Scared To Eat

[Guzzler]

Everybody spikes whether they have diabetes or not. That's the nature of food. Clearly, diabetic numbers will be higher. I take metformin in the morning before breakfast and metformin and Gliclazide before my evening meal and my spikes have all but settled down within 2 hours of eating my carb free evening meal. Carbs are important to everyone's diet but diabetics have to control their intake. I eat carbs up till after lunch and then none for the rest of the day. This suits me, as I am more inclined to burn of the carbs during the early part of the day than I am towards the evening. However, for the sake of experiment I will test the prescribed 2 hours after my evening meal and see how different they are to the numbers I get at bedtime. For curiosity sake, here are a few of the numbers I was getting before taking control of this disease.

Evening 18/11/2017 14.1
Morning 19/11/2017 7.2
Evening 19/11/2017 9.0
Morning 20/112017 7.8
Evening 20/112017 5.8
Morning 21/11/2017 5.8
Evening 21/11/2017 13.8
Morning 22/11/2017 6.2
Evening 22/11/2017 10.6
Morning 23/11/2017 7.6
Evening 23/11/2017 11.4

I had not checked. Gliclazide. I really should check every time because not everyone is diet only managed or Diet/Metformin managed. The eclair comment makes sense now.

 

[Alexandra100]

It seems I got the 20 minutes testing wrong and I apologise for throwing a spanner in the works. However, spikes can happen much earlier if eating a meal with carbohydrates included. Clearly, I have gone against what has long been considered best practice but my suggestion was just that - a suggestion and certainly not advice. You may be interested in this article. https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/soon-after-ingestion-food-blood-sugar-rise-1399.html

According to Jenny Ruhl, spikes before 1 hour after eating have no significance. On the other hand, of course, spikes can occur long after the 2 hour suggested deadline. I imagine increasing use of CGM will reveal lots of spikes which previously would have gone undetected.