Plums ?

[Antje77]

I have found a study tht claims that plums are a cure for hypeglycemia. It was a study using wistar Rats

I think this means we now have proof that I'm not a wistar rat!

 

[Oldvatr]

I think this means we now have proof that I'm not a wistar rat!

I am neither casting aspersions, nor dispensing assertions. rest assured I never thought that of anyone on this forum

 

[Oldvatr]

I would tend to assume that this thread also covers greengages and damsons. However, I could be wrong in making that assumption. After all,, when you assume you make an ASS out of U and ME.

 

[KennyA]

As a coincidence I found a half eaten plum on my steps just now. Birds seem to like to use my roof for eating all sorts of things - plums, apples, rats.... and what's not eaten gets dropped.

Unless of course they've been following the discussion and decided that there's just too much fructose.

 

[Antje77]

As a coincidence I found a half eaten plum on my steps just now. Birds seem to like to use my roof for eating all sorts of things - plums, apples, rats.... and what's not eaten gets dropped.

Unless of course they've been following the discussion and decided that there's just too much fructose.

Smart bird, just eat half a plum and all will be well.
I'll follow its example next time!

 

[MissMuffett]

I have a plum tree and had a couple of plums from it the other evening. U-oh I thought, this is going to ruin my goal of getting my FBG in the 5s. I did the test the next morning and it was 5.8 which was a big surprise and yes I know it was a lot more that 2 hours after consuming the plums. I’m going to have a couple of plums tomorrow now and do a test before and then 2 hours later. I’m curious

 

[Robbity]

That's absolutely amazing, and not unlike my incomplete experiment with dried plums a couple years back.
I'm having my fingers crossed for a similar result for me!

Unfortunately I couldn't complete my next plum test as I'm taking painkillers for arthritic hips which tend to knock me right out, and quite often this zonked out period means I'll miss a post meal test. Sometimes I really miss wearing a Libre, but at least I've still got my last 2 experimental plums to go.. And, errm, I can hopefully buy some more!

 

[Antje77]

I have a plum tree and had a couple of plums from it the other evening. U-oh I thought, this is going to ruin my goal of getting my FBG in the 5s. I did the test the next morning and it was 5.8 which was a big surprise and yes I know it was a lot more that 2 hours after consuming the plums. I’m going to have a couple of plums tomorrow now and do a test before and then 2 hours later. I’m curious

Please share your findings after you test! I'm curious as well.

Unfortunately I couldn't complete my next plum test as I'm taking painkillers for arthritic hips which tend to knock me right out, and quite often this zonked out period means I'll miss a post meal test. Sometimes I really miss wearing a Libre, but at least I've still got my last 2 experimental plums to go.. And, errm, I can hopefully buy some more!

I'm sorry to hear about your hip, hopefully it will be a bit better today.
But if you manage without the knock-out type painkillers and test your plums, let us know how it went.

 

[Robbity]

@Antje77: Would you believe, again after eating very little else and just one plum this time:
pre meal:6.9
post meal:6.8

I'm beginning to think that there's a cheeky Sugar Plum Fairy somewhere having a bit of fun at my expense!

 

[Antje77]

@Antje77: Would you believe, again after eating very little else and just one plum this time:
pre meal:6.9
post meal:6.8

I'm beginning to think that there's a cheeky Sugar Plum Fairy somewhere having a bit of fun at my expense!

That is absolutely amazing, so there might be actually something to this, if no for everyone!

I had another plum yesterday (just one) to treat a hypo.
That one plum nicely took me from 3.6 to 6.0.

Maybe plums are like pulses an it's highly individual how our bodies process them?
Or are you a secret wistar rat and not a happy dancing hippo?

 

[CatsFive]

Did you record what variety of plum?

 

[Robbity]

No - unfortunately they're just plain anonymous "Ripe and ready" plums from Ocado...

 

[HSSS]

But saying that, the idea that high-carbohyrdrate food of any kind can help lower your blood glucoe - what a hoot!

Highly misleading. It should read will “raise it less” than other foods might. To my knowledge there isn’t a single food item that actively lowers blood glucose.

And there is that double whammy of effect that fruit has - with fructose and sucrose

Yep. Hardly ever discussed how more than small amount of fructose contribute to a fatty liver (and in turn insulin resistance and maybe type 2). We evolved to eat seasonal (much less sweet) fruits precisely to fatten up for the winter when food was harder to come by so we could burn that body fat as fuel instead (which sounds like ketosis to me……)

 

[CatsFive]

No - unfortunately they're just plain anonymous "Ripe and ready" plums from Ocado...

I'm surprised the variety isn't tucked away on the label along with the country of origin.