On 1/9/2012 3:06 PM, KROM wrote:
> I think I'm having the perfect storm of oddness going on with my BG.
>
> I am putting it in the food group because its food related in that I
> think there's three issues.
>
> one is a hormonal making me sensitive the other is two trusted food
> products let me down.
>
> so the combo made my bg the highest its ever been in years.
>
> what made me mad was I'm a routine eater..I eat pretty much the exact
> same meals every day so unless I am sick my bg is always the same.
>
> about 83-93
>
> last week it was yo-yoing as high as 200 it was crazy and I had zero
> idea why
>
> so I went thru ever food I was eating and found those meatballs spiked
> not only me but my wife who isn't a diabetic
>
> so I figured that solved that..
>
> but I was still getting highs and lows and eating next to zero carbs it
> made zero sense
>
> I got so desperate I was eating just plain chicken breast and boiled
> eggs to figure it out and I was still spiking.
>
> then I realized it was my coffee!
>
> so I removed the splenda...still a spike..removed the splash heavy
> cream..spike...so it was spiking me bad just black.
>
> weirdest thing ever!
>
> so I think maybe now caffeine spikes me..so I took a caffeine
> tablet..nothing...I tried instant coffee nothing...tried a different
> brand..nothing..tried that coffee again black..spike!
>
> this was aldis brand copy of dunkin doughnuts coffee..
>
> it seems that if I think on it Kona never bothers me at all..but Arabica
> does..don't know why
>
> maybe the pesticides used on those farms?
>
> but now that I stopped drinking it I'm back to normal
>
> anyhoo was weird
>
> KROM
>

some mysteries just don't ever make sense do they?

i know when i was first diagnosed with diabetes, i was NOT allowed to
drink coffee

that lasted until i got out of hospital!

stress/adrenaline can either significantly raise OR lower my bg
levels...... i do see a correlation with positive stress/lower bg and
negative stress/higher bg

having said that....... the stress response isn't 100%, i have to be on
my toes and test/correct/test as need be

glad you found the meatballs were causing a problem, wonder how much
sugar they put in them! sigh

kate