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When to test blood glucose after eating

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I thought that the best time to test blood glucose after eating was two hours after beginning a meal. My husband wants to test his reaction to various foods and I read on one site that it is best to test one hour after eating (plus of course before eating). Any advice?
 
The reason for the one hour test is because most refined carbs will spike 30 mins to one hour. It is mainly so you don't miss the spike. The idea is that you are aiming for perfection in bs control. How far you want to go down this route is your choice.

The standard advice given by DUK is test after two hours. They are recommending a very high carb diet so they are happy for you to miss the spike. This can leave you thinking your bs control is better than it really is.

Does this help?
 
Thank you Katharine. That was very helpful. Just one more question. Is that 30 minutes to one hour after you start eating?
 
The experiment I am thinking of was done with a slice of white bread and started as soon as it was eaten, which didn't take long. The actual peak was 34 minutes for this food. The subject, did the same with other food items and white bread was "the winner" !

Gary Scheiner reported that 9/10 USA children had one hour post meal blood sugars (after stopping eating) over 10. (180 g/dl). * this is not good and simply reflects the ADA diet.
 
Best thing to do is expend some strips and find your own "best practice"

http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/ ... -hour.html

it varies depending on the state of your insulin resistance, degree of pancreatic dysfunction and GI/GL of the meal

To modify your diet you really need to know your peak

Doctors generally go for the two hour number so they can tell how quickly you are disintegrating (Katherine is an honorable exception)
 
Thank you for all your replies, which I found very helpful. The link also gave good advice and led me to some other sites.
 
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