"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "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.
>
45 minutes after finishing the food, BG was 33 points higher than right
before the meal.
70 minutes (more than an hour) after finishing the food, BG was still 29
points higher than right before the meal.