TheGreatGateway
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4 hours after a meal today, I realised I hadn't had anything to drink, so I grabbed myself a glass of water. Before the water, I was at normal blood sugar levels. After I drank it, my sugar rocketed up to 9mmol. I thought water reduced blood sugar, how come it increased it for me, and for a good while to boot?
What was it before your water? Are you taking immediately before and then immediately after?4 hours after a meal today, I realised I hadn't had anything to drink, so I grabbed myself a glass of water. Before the water, I was at normal blood sugar levels. After I drank it, my sugar rocketed up to 9mmol. I thought water reduced blood sugar, how come it increased it for me, and for a good while to boot?
And don't forget the CT scan and MRI and any interactions on a molecular and sub molecular scale also any quantum effects that may be involved.I think you would need to do this test several times before you could even begin to identify a trend.
You would also have to eliminate mate a lot of other variables including (but not restricted to), dehydration levels, amount of fat/protein/carb/fibre in the last meal, rate of digestion, portion size, stress levels, activity levels, carb ratios/insulin resistance levels, whether you were experiencing a liver dump, impact of any medication, caffeine...
that sounds very odd- a couple of thoughts- was it possible that your fingers had something on them or the test strips were old? did you retest? it is always worth retesting if you get an unusual result.
second was the meal something that might have a delayed spike? I think I've seen the phrase pizza effect .
third possibility- were you stressed or anxious? or ill?
just my thoughts.
It was about 4 hours after my chicken and veg meal, and I'd just been sitting down watching a film. I paused, grabbed some tap water and, call it a hunch, checked my sugar levels 10 minutes later.You mention that your sugars were normal before the water, but when did you actually do the test? Perhaps the time-frame of when you tested and what you had eaten beforehand can give some clues as to the rise.
What veg? Some are high in carbs, some aren't. Chicken shouldn't spike you. Unless, of course, it had a coating. Then it would.It was about 4 hours after my chicken and veg meal, and I'd just been sitting down watching a film. I paused, grabbed some tap water and, call it a hunch, checked my sugar levels 10 minutes later.
What veg? Some are high in carbs, some aren't. Chicken shouldn't spike you. Unless, of course, it had a coating. Then it would.
Carrots (7 grams) and peas (9 grams) , depending on how much of that you had, are fairly carby. As for the gravy, more fat's always preferable to less. It slows down the spike of the carbs you do have. So if you piled on the veg, with some gravy, that might explain why your BG's rose?It was a plain chicken breast, the veg was mixed frozen - carrot, peas and a dash of broccoli. The gravy has thickener, but I deliberately made it thin, and chose the 20% less salt variety with less fat too.
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