"Boomer" > wrote in message
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> "Ellen K." > wrote in message
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm cross-posting this to the food group and the support group because
>> the original conversation started in support but somehow it migrated to
>> food.
>>
>> In response to my posting what my mornings look like, Ozgirl suggested
>> adding about 5 gm of some type of grain carbs (rye crackers or similar)
>> to my 3 oz cheese + green veggie (either a head of romaine or a whole raw
>> green pepper) breakfast, on the theory that the extra carbs might turn
>> off the dawn phenomenon. (A head of romaine has about 2 gm net carbs, a
>> whole green pepper about 5.)
>>
>> The last two mornings my FBG was too high (136, 126) to try this
>> experiment, but today at 118 I figured it would be OK. Here are the
>> results, all calculated times are from the END of the meal:
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>> 6:47 118 This is shortly after getting up.
>> 7:21 120 This is right before breakfast (1/4 of a rye matzo (gross
>> carbs 6 gm, minus fiber .5 gm, net 5.5 gm), 3 oz cheddar, 1 raw green
>> pepper, 2 raw medium-sized celery stalks), finished the food 7:50,
>> continued drinking coffee as usual. Notes: 1) I ate all the matzo with
>> some of the green pepper prior to eating any of the cheese. 2) I started
>> feeling nauseous part-way through the meal, maybe about 3/4 of the way
>> through the cheese.
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> I wonder if the nausea was your body telling you this was not good for you
> to eat??
>

That's one way to put it.

I know some people throw up when they take the GTT, so in view also of the
timing I would say that was probably when my BG spiked up.

> I eat a half a green pepper every day in my salad.
>

Right now I find myself craving it for breakfast, usually it's not quite
enough for the cheese, I've been adding a stalk or two of celery at the end.
So the past few days I moved the romaine to lunch.

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>> 8:20 176 30 min
>> 8:29 170 39 min
>> 8:41 160 51 min
>> 8:51 149 1 hour 1 min
>> 9:01 178 1 hour 11 min.
>> 9:05 151 retest after washing hands again, hope this means the
>> 9:01 reading was a fluke
>> 9:11 146 1 hour 21 min
>> 9:23 130 1 hour 33 min
>> 9:43 131 1 hour 53 min
>> 9:50 128 2 hours. After this had sugarless gum.
>> 10:23 123 2 hours 33 min
>> 11:01 113 3 hours 11 min
>>
>> Based on the above I will not be including any grain carbs in future
>> breakfasts. With just the cheese and veggies I would NEVER get up to
>> 176, and usually by 90 minutes I am at or below the pre-breakfast value.
>>
>> So, valuable experiment, I learned more about how my body works.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
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> Ellen,
> Thank you very much for this post. These details you posted are very
> helpful for me. Actually get to see the numbers!
>
> I think you have less IR than I. So my numbers would likely be higher. I
> see the double spike. I have no clue why.
>

I don't know if it was a double spike or just some kind of glitch. I had a
lot of trouble getting a proper blood drop for the 9:01 one, so when I saw
that number I decided to wash my hands again and retest right away. Given
that four minutes later it was 27 points lower, I'm leaning to the glitch
theory.

> BTW, I am increasing my treadmill times. I want to see what effect there
> might be. I also want to see if I can work this in to be a constant and
> not just a test.

Great, please post what you learn.

>
> Again, I really appreciate you sacrificing all those strips and sharing it
> with all.
>

Well, I have gotten a lot of help from folks here, so if what I posted helps
someone else, I'm happy.

> Michael