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

Yep. Although 1/2 a slice of the rye breads I get would be about 7-8 gr
net carb. So that would be about 10gr including the pepper.