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Littlefry11

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My fasting bg seems OK in the mornings. Usually 80's or 90's.

It seems that it takes along time to bring glucose numbers down.

96 upon waking
172. 1.5hr after eating 10 tacos (130g of carbs)
145. 3 hrs after tacos
125. 3 hrs n 10min after tacos
144 3.5 hrs after tacos
122 3.8 hrs after tacos


It seems it takes longer than normal for levels to drop.

Why would my level go up when dropping fromm 125 to 144 after not eating anything?

A lot of my research leads me to think I need to dial down my carbs. Heal my heal my gut. And be strick autoimmune paleo diet.

Any input would be appreciated

Lean 150lb 27yr old male
 
It sounds like your research should be leading you to eating less tacos. That's about the only thing I gather from your experiment.

As far as your results, they do hint that you may have some insulin resistance. Generally speaking, you should be back to normal (below 100) within 2 hrs after a normal meal and almost certainly within 3 hrs after taking your last bite. However, 10 tacos is hardly what I'd consider "normal" for anyone. Perhaps see a doctor and share your results to see what they have to say.
 
I presume your 10 tacos have a lot of meat and fat with them. That will slow down the release for a long time. I do not think you can conclude much other than you ate a lot and your body handled it fairly well in that it kept you around 8mmol/l until it finished digesting.
 
Andrew Colvin said:
I presume your 10 tacos have a lot of meat and fat with them. That will slow down the release for a long time. I do not think you can conclude much other than you ate a lot and your body handled it fairly well in that it kept you around 8mmol/l until it finished digesting.
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I think your right. The fat slows absorption. That makes me feel better.

Thx for the input..

I am going to eat a wack of carbs 60g of sweet potato with no fat or protein and see what happens. I am thinking with my carb intake to find a sweet spot on non workout days to prevent diabetes. I think everyone should do this. Even non diabetics
 
But even with the fat in the tacos causing slow release, shouldn't I be having lower numbers?? I'm guessing I have a little insulin resistance and/or insufficient beta cells
 
You will have to eat 350g of sweet potato to get 60g of active carbs. This will have over 10 grams of soluble fibre so you should see only a small rise as it will be slowed like eating fat
 
Littlefry11 said:
But even with the fat in the tacos causing slow release, shouldn't I be having lower numbers?? I'm guessing I have a little insulin resistance and/or insufficient beta cells
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You cannot deduce that from your experiment. That is just one part of the equation.
 
Littlefry11 said:
But even with the fat in the tacos causing slow release, shouldn't I be having lower numbers?? I'm guessing I have a little insulin resistance and/or insufficient beta cells
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YOU ATE 10 TACOS and you're wondering why your numbers aren't lower? That's like intentionally smashing your finger with a hammer and wondering why it hurts.

Context clues my friend....context clues.
 
TorqPenderloin said:
YOU ATE 10 TACOS and you're wondering why your numbers aren't lower? That's like intentionally smashing your finger with a hammer and wondering why it hurts.

Context clues my friend....context clues.
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So if there is 130gs of corn, I have to take into account that the cheese, and protein are additional sugar spikes right?
 
oh no - only 17% is active carb
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Isn't everycarb an insulin spike? I mean I know fructose can bring down glucose levels because it turns the liver into glucose sponge, but that isn't the case for sweet potatoes.
 
fibre is not digestible and therefore in that nutrition table you need to take out the fibre leaving 17% of your sweet potato as active carb. Now 4.2% is sugar but it doesnt break that down to the form so you cannot determine how much fructose and glucose it contains from that table.

Not sure where you got the fructose information from - do you have a reference. The liver is the fructose sponge however, while your liver is dealing with it it will not be releasing glucose. But then you have just eaten so it shouldn't anyway.
 
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