Re: Starting Glucophage


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Willy <wesk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: "John" <jcarney44@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: >
: > > Never, not as a diabetic.
: >
: > > Use your meter one hour after meals to find your personal carb
: > > tolerance.
: >
: > > Susan
: >

: As you bring your BGs down to within normal limits, you may find you
: can increase carbs at lunch or dinner. Even after a year since Dx, I
: cannot tolerate carbs for breakfast. Dinner, I can usually eat more
: carbs, say 35-45 without going over 120 at 1 or 2 hours.

: John C.


: So based on your gc responses, I would assume that you would never
eat
: cereal for breakfast??? No big deal, I'm just curious. In my case,
eating
: breakfast is a "whole new thing" anyway. That was usually limited to
a
: weekend event for me, and I find it VERY difficult to eat so early,
: however... I'm adjusting.

: Willy

I used to be able to eat old fshioned, not instant, oameal ,
unsweetened,
wih only a tiny bit of milk(1-2 Tbs) when I was in a poition to walk
quite
soon after breakfast. NOw that walking is a probem dues to sciatica,
etc.
I ccannot eat it now and find two dectent breakfasts for me. One, and
the
bst is 1/3-1/2 C cottage cheese, 3 or 4 different fruits and berries in
SMALL amounts like 1-3 strawberries, a handful of blue,black or
rasp-berries, 1/4 a moderate apple, 1/2 a clementine(small) orange, 1/5
-1/6 of a mango, 4-6 fresh cherries. I top this wth either plain
yougurt
or sour cream adn have it with my black coffee. My other breakfast is
2
eggs or equivalent in egg ubstitute, 2 Wasa or Ryevita, whole grain
rye
crackers with some of my no-sugar added home made fruit jam adn the
black
coffee. I might have a bit of cream cheese, omega 3 margarine etc on
tthose crackers(thy=ey are quite large crackers, not like triscits,
etc.

Wendy


Have you ever tested at say, 30,60.90,120 to see if you spike?

I'm planning to do that once I get within range. I wonder what numbers
would still be considered acceptable, assuming you're within range in
two hours.

Willy

We shoot for 140 or less at one hour, and 120 or less at two hours.

Has anyone given you this site:
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm ?

Here's another with great information.
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/
--
Best regards,
Michelle C., T2
diet & exercise
BMI 21.5





Okay question. If you were to test at say 30 minutes, do you feel your
spike would be above 140?

Willy

For most of us, 30 minutes wouldn't be long enough to reach the peak
number--our bodies are still breaking down the food into glucose. Some have
tested every 15 minutes and found their peak to occur at about 45 minutes
instead of an hour. I did a few of those tests myself, and found that with
some meals the peak does occur at 45 minutes, and with others it occurs at
an hour, depending on fat content. (Now if it's a very high fat meal, the
peak may beyond an hour. You'll hear people talk about the pizza effect,
because the large quantities of cheese. Most of us can't eat much pizza
though due to the crust.) That's why the emphasis on the one hour
reading--you're looking for the peak. Those of us who have found that the
peak sometimes occurs at 45 minutes, are in good control. We took this as
evidence of an improvement in our condition (less insulin resistance).

So no, at 30 minutes my number wouldn't be above 140 because I wouldn't have
reached the peak yet.
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Best regards,
Michelle C., T2
diet & exercise
BMI 21.5


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