Spikes

[Talya2022]

just wanted to clarify, is the goal to have less spikes as well as less pronounced spikes after eating? So is whole grain better because it doesn’t spike as fast and is more smooth?

 

[catinahat]

Is wholegrain better or just less worse ? I suppose you have to make your own mind up about what is acceptable to you.
Personally I would rather my blood sugar levels rise as little as possible after food and return as soon as possible. For that to happen I find it helps to avoid all grains, even the whole one's

 

[ianf0ster]

Wholegrain is definitely just a little less worse.

 

[aylalake]

I would agree with @catinahat.
I am aiming for as steady a graph as possible, staying within range for at least 98% of the time. I know that exertion and stress have a detrimental effect and Wholegrain would make my Libre alarm alert the entire neighbourhood.

 

[KennyA]

For me the goal is to spend as much time as possible with a controlled lowish level of blood glucose. The reason for this is to avoid the damage that higher blood glucose levels did to me in the recent past. The damage comes from elevated levels over time - not from 20 minute highs.

"Lowish" to me means anywhere in the region of 4.5 to 5.5mmol/l. I know and accept that even the small amount of carbs (~20g/day) I currently eat will at times take my BG to eights and nines in the first hour after eating. Hot milk in coffee will do just that. This sort of rise in response to carbs is commonly seen in non-diabetic people too.

So - that sort of rise is "normal" and is in my book OK for me at present. It's OK because before the two hours is up I'll be back to 4.5-5.5 - because I don't eat carb-heavy items. I can mimic a normal BG pattern because I don't stress my system with carb loads I can't handle.