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


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

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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?

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> 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.


I had the pepper at 5 (7 minus 2), I have some rye matzo here which has 22
(24 -2) for a whole one, I was thinking a half, but since it looks like
you're suggesting to try for around 10 total, maybe I should try a quarter.