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Old Sat, Sep-17-16, 11:27
maycan maycan is offline
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Please bear with me. I am not sure I will do a great job at asking this question.

I had a thought today when I tested my bg.

premeal 82
1 hour postmeal 100

That is an 18 point rise.

Even though my bg was at 100 (which isn't terrible) wouldn't this 18 point rise be bad if I had started at 100 or more before I ate?

This, to me, would seem to be important. It suggests that I can't rely solely on my post meal reading to determine which foods to eat but on the amount of points that my bg goes up after eating a food.

Does this make sense? Am I overthinking this?
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Old Sat, Sep-17-16, 15:25
MickiSue MickiSue is offline
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It's not just the one hour postprandial. It's also the two, the three. Because how quickly your BG gets back to baseline is a measure of your insulin resistance.

Does that make sense? So, yes, on a gross scale, if your preprandial BG was 120, then that 18 point rise might be significant. However. You know enough about carbs to adjust for that.

Meaning that, should you start with a higher BG, you know better than to have an apple for dessert, instead of a piece of cheese.
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Old Sat, Sep-17-16, 18:21
maycan maycan is offline
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Very true MickiSue
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