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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2318833" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>How high your BG levels go after a meal, how long it takes to reach a peak and how fast they drop after that peak are all dependent upon how your individual digestion and hormone regulation systems work as well as what you ate, how much you ate, what you ate it with (e.g. fats tend to slow the digestion of carbs, proteins take much longer to digest than carbs or fats) and when you ate it.</p><p></p><p>However it isn't unusual for a Type 2 Diabetic to have their BGs drop very hard and fast (though not to hypo levels unless on Insulin or insulin producing medication) after suffering a high BG spike. Look at it like this:</p><p>Because of 'Insulin Resistance' it takes longer for your Pancreas to produce enough Insulin to control the BG fast enough to compete with the rate at which the digestive process ids raising it. Eventually the amount of insulin overwhelms the insulin resistance threshold - so the BG starts to drop, but it then can drop faster than the Insulin tap is turned off, so the BG can overshoots in both directions. </p><p>A reasonable analogy is a blocked hosepipe or a ketchup bottle. Once the pressure is high enough to force through the blockage you may not be able react fast enough to avoid getting more than you wanted!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2318833, member: 506169"] How high your BG levels go after a meal, how long it takes to reach a peak and how fast they drop after that peak are all dependent upon how your individual digestion and hormone regulation systems work as well as what you ate, how much you ate, what you ate it with (e.g. fats tend to slow the digestion of carbs, proteins take much longer to digest than carbs or fats) and when you ate it. However it isn't unusual for a Type 2 Diabetic to have their BGs drop very hard and fast (though not to hypo levels unless on Insulin or insulin producing medication) after suffering a high BG spike. Look at it like this: Because of 'Insulin Resistance' it takes longer for your Pancreas to produce enough Insulin to control the BG fast enough to compete with the rate at which the digestive process ids raising it. Eventually the amount of insulin overwhelms the insulin resistance threshold - so the BG starts to drop, but it then can drop faster than the Insulin tap is turned off, so the BG can overshoots in both directions. A reasonable analogy is a blocked hosepipe or a ketchup bottle. Once the pressure is high enough to force through the blockage you may not be able react fast enough to avoid getting more than you wanted! [/QUOTE]
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