"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "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:
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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.
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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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>>> 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.
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>> I don't think the food spiked me, I think the dawn phenomenon just keeps
>> going up.
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> Then try 1/2 slice of rye bread or equivalent carbs in rye crackers plus
> the fat/protein and see what happens.

Just want to be sure I understand what you're suggesting, add approximately
10 g grain-based carbs to the green veggie & cheese?