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Hi,

Have you read the nutrition label on your tin of soup? (assuming it isn't home made). Tinned soup is high in carbs due to the flour etc they thicken it with. The slice of bread may also spike you. Test before and after to see what happens.

studio95 said:

Thanks for the heads up Bluetit. It was a tin of Heinz Tomato soup. Reading an hour before was 6.1 - 2hrs after 9.6.. I guess I am going to have to completely rethink my diet...

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Yep! That was a hefty rise. The mix of the soup and the bread did you no favours.

Also have a read of the nutrition label on your loaf of bread. Some brands are much higher carbs than others. Just because it's wholemeal doesn't mean it isn't full of carbs. Next time you shop make sure you read all the labels of everything before you buy. Some people on here eat very low carb bread such as LivLife or Burgen. Personally I eat Hovis Seed Sensations Wholemeal. It has 14g of carbs per slice but the slices are very thick so half a slice is often enough.

studio95 said:

Thanks for the heads up Bluetit. It was a tin of Heinz Tomato soup. Reading an hour before was 6.1 - 2hrs after 9.6.. I guess I am going to have to completely rethink my diet...

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In case you need some inspiration, here's a hopeful interweb page for you:

http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16535158.php

Hi again.

If you can spare the strips, it is worth testing before your meal, as well as 2 hrs after. That gives you a way of gauging the rise from the food.

The juice rise wasn't really that bad though. I wondered if it was going to be higher...

A couple of thoughts. Taking the same ingredients and making a green smoothie with them (see link in my sig) would give you all the benefits, plus the fruit fibre. That would reduce the blood glucose spike.
Alternatively, you could just take some of the fruit pulp out of your juice maker, and stir that in to the juice. It may have the same effect. Or, another option would be to add another fibre source (e.g. lepicol) to the drink. Fibre is great at slowing down BG spikes.