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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1410947" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Oops, sorry, I've rarely any idea what I'm talking about either, I just waffle on!</p><p></p><p>There was two main points.</p><p></p><p>First, some foods like cake, potatoes, bread, rice, biscuits, break down quickly into glucose and end up in your bloodstream, raising your blood sugar very quickly to too high a level, which is generally a bad thing because too much glucose in your bloodstream puts a lot of pressure on small blood vessels, which is why T1s and T2s can end up going blind, having limbs amputated, having their kidneys fail. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that's the reality of it. The idea of losing my sight was the main reason why I've paid a hell of a lot of attention to managing my levels well. What my earlier post was saying is that carbs aren't really as bad as some people make out but there are some carbs which are better than others. Brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta, oatmeal, barley have more fibre in them so when they break down into glucose, it's a slow trickle instead if a rush which tends to be more manageable than the white versions. The problem you've got is that while some are happy with a certain level of carbs, others regard them as the spawn of the devil, so you'll just have to make up your own mind whether it's ok to have an omellete with or without toast.</p><p></p><p>Second point was about blood testing. There's a lot of politics going on at the moment about whether a thing called cgm should be on the NHS or not. Blood testing shows your sugars at that point in time. Cgm measures levels continuously so you can see where it's been and where it's going. ****, phone's now down to 5% percent so will have to waffling!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1410947, member: 374531"] Oops, sorry, I've rarely any idea what I'm talking about either, I just waffle on! There was two main points. First, some foods like cake, potatoes, bread, rice, biscuits, break down quickly into glucose and end up in your bloodstream, raising your blood sugar very quickly to too high a level, which is generally a bad thing because too much glucose in your bloodstream puts a lot of pressure on small blood vessels, which is why T1s and T2s can end up going blind, having limbs amputated, having their kidneys fail. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that's the reality of it. The idea of losing my sight was the main reason why I've paid a hell of a lot of attention to managing my levels well. What my earlier post was saying is that carbs aren't really as bad as some people make out but there are some carbs which are better than others. Brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta, oatmeal, barley have more fibre in them so when they break down into glucose, it's a slow trickle instead if a rush which tends to be more manageable than the white versions. The problem you've got is that while some are happy with a certain level of carbs, others regard them as the spawn of the devil, so you'll just have to make up your own mind whether it's ok to have an omellete with or without toast. Second point was about blood testing. There's a lot of politics going on at the moment about whether a thing called cgm should be on the NHS or not. Blood testing shows your sugars at that point in time. Cgm measures levels continuously so you can see where it's been and where it's going. ****, phone's now down to 5% percent so will have to waffling! [/QUOTE]
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