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Default Ellen's breakfast vis-à-vis morning readings



"Ellen K." > wrote in message
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> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>> On 9/3/2010 4:39 PM, Ellen K. wrote:
>>>
>>> "Nicky" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:25:42 -0700, "Ellen K."
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>
>>>

>>
>> My only thought is that cheese and a green pepper should not spike
>> you like that. My suggestion is that you may need professional
>> intervention.
>>

>
> I don't think the food spiked me, I think the dawn phenomenon just
> keeps going up.


Then try 1/2 slice of rye bread or equivalent carbs in rye crackers plus
the fat/protein and see what happens.