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Some advice needed

Iprobinson

Iprobinson

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
Hi all, I'm pre diabetic and have been monitoring my bloods over the past couple of weeks. Tonight we're over our daughter's house for dinner and we had spaghetti Bolognaise (my pasta was wholewheat). My blood before eating was 5.2, and one and a half hours after eating my blood was 8.3! And I didn't even eat all my pasta! I know my blood is likely to spike after eating carbs, but it seemed quite a jump. Can I have your thoughts?
 
Hi, it's a little high, but not tragic...

They say that levels above 7.8 is where inflammation occurs so they should be kept to a minimum and for as short a time as possible.

They also say ideally tailor your meals to give a jump of no more than 2.0 to keep numbers nice and stable.

As stated though, it isn't a catastrophe, if you try the same meal again just reduce the portion and see what happens.
 
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You need to keep sugar levels less than 8.5 two hours after eating. Pasta is carbs, so will raise blood sugar.
 
Did it come down further at two hours? and was your fasting ok the next day? If so then that is not too bad.

Also there may have been some sugar/flour in the sauce. It is always difficult eating out. Keep testing and focus on the patterns rather than individual tests.
 
My suggestion is a short gentle walk may help. I often test at an hour and a half and then go for my walk. If my reading was above 7 then I would test when I get home and often it is around the pre-meal reading.
 
Although you are pre-diabetic, non diabetics often get high spikes as well. I am always Eagle eyed when non diabetics are part of tests such as on Trust Me I am a Doctor to see how they react. Dr Andreas Eenfeldt who runs dietdoctor.com is non diabetic, went to two health conferences and ate the meals on offer. One of the meals spiked his sugars close to 10 https://www.dietdoctor.com/blood-sugar-two-different-meals-diabetes-conference.
Micro damage that adds up also happens to non diabetics. I don't have links to other such proof but I think this type of reaction to high carb is not unusual in a percentage of the population, the question is how many.
 
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