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Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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Well an experiment with 2 cream crackers and cheese ( still playing around with carb level to find a balance sent me to bed on an 8. .........but a whopping 12 this morning!!!! What??? 2 cream crackers....not a happy bunny
 
@alliebee well that makes too of us unhappy this morning :) However your post did make me smile. I think those cream crackers need taking outside for a good beating!!
 
Kezzer4321 said:
@alliebee well that makes too of us unhappy this morning :) However your post did make me smile. I think those cream crackers need taking outside for a good beating!!
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I nearly died!!! Amazing from cream crackers...re beating. Yes they are all currently bashed into crumbs and birds breakfast. Very satisfied as I was bashing them up with a rolling pin in a bag....can't even get on my bike n pedal as I'm lchf and apparently you can't reduce bgs quickly like that. Something to do with glycogen stores in the muscles .:( I feel your pain too. Meh!
 
alliebee said:
Well an experiment with 2 cream crackers and cheese ( still playing around with carb level to find a balance sent me to bed on an 8. .........but a whopping 12 this morning!!!! What??? 2 cream crackers....not a happy bunny
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Just shows we are all different, I have cream crackers every now and then with butter and cheese, never sends me more than 1 point higher after 2 hrs.
I feel for you.
 
JohnD54 said:
Just shows we are all different, I have cream crackers every now and then with butter and cheese, never sends me more than 1 point higher after 2 hrs.
I feel for you.
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Combining the crackers with butter and cheese would have the effect of lowering their effective GI, compared to taking them on their own, because of the fat component of the butter and cheese.
 
alliebee said:
Yes I did. Butter and blue brie. ..gutted. lol
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Just as well, I never liked crackers anyway.

Remember at uni we used to bet people that they could not eat three crackers in a minute - it's impossible to do, the crackers soak up all the saliva and it is impossible to swallow them, it's like having a mouth full of sawdust! Lol

Pavlos
 
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5.4 this morning. I've a nasty sore throat so suspect cough that Mr Ethyl has is brewing so bet this will lowest for while.
 
pavlosn said:
Allie

How do I know if I am in ketosis or not. Do you test blood for ketones?

Pavlos
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Well I started off at no more than 20 g of carb a day...by day 3 I was in ketosis. I buy ketostix that test keytones in your urine. They are approx £6 a tub of 50 but I cut mine in half so get 100. I also have a borrowed blood keytone meter that is much more accurate...then after 6 weeks or so I didn't need to test anymore really. I could just "feel" the fact I was in ketosis. You also get a feeling in the back of your mouth. Hard to describe....more energy. Better sleep alert ect. Feeling of well being not to mention weight loss fast weight loss too in my case
 
alliebee said:
Get better soon. Hugs x
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Thanks. I hate coughing as I had whooping cough last year and it still sounds terrible even now when I get going. At the risk of offending someone, I do wish that parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids could have heard me last year. I wouldn't wish it on anyone especially not a small child and obviously reduced vaccine uptake means herd immunity is diminishing along with us oldies ' vaccinations running out.
 
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