What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

ChrisT2

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Type of diabetes
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As fruit goes, blueberries are not too ruinous @ChrisT2 but you can do better.

How do raspberries, blackberries or black currants or a mixture of these three berries with full-fat Greek yoghurt sound? All contain less sugar than blueberries. Strawberries too are more diabetic friendly than blueberries.
I have tried a frozen mixed berry offering with strawberries, raspberries, red and blackcurrant mix, very sharp and low carb but similar spike so I suspect it may be the yoghurt and my reaction to it. I could try different yoghurts and possibly fruits but the easy option for me at the moment is to leave well alone as I am so low down on the BS effects curve. It is early days for me and I do know some of the good and some of the bad but still in the experimental phase as well as battling with reduced meds. I find my best option at present is just to avoid the bad, concentrate on the good and not drift too far into the unknown until I can get these frustrating readings under control. But please don't give up on the suggestions and ideas as they are always welcome and useful.:)
 

LivingLightly

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Type of diabetes
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I have tried a frozen mixed berry offering with strawberries, raspberries, red and blackcurrant mix, very sharp and low carb but similar spike so I suspect it may be the yoghurt and my reaction to it. I could try different yoghurts and possibly fruits but the easy option for me at the moment is to leave well alone as I am so low down on the BS effects curve. It is early days for me and I do know some of the good and some of the bad but still in the experimental phase as well as battling with reduced meds. I find my best option at present is just to avoid the bad, concentrate on the good and not drift too far into the unknown until I can get these frustrating readings under control. But please don't give up on the suggestions and ideas as they are always welcome and useful.:)
Perfectly understandable @ChrisT2. I particularly enjoy blackcurrants or wild blackberries with yoghurt; cultivated blackberries not so much.

I like to round off my lunch every once in a while with these berries. From trial and error, I suspect I'm less insulin resistant at mid-day than at breakfast first thing.
 
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