Re: Insulin spike -- ?

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--- " askdocscott " <askdocscott@...> wrote:

> Ann

> I would like to jump in here mid stream, if I may be so rude.

>I'm extremely curious to know what kind of fats are generating a

>rise in blood sugar. I can't imagine a real oil/fat doing this? Was

>the fat consumed apart from any other food, then you measured. I'm

>assuming that you did do this, but thsiis just so odd. I do have

>some ideas on how/why this happened, but will keep my face shut

>until I learn the responses. So curious.....

>

,

I tried to answer your email, but it bounced back as undeliverable, so

I am posting my answer here:

As far as I can tell, the fat probably does not

directly raise the blood sugar, because it doesn't

turn into glucose. What it seems to do is to worsen

insulin resistance.

I have not tried eating fat alone (yuck!) But I have

found I do best with few to no carbohydrates for

dinner. I still have to take a small insulin shot

with dinner, even if it is fish and salad and green

vegetables. I had fish baked with a little butter (1

tsp. or less), and a yogurt-based (homemade)

salad dressing last night. My blood sugar went up to

199, then came down fine in three hours and stayed at

a good level through the night. It was 121 this

morning.

If I make a high fat cream and butter sauce a la

Child with the fish, and an olive-oil based dressing

on the salad, plus a tablespoon of butter on the green

vegetables, my blood sugar will go up to the same

level it would with the previous meal, but it would

not come back down for hours. I will wake up at 3:00

AM and find it still at about 200. Take more insulin,

and wake up often to find it STILL at 180 or 200.

So it seems it is the resistance that the fat is

affecting. And mostly in the evening. I would assume my metabolism

is also less efficient in the evening.

Ann