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Why does BS go hay wire?

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wallplug

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Type of diabetes
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Hello All,

I am completely confused! - I have been taking regular readings and making notes on my diet to try and get an understanding of what makes my BSs fluctuate. I was bad yesterday at a family event, had a few to drink, and even some cake (my Doc said it was OK once in a while). My Bs wasn't too bad at the end of yesterday (9 ish), and by this morning (fasting) was down to about 7.5, (my recent 7 day average for the same time) then I had porridge made with water for breakfast with a tad of sugar free soja milk, and since nothing, but have just done a test to find I am up to 10.8 (way above my average for the same time) - why has it gone UP so much in relation to the morning reading?

Any help or comments much appreciated.


Jules
 
Maybe you have an especially carb sensitive system like me?

When I started testing (only a month or so ago), I too found that my averages were in the late sixes/early seven areas. But even a small amount of carbs would shoot me up to elevens, fifteens, nines etc.

I suggest you get serious for a week and almost completely lay off the carbs and take readings after your meals at 1,2 & 4 hours. Then slowly introduce them into your diet in measured amounts to see how they effect you. Add the carbs to meals you have already tested to get a baseline to compare with.

Reintroduce the carbs at 30 g gram amounts, (so you'll need an electric scale.)

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks Pickled Pepper,

I will indeed do that. My Doc said 3 weeks ago that I need to go back and see him, after receiving results if new blood test (in a weeks time) and he will decide if I need to go into hospital to have my triglycerides and Bss balanced for a few days. That is at roughly the same time I am going on hols. so I NEED to make some significant progress before then! - You may well be right about the card sensitive bit, I was doing best when my staple diet was lean meat and salad. Can you advise as to how you measure carbs? - is it simply by putting a potato on the scales, so to speak?

Many thanks again

PS. No disapproval here! 8)
 
Sorry, that should have read "if blood tests (in a weeks time) are unfavourable again, and then he will decide if......
 
I haven't had a spud since diagnosis, the only explicit carbs I have in my diet at the mo are:

Burgen Soya Linseed Bread
Organic Brown Rice
Pearl Barley


Of these I can only have 1 slice of the bread at a time.

I measure the cooked (boiled and drained) rice and barley on something similar to this, that I bought from Argos:

salter-scale.jpg


I found I can tolerate 40g of rice or barley in a meal.
 
Thanks again,

I have one of those so I can do that. Interesting to hear you can eat pearl barley, I is that to go in a "Corned Beef" recipe which is of the American variety rather than the tinned genre. The Soja bread I have never heard of although I do drink soja milk, but I am actually trying my hand at baking some all wholemeal bread using soja milk rather than cos's, with some olives rolled in, and I understand that should be OK. Many thanks for your useful suggestions and hints.

Regards

Wallplug
 
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