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<blockquote data-quote="CrazycatYork" data-source="post: 2418202" data-attributes="member: 524038"><p>I can't say for sure, but maybe your pasta and insulin might have been absorbed and peaked at different rates, giving a yo-yo-ing effect. Experience will help you assess which foods spike when. </p><p>When you have brain space, you might find it useful to look up these terms:</p><p>- glycaemic index - which means the speed at which carbs tend to be absorbed</p><p>- glycaemic load - which means the total amount of carb in foodstuffs.</p><p>So, for example pizza, curry (with all the trimmings), wholewheat pasta, fish and chips are all very high in carbs. BUT they tend to be absorbed more slowly than eg a pack of jelly-tots. The glycaemic index of carbs high in fat, fibre, or other 'complex carbs' is lower than pure sugar, glucose etc, therefore absorbed more slowly (fish and chips affects my blood sugar for hours after eating it so I have to spread out my insulin dose so I don't go hypo then hyper after eating and bolus-ing). Different types of fruit have different glycaemic indexes and adding cheese to your meal can slow down the absorbtion rate of carbs in your meal by lowering the overall glycaemic index (because cheese is digested slowly). It changed my life when I started to get my head around this! CGM devices were a big help too!</p><p>Don't beat yourself up if your blood sugar isn't perfect all the time and sometimes blood sugar spikes and dips are just a mystery. Other times you'll see a pattern, but it's good that you're noticing and questioning because you might notice that meetings, pasta ,,, and the rest (different types of booze, stress, weight gain/loss) are all impacting you differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazycatYork, post: 2418202, member: 524038"] I can't say for sure, but maybe your pasta and insulin might have been absorbed and peaked at different rates, giving a yo-yo-ing effect. Experience will help you assess which foods spike when. When you have brain space, you might find it useful to look up these terms: - glycaemic index - which means the speed at which carbs tend to be absorbed - glycaemic load - which means the total amount of carb in foodstuffs. So, for example pizza, curry (with all the trimmings), wholewheat pasta, fish and chips are all very high in carbs. BUT they tend to be absorbed more slowly than eg a pack of jelly-tots. The glycaemic index of carbs high in fat, fibre, or other 'complex carbs' is lower than pure sugar, glucose etc, therefore absorbed more slowly (fish and chips affects my blood sugar for hours after eating it so I have to spread out my insulin dose so I don't go hypo then hyper after eating and bolus-ing). Different types of fruit have different glycaemic indexes and adding cheese to your meal can slow down the absorbtion rate of carbs in your meal by lowering the overall glycaemic index (because cheese is digested slowly). It changed my life when I started to get my head around this! CGM devices were a big help too! Don't beat yourself up if your blood sugar isn't perfect all the time and sometimes blood sugar spikes and dips are just a mystery. Other times you'll see a pattern, but it's good that you're noticing and questioning because you might notice that meetings, pasta ,,, and the rest (different types of booze, stress, weight gain/loss) are all impacting you differently. [/QUOTE]
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