Guest guest Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 All. Just wanted to share this with all of you. Recently, my morning sugars had been running high. I traced this out and here is what I found. If I eat 60 grams of carbs or less for dinner, my morning sugar is not high. Case 1: I eat 80 grams of carbs at 6 PM, dose H, 2.5 hours later am 90. All is fine. I eat no bed time snack. 7 AM next morning am 200. case 2: I eat 45 grams of carbs at 6 PM, dose H, 2.5 hours later am 90. I don't eat a bed time snack. All is fine. 7 AM next morning am 75. Conclusions: The humalog takes care of the immediate carbs I eat, for example 80 at dinner, but my body slows down in the evenings preparing for bed and doesnt' fully digest 80 grams of carbs by 9 or 10 PM when I go to bed. If I only eat 45 to 60 my body has digested all of it before bed. If I ate 80 grams, for example, when a sleep, the tiny bit of carbs left to digest is digested and no humalog is present to counter it so my morning sugar is high. The solution, for anyone running high sugars in the morning, watch your dinner! This was a hard one to track down since I never eat a snack before bed and my 2 hour post dinner test was always under 120. Bottom line is this, if you eat to many carbs at a meal, it is possible for the carbs to not be fully digested past the 2 hours when the humalog peeks, even if you are 120 or less, and crank your sugar high. Every persons body is different and your max carbs you could eat at dinner might only be 45, 30, and so on. Every persons stomach is different sized, body digests slower/faster, and so on. Hope this helps someone on list. Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 yup, you have to experiment... each person's body is different. How you determine how many carbs you can eat at a meal is your 2 hour post meal test. If you can keep it consistently at 120 or less, then that is how many carbs you can eat at that meal. I.E if you eat 30 grams at a meal and your 2 hour post is 120 or less, there you have it. If you can eat 15, 30, 45, 60, or more, only testing will tell. Regards, findings on dinner > All. > > Just wanted to share this with all of you. Recently, my morning sugars had > been running high. I traced this out and here is what I found. > > If I eat 60 grams of carbs or less for dinner, my morning sugar is not > high. > > Case 1: > > I eat 80 grams of carbs at 6 PM, dose H, 2.5 hours later am 90. All is > fine. I eat no bed time snack. 7 AM next morning am 200. > > case 2: > > I eat 45 grams of carbs at 6 PM, dose H, 2.5 hours later am 90. I don't > eat a bed time snack. All is fine. 7 AM next morning am 75. > > > Conclusions: > > The humalog takes care of the immediate carbs I eat, for example 80 at > dinner, but my body slows down in the evenings preparing for bed and > doesnt' fully digest 80 grams of carbs by 9 or 10 PM when I go to bed. If > I only eat 45 to 60 my body has digested all of it before bed. If I ate 80 > grams, for example, when a sleep, the tiny bit of carbs left to digest is > digested and no humalog is present to counter it so my morning sugar is > high. > > The solution, for anyone running high sugars in the morning, watch your > dinner! This was a hard one to track down since I never eat a snack before > bed and my 2 hour post dinner test was always under 120. Bottom line is > this, if you eat to many carbs at a meal, it is possible for the carbs to > not be fully digested past the 2 hours when the humalog peeks, even if you > are 120 or less, and crank your sugar high. Every persons body is > different and your max carbs you could eat at dinner might only be 45, 30, > and so on. Every persons stomach is different sized, body digests > slower/faster, and so on. > > Hope this helps someone on list. > > > > Regards, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 yup, you have to experiment... each person's body is different. How you determine how many carbs you can eat at a meal is your 2 hour post meal test. If you can keep it consistently at 120 or less, then that is how many carbs you can eat at that meal. I.E if you eat 30 grams at a meal and your 2 hour post is 120 or less, there you have it. If you can eat 15, 30, 45, 60, or more, only testing will tell. Regards, findings on dinner > All. > > Just wanted to share this with all of you. Recently, my morning sugars had > been running high. I traced this out and here is what I found. > > If I eat 60 grams of carbs or less for dinner, my morning sugar is not > high. > > Case 1: > > I eat 80 grams of carbs at 6 PM, dose H, 2.5 hours later am 90. All is > fine. I eat no bed time snack. 7 AM next morning am 200. > > case 2: > > I eat 45 grams of carbs at 6 PM, dose H, 2.5 hours later am 90. I don't > eat a bed time snack. All is fine. 7 AM next morning am 75. > > > Conclusions: > > The humalog takes care of the immediate carbs I eat, for example 80 at > dinner, but my body slows down in the evenings preparing for bed and > doesnt' fully digest 80 grams of carbs by 9 or 10 PM when I go to bed. If > I only eat 45 to 60 my body has digested all of it before bed. If I ate 80 > grams, for example, when a sleep, the tiny bit of carbs left to digest is > digested and no humalog is present to counter it so my morning sugar is > high. > > The solution, for anyone running high sugars in the morning, watch your > dinner! This was a hard one to track down since I never eat a snack before > bed and my 2 hour post dinner test was always under 120. Bottom line is > this, if you eat to many carbs at a meal, it is possible for the carbs to > not be fully digested past the 2 hours when the humalog peeks, even if you > are 120 or less, and crank your sugar high. Every persons body is > different and your max carbs you could eat at dinner might only be 45, 30, > and so on. Every persons stomach is different sized, body digests > slower/faster, and so on. > > Hope this helps someone on list. > > > > Regards, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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