I've been noticing a weird effect that seems to be repeatable. I do _NOT_ know it is healthy to do, however.
I've found that if I eat an amount of carbohydrates that would take my blood sugar to 180 (a microwavable bag of steamed rice, or four Butterfinger bars, for example) but I eat a significant amount (probably 4 ounces or so) of roasted/salted sunflower seeds on top of it (raw also worked in my last test) - after consuming the problematic food - I'm getting readings much lower, sometimes even under 140. It doesn't take more than about ten minutes after I eat the seeds to start feeling my heart pound in a way that I attribute to insulin (I've never injected insulin, but it's my guess). The only other way my sugar goes down that fast after a meal like that is if I get off my behind and walk for twenty minutes, and with the sunflower seeds, I don't even have to let it go that high to begin with (I think - I haven't done minute by minute testing). It's been possible to use this trick to ... "safely" (???) ... eat a whole pack of six Butterfingers at one time without going over 160 at any point, for example, when otherwise, well, I don't want to do the control experiment but I know it would be trouble.
This is the only food I really noticed this with, though I know that eating green beans or mackerel bring my readings down a little the next day, and I haven't tested using them the same way. The thing is, I don't know if this is a way of 'fighting the disease with nutrition', or an extra-special way to strain the pancreas. Also, it sure doesn't help for losing weight! But it's still fascinating, so I should ask: do other people here notice something like this (not necessarily with sunflower seeds, but any food?)
I've found that if I eat an amount of carbohydrates that would take my blood sugar to 180 (a microwavable bag of steamed rice, or four Butterfinger bars, for example) but I eat a significant amount (probably 4 ounces or so) of roasted/salted sunflower seeds on top of it (raw also worked in my last test) - after consuming the problematic food - I'm getting readings much lower, sometimes even under 140. It doesn't take more than about ten minutes after I eat the seeds to start feeling my heart pound in a way that I attribute to insulin (I've never injected insulin, but it's my guess). The only other way my sugar goes down that fast after a meal like that is if I get off my behind and walk for twenty minutes, and with the sunflower seeds, I don't even have to let it go that high to begin with (I think - I haven't done minute by minute testing). It's been possible to use this trick to ... "safely" (???) ... eat a whole pack of six Butterfingers at one time without going over 160 at any point, for example, when otherwise, well, I don't want to do the control experiment but I know it would be trouble.
This is the only food I really noticed this with, though I know that eating green beans or mackerel bring my readings down a little the next day, and I haven't tested using them the same way. The thing is, I don't know if this is a way of 'fighting the disease with nutrition', or an extra-special way to strain the pancreas. Also, it sure doesn't help for losing weight! But it's still fascinating, so I should ask: do other people here notice something like this (not necessarily with sunflower seeds, but any food?)
