PickledPepper
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This typically takes me from a waking BG of around 6 to around 7 after 2 hours. Basically a rise of 1 point after 2 hours - although if I have milk instead of yoghurt it goes up by about another 1 point.
Adm, you must check at 1 hour also. I was doing the 2 hour check like yourself before, then (on the advice of members of this forum), I started doing hourly ones as well. Lo and behold I found (in almost every case so far) that any spike was at its peak at 1 hour and went down or remained relatively static at 2 hours.
For instance I had 2 bacon, 2 eggs and mushrooms (sautéd in Benecol) with a single slice of Walburtons seeded brown bread the other day and it went:
9.3 (1 hr)
6.7 (2 hrs)
5.7 (3 hrs)
Had I not done the hourly one it would have looked like I was within levels with only the 2 & 3 hour readings.
The only exception I had to this was when I had a bowl of homemade soup made with savoy cabbage, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms with a knob of butter. Which went:
6.7 (1 hr)
7.2 (2 hrs)
5.2 (3 hrs)
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Anyway, am I the only one having strange vegetable cravings in the morning?
Since diagnosis I have been craving broccoli quite a bit. Which is strange considering I couldn't really stand the stuff before. I noticed that it does seem to consistently lower bs levels slightly for me. I know it may gross some people out but I had some for brekkie this morning (I know, I know) with mushrooms sauted in Flora active. I went from a pre meal level of 6.6, to 7.1 at 1 hr and 6.2 at 2 hours.
Can't seem to get into the 5 zone however.