On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:25:46 -0500, Schuyler Colfax
> wrote:

>In article >,
says...
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 03:47:51 -0500, Schuyler Colfax
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >In article >, aspen3
>> says...
>> >> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:27:55 -0400, "Peanutjake"
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >"Pete" > wrote in message ...
>> >> >> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:10:55 -0400, "Peanutjake"
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> >Danish health authorities ban some Kellogg products, saying they could harm children
>> >> >> Why you x poast this shit?
>> >>
>> >> >Because it may be important news to the readers of four diabetic newsgroups.
>> >>
>> >> What is so important about it?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >It is not off topic.
>> >>
>> >> I never said it was
>> >>
>> >> >It is not spam.
>> >>
>> >> I never said it was
>> >>
>> >> >PJ
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >This is really strange folks. I'm up at this hour 0342 because I can't
>> >sleep. I came into the office and took my blood sugar. To my amazement,
>> >it was 73! What Is odd here is that all week I have been eating nothing
>> >but one big bowl of corn flakes, Rice Krispies, and Cheerios all mixed
>> >together with skim milk, Splenda and Nutrasweet. I started adding about
>> >a cup of sugar to really get it right. Now we're talking about a quart
>> >of milk and one of those medium size microwave bowls full of cereal.
>> >
>> >The strange thing is my blood sugar drops drastically after eating the
>> >cereal with sugar. It should have gone up to 200 or more. I took it just
>> >now and it is up to 78. I just don't understand why it is dropping
>> >instead of rising after eating all of that highly sweetened cereal about
>> >12 hours ago. The only other thing I have eaten today is a big plate of
>> >mixed vegetables?
>> >
>> >Am I on to something good here? Or do I have some other problem? If all
>> >it takes to keep my blood sugar low is to eat a big bowl of cereal with
>> >refined sugar, I think I can handle that. :-) What gives here? Does it
>> >have something to do with the Denmark controversy over Kellogg products?
>> >
>> >Later
>>
>> What are the times after eating that those readings represent? Are they
>> one-hour, two-hour or something else. Presuming you are T2, I'd suspect
>> you're peaking very high very quickly then plunging low.
>>
>> Try a test next time at 30 mins and 1 hr.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Alan, T2 d&e, Australia.
>> Remove weight and carbs to email.
>>
>I there, well about twelve hours had passed when I took the tests. I
>just awoke now and took my sugar. It is "101" That's really weird. I
>have eaten nothing in the last 5.5 hours while I slept, but it went up
>23 points.
>
>I've lost about twenty pounds over the last few months also. Perhaps
>that is making things a little easier. I'm just glad it didn't drop to
>below zero while I slept. I could have woke up to find that the
>groundhog was bringing me my mail.
>
>Spater

That time difference explains it.

Two points. To see what a specific meal or food does to you, test at one
and two hours after eating, not half a day later. And we call the "high"
in the morning the "dawn effect", where your body releases stored energy
to get you going in the morning.

Jennifer explains it better than I at
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm . Read that, and
put it into practice.



Cheers, Alan, T2 d&e, Australia.
Remove weight and carbs to email.
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