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


"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?
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>>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> Any thoughts?

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>> 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.
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> 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.


Hmmm... I would still go for more carbs though.