"Willy" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> Willy wrote:
>>> "Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
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>>>> Thurs
>>>> BG before dinner 59
>>>> Liverwurst & 2 eggs on buttered dark rye.
>>>> One hour PP BG 79
>>>>
>>>> Fri
>>>> BG before dinner 74
>>>> 1/4 cup pinhead oats, liverwurst, Linburger, horseradish, 2 eggs
>>>> One hour PP BG 98
>>>>
>>>> Sat
>>>> BG before dinner 89
>>>> 1/2 low carb bagel, cream cheese, smoked salmon, onion & tomato
>>>> Two hour PP BG 129
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Nick, although I'm new to this, I find my 2 hour readings are where my
>>> spikes really show up. I noticed your Thur and Friday readings were
>>> at ONE hour, whereas your Saturday reading (which was much higher)
>>> was at two hours.
>>>
>>> None of my business, but based on my own personal experience thus
>>> far, it's the two hour number that matters most.
>>>
>>> Does everyone in the group tend to agree??? I'm very new to this, so
>>> I could be wrong, but that is definitely what I find in my own
>>> testing.
>>
>> No, some of my spikes are at 15 minutes, depending on the type of food
>> and composition of the whole meal. A delayed spike (2 hours) may mean you
>> have a lot of fat with your carbs or perhaps some gastroparesis. What
>> drugs/insulin do you take, if any? Traditionally, doctors have advised to
>> test at 2 hours to see if your bg's are back within normal range. If you
>> are spiking at 2 hours then you are not back in range and you may need to
>> finetune your meals more. I have found that any spiking is well and truly
>> over by the one hour mark for me.
>>>
>>> Willy
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>>
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>
> I take 2x500 Metformin and 35 units of Novolin (at bedtime). I think
> perhaps I must be one that digests slowly as My spikes consistently occur
> at 2 hours, and NEVER spike before that. I've been doing a LOT of testing
> lately, and that's the case regardless of what I've eaten.
>
> Willy
Are you also testing after that, to make sure the spike isn't even later?
Some foods, such as pizza, tend to digest slower than most other foods,
and for these, peaks at 3 or 4 hours are common.