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Testing results after double carbs

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nannyg123

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Ok, so after spending the last 10 weeks significantly reducing carbs I decided it was time for an experiment. Home made normal pasta (not courgette strips) lasagne for first time yesterday since diagnosis (with salad) and only a 1.2 rise from 6.0 to 7.2 two hours after eating. Left over lasagne today with 4 home made potato wedges - half a potato (and salad). Just wanted to see what difference it made. Pre dinner 5.6 (one of the best readings this week) to 11.2 one hour after. 10.1 half hour after that. 8.1 two hours after eating, so only 2.5 up from pre dinner reading and within NICE guidelines. I've never done a 1hr or a 1.5hr after reading before and if I hadn't done so (out of curiosity) I'd have been pleased with the 2hr result. This is not something I intend to do on a daily basis (the double carbs not the double tests). I just wondered what effect the double carbs would have now that I've reduced weight by almost 2 stone and have been paragon of virtue since 2nd Jan. Do I forget the 'interim' readings and take it as acceptable on the odd occasion to double carb? Or do the 'interim' readings mean that it's a never do no no? Dinner time portion control is one of the last barriers I face. Big filling portions have always been the way. Any advice? Apologies for saying 1000 words when 100 would probably have done!


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It appears that you can handle some carbs and not others... Eat the ones that don't spike your BG at 1 hr and you'll be maximizing your health.
 
That one hour after reading is significant. When I have doen such experiments, eg with normal porridge, the readings after:
1 hour 14, 2 hours 8, 3 hours 5, 4 hours 4.5.
With my nut porridge the readings are: 1 hour 8, 2 hours 7, 3 hours 5.5, 4 hours 5.

What it means is that the carbs do produce a one hour spike that falls rapidly - they are not sustaining like low carb protein/fat. With a normal high carb diet it means a lot of spikes that do the damage, even if the HbA1c indicates good control. An average of highs & lows of say 7 may look like acceptable control but if there are 3 highs a day, averaging with lows of 4, it is dangerous. You only find out the dangers after years.
 
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