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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1630220" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>You did eat. You had 15g of carbs in glucojuice to treat a hypo, that wasn't a hypo. A hypo is anything <strong>under</strong> 4. So treating 4 with a glucojuice might be a might of an over reaction. It a good idea to think about eating if you are at 4, because you want to avoid dropping under and actually having a hypo. But something more like 4 or 5g of carbs would do better at keeping you up, without raising you through the roof.</p><p></p><p>A test two hours after eating <em>is</em> a test after eating.</p><p></p><p>So, you were 4, you drink glucojuice 15g of fast acting carbs, and 15 min later you are 8. That's normal glucojuice is a nice fast acting hypo treatment. But that doesn't mean all of the carbs in glucojuice are processed within 15 min and that's the end of the rise, they aren't and it isn't, it will keep taking you up and that's why you had risen to 12 2 hrs after.</p><p></p><p>Traditional advice to see how food and insulin has effected your blood sugar is to test 2 hours after your first bite of the meal. Just like you tested 2 hours after the glucojuice. You really can't look at that as a test after not eating anything, it's a test showing you the impact of the glucojuice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1630220, member: 32394"] You did eat. You had 15g of carbs in glucojuice to treat a hypo, that wasn't a hypo. A hypo is anything [B]under[/B] 4. So treating 4 with a glucojuice might be a might of an over reaction. It a good idea to think about eating if you are at 4, because you want to avoid dropping under and actually having a hypo. But something more like 4 or 5g of carbs would do better at keeping you up, without raising you through the roof. A test two hours after eating [I]is[/I] a test after eating. So, you were 4, you drink glucojuice 15g of fast acting carbs, and 15 min later you are 8. That's normal glucojuice is a nice fast acting hypo treatment. But that doesn't mean all of the carbs in glucojuice are processed within 15 min and that's the end of the rise, they aren't and it isn't, it will keep taking you up and that's why you had risen to 12 2 hrs after. Traditional advice to see how food and insulin has effected your blood sugar is to test 2 hours after your first bite of the meal. Just like you tested 2 hours after the glucojuice. You really can't look at that as a test after not eating anything, it's a test showing you the impact of the glucojuice. [/QUOTE]
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