Re: Insulin Surge Question

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In a message dated 4/3/2004 4:39:52 PM Central Standard Time,

LCOVER@... writes:

> Does it make a

> difference how you eat your meal?

>

> Lynne

>

>

In my opinion it makes all the difference......for me eating any carb alone

will get me a spike and insulin surge.....eating the same thing with a fat and

or protein cuts that down tremendously.....

1/2 apple and I am in trouble.

1/2 apple with cheese or peanut butter and I am in less trouble.

Of course eating 1/2 apple with cheese and peanut butter and getting on the

treadmill gives me no trouble at all....<grin>

Ressy

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Lynn, the thing is, diabetes is a very YMMV disease so although you may

get a lot of answers in one direction or other to your question, it's

YOUR body that you're talking about. You already know that a potato

with toppings eaten alone cause huge BG spikes. So just do a

comiparison -- try the same item -- but this time eat some fat and

protein with it, checking your BGs before eating, then 1 and 2 hours

afterwards. Then you'll know how it affects YOU.

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Lynne Cover wrote:

>I know that if I eat a baked potato by itself,

>maybe with toppings to make it a meal, it

>will cause a huge insulin surge. My

>question is, if I were to eat a protein,

>along with some low-index fiber (to slow

>down the insulin) FIRST, and then had a

>high-index item like half a potato at the

>end of the meal, would that still cause

>an insulin surge? Does it make a

>difference how you eat your meal?

>

>

I just want to echo what resmith315 recommended. Carbs by

themselves, in some places, is called " naked carbs. " If you eat them

with protein, or especially with fatty food, then their glycemic index

is reduced, so they enter your blood stream as glucose much more

slowly. Thus you need a smaller release of insulin to deal with the

meal. Most of the discussion I've seen from others has merely talked

about mixing these in the same meal. I've seen nothing about the

merits of eating fats first followed by the carbs. Presumably, it's a

non-issue.

Edd

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> Lynn, the thing is, diabetes is a very YMMV disease so although you

may

> get a lot of answers in one direction or other to your question,

it's

> YOUR body that you're talking about.

People are different. My observation of the glycemic index is

sampling used was too small to establish anything. I have not seen

comments on this and have found very little information as to how the

study is done. Perhaps I am wrong. So what if food " X " results in

identical finding.....on 4 subjects.