"Ellen K." > wrote in message
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> "Nicky" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:25:42 -0700, "Ellen K."
>> > wrote:
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>>>It needs CARBS to turn it off in the morning?
>>
>> Yes, the mechanism is to turn off the release of glucose from the
>> liver, by having just the right amount of carbs coming in from the
>> digestion.
>>
>
> Today instead of my usual romaine lettuce, I tried a whole raw green
> pepper with my cheese, i.e. about 5 gm net carbs instead of 2. Here are
> my numbers:
> 5:58 98 This is shortly after getting up, and incidentally my
> lowest FBG so far.
> 6:33 104 Right before breakfast. Finished the food at 7:08.
> 7:53 137 45 minutes after finishing the food, missed testing at what
> I now think is my peak of 35 minutes because I was in the middle of
> something for work.
> 8:18 133 70 minutes
> After this didn't test again till 11:08, four hours after the food, which
> was 104.
>
> So while 137 is under the magic 140, it's still 33 points up from the
> pre-breakfast value, and was probably not even the peak, although
> considering that the next 25 minutes resulted in a reduction of only 4
> points, maybe the peak wasn't much higher than the 137.
>
> Any thoughts?

I'm no expert but I believe everyone's BG goes up at about the half hour
mark. I would be more concerned with the one or two hour mark.