When do you see carb meals on the meter?

[Roggg]

So yesterday I had a fast-food meal for lunch. This was planned so I feel no guilt, but to se what impact it would have, I did a 2 hour post-prandial glucose reading. At 2 hours, I had a reading of 5.3 mol/l. This was pretty encouraging since it basically suggests my body handled the carbs perfectly, although a pre-prandial reading would be necessary to say for sure, although I can't imagine a reading would be possible where the 5.3 is anything but excellent.

This morning however, my bg reading is 7.3. I have been typically in the low 6 or high 5 range for morning readings so it's up a fair bit from what I've come to expect.

So my question is, coincidence, or consequence? Is it common to see the effects of diet delayed like that?

 

[xfieldok]

Sometimes it can take me a couple of days for my numbers back to normal.

 

[Goonergal]

@Roggg it will really depend upon what you ate, the fat content and so on. One of the things I’ve learned from wearing a Libre is that the post meal rise can come several hours later, as well as provoking the liver into extra action in the morning. And as @xfieldok says, it can take a few days to sort out.