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:

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.
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.