG she keeps jumping saying it hurts,so I will have to wait until she nods off
Most of the research we do at work involves measuring the blood glucose of non-diabetics age 18-25 prior to, during and following CHO consumption and/or exercise.
One study we did in summer involved feeding participants a popular fast food breakfast including muffins and hash browns (you know who I'm talking about) and measuring their blood sugar. It was not uncommon to see a starting blood sugar of 3.0-4.5 mmol/L rise to 10.0-13.0 mmol/L following consumption of the breakfast with a swift return to around 5.0 mmol/L within an hour.
It is simply untrue that non-diabetics do not have spikes in blood sugar, they may not be as spectacular but they're there.
I also found this very interesting. The return to base at one hour (not 2 hours) after a double figure spike is the interesting part, when DCUK advises under 7.8 at at least 90 minutes is normal for non-diabetics. I wonder how many of those on here that have reversed their diabetes can claim those sort of results?
I also wonder why the research was limited to 18-25 year olds when it is known that glucose levels rise naturally with age. (making it harder for us oldies!)
Hi @Brunneria I'm all for that,when I get some more strips I will test every 15 minutes,but every time I takes the wife's BG she keeps jumping saying it hurts,so I will have to wait until she nods off
Criminal.The evidence considered by SACN for its Carbohydrates and Health report does not support using a low carbohydrate diet to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. It also concluded that the hypothesis that diets higher in total carbohydrate cause weight gain was not supported by the evidence from the long term Randomised Controlled Trials considered; it also concluded that there is no association between total carbohydrate intake and glycaemia (blood glucose level).[/I]
It is absolutely unbelievably stupid and completely contradicts our own experience. We all know that, in the general population, higher carbs produce a greater insulin response; and that insulin is the fat storage hormone.
So, perhaps I should stop my insulin as there is no connection between total carbs and blood sugar level and/or I can pig out on carbs with no weight gain. BTW I looked at the SACN website and the list of members and their Register of Interests. Was I surprised to find that many of the Professor members are funded by food or pharma companies - No. So now you know officially that Carbs are good for us
Maybe they deliberately misunderstood it"The evidence considered by SACN for its Carbohydrates and Health report does not support using a low carbohydrate diet to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. It also concluded that the hypothesis that diets higher in total carbohydrate cause weight gain was not supported by the evidence from the long term Randomised Controlled Trials considered; it also concluded that there is no association between total carbohydrate intake and glycaemia (blood glucose level)."
Although the answer talks about carbohydrate and "the risk of Type 2 diabetes" it doesn't make any comment about carbohydrate and the risks of the complications of diabetes. This suggests the answer is discussing carbohydrate in the diet of people without diabetes. In people without diabetes, the statement "there is no association between total carbohydrate intake and glycaemia" is not unreasonable. Perhaps NHS choices misunderstood Daibell's point? Without seeing the email they were sent, it is difficult to judge.
I was told there was no special diet for diabetes. Luckily, I had already read enough beforehand to know that, at the very least, refined carbohydrates should be restricted.Even if it is correct for non-diabetics, it is still pushed on diabetics on diagnosis, at courses, and anywhere else it can push it. That is what is wrong.
Of course they do, otherwise there would be no need for an insulin release to bring it down again.Yes, I've seen the same.
Sometimes these myths that 'normal' folk never spike need de-bunking properly.
It's not a return to base, it was a return to 1.5 or 2 above the starting level.
'At least' is the minimum time not the maximum, an depending on what I eat, I can get below 7.8 again in faster than 90 minutes.
And as you say, the response becomes naturally worse with age.
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