When to test and food questions

[Grumpy Porridge]

Hi,

Firstly thank you if you have answered my questions before , some really lovely and caring answers

I have basic questions to ask ..

When do I test my blood glucose ?
At the mo I test it when I get up , and 2 hours after eating anything ( or drinking tea , dunno of that affects the reading ??) but I don’t test it after eating . So have no idea if that food is good or bad for me ( is it ok if my blood glucose gets high within the two hours after eating as long as it returns to a normal / good reading 2 hours after ?? Or is it damaging to even have those high readings in the first place ?

Is it best to avoid obviously bad foods ?? Crisps , biscuits etc ? Or eat them in very small quantities? Eg less than 10 grams

The diabetes team said I need carbs in every meal , again , is say , a baguette too much ??

I haven’t yet started working out carb counting . I’m still on fixed doses but add a few units on if I think it’s a big carb meal ( just random guessing though )

My blood glucose was 6. Something earlier ( before breakfast , about 2:30pm)

Is having a latte every day ok ? It has 14g of sugar / carbs

Thank you !

 

[miahara]

Rather difficult to provide definitive answer @Grumpy Porridge . My DSNS have told me that I should aim to have my BG return to the level it was when I ate after 3 hours. Sometimes it works when I've judged carbs reasonably accurately and sonmetimes it doesn't! I've got breakfast down to a fine art as I always have the same number of carbs as I have instant porridge @ 35g CHO and inject 7 units, this usually results in a rise in BG of about 2 or 3 mmol in about one or two hours, a return to 'normal' in three hours and then a fairly rapid drop which I 'cure' with a digestive biscuit.
I'm not a subscriber to the 'all carbs are bad' school of thought, but I do control the carbs I eat and keep them in moderation.
One tactic I've employed that has been of great help has been keeping a food/BG diary in which I note the food at each meal and my BG when eating and 1,3 and 3 hours later. If you could do this it would help make your decisions a bit less random and in due course better informed.
Tea shouldn't have a significant impact, but your latte at 14gm CHO will however if the latte ahs an adverse effect depends on you BG level when you drink it.
Getting hold of the Carbs and Cals book or the app would help you assess the carb content of much of what you eat as will reading the backs of food packages.