Hi,
It wasn't explained to me by my doc's or CDE when exactly to test for Blood glucose, other than 2 hrs after a meal, and of course, first thing in the morning, just before breaking ones fast.
But it occurred to me that my meals varied in length, and amount, and of course carbs and sugars. Some meals only took 5 minutes to consume [breakfast], whilst others took nearly an hour to consume [complete with fruits for dessert]. So if I say ate a carb rich dish at the beginning of a dinner, and then continued on eating grapes, one by one, followed by a coffee drink and nibbling on nectarines, or a pear, or nuts,... this would really affect the glucose measurement if I took it 2 hrs after the first bite, or 2 hrs after the last bite.
So I looked around on the net, and according to David Mendosa's site, he suggests taking the BG measurement 2 hr's after the first bite. He's reasoning is our system starts releasing enzymes and hormones within 10 minutes of ingesting food, and also, according to some authorities on diabetics, they suggest taking a BG measurement 2hr's after the first bite.
So now I'm going to start taking measurements 2hrs after a start of a meal! Maybe the taking of BG's 2 hrs after the finish of a meal thus far might explain my such low results? I have been getting post-prandial readings as low as 4.5 mmol/L, averaging about 5.5 mmol/L, and sometimes as high as 6.8 mmol/L, but I have never got a figure above 7 yet. Mind you, my diet has been mostly vegies, fruits, some meat, and some nuts, grains, seeds.
So how long after a meal, or when do you start your 2 hr timing to take your BG readings?
And what do you do for them really long meals? You know when there's dishes always coming from the kitchen, or you're out to dinner at a restaurant [they're notorious for serving slow lol], or when you are a guest at someone elses place and you know the food keeps coming long after you have left the dinner table, or simply when you're at home, and your dinner gradually tapers down to a dessert, followed by after dinner mints, followed by drinks, or coffee with biscuits. When do you decide to take a BG measurement in those circumstances?
Or maybe we should try and take measurements 2 h'rs and 10 minutes after the start of a meal? Because I recall I once mistakenly took a reading at the 1 hr and 45 minute after end of a meal and got 6.8 mmol/L, and when I remeasured at the 2 hr mark it was down to 5.7 mmol/L. So definitely 15 minutes makes a big difference!
Thank you.
It wasn't explained to me by my doc's or CDE when exactly to test for Blood glucose, other than 2 hrs after a meal, and of course, first thing in the morning, just before breaking ones fast.
But it occurred to me that my meals varied in length, and amount, and of course carbs and sugars. Some meals only took 5 minutes to consume [breakfast], whilst others took nearly an hour to consume [complete with fruits for dessert]. So if I say ate a carb rich dish at the beginning of a dinner, and then continued on eating grapes, one by one, followed by a coffee drink and nibbling on nectarines, or a pear, or nuts,... this would really affect the glucose measurement if I took it 2 hrs after the first bite, or 2 hrs after the last bite.
So I looked around on the net, and according to David Mendosa's site, he suggests taking the BG measurement 2 hr's after the first bite. He's reasoning is our system starts releasing enzymes and hormones within 10 minutes of ingesting food, and also, according to some authorities on diabetics, they suggest taking a BG measurement 2hr's after the first bite.
So now I'm going to start taking measurements 2hrs after a start of a meal! Maybe the taking of BG's 2 hrs after the finish of a meal thus far might explain my such low results? I have been getting post-prandial readings as low as 4.5 mmol/L, averaging about 5.5 mmol/L, and sometimes as high as 6.8 mmol/L, but I have never got a figure above 7 yet. Mind you, my diet has been mostly vegies, fruits, some meat, and some nuts, grains, seeds.
So how long after a meal, or when do you start your 2 hr timing to take your BG readings?
And what do you do for them really long meals? You know when there's dishes always coming from the kitchen, or you're out to dinner at a restaurant [they're notorious for serving slow lol], or when you are a guest at someone elses place and you know the food keeps coming long after you have left the dinner table, or simply when you're at home, and your dinner gradually tapers down to a dessert, followed by after dinner mints, followed by drinks, or coffee with biscuits. When do you decide to take a BG measurement in those circumstances?
Or maybe we should try and take measurements 2 h'rs and 10 minutes after the start of a meal? Because I recall I once mistakenly took a reading at the 1 hr and 45 minute after end of a meal and got 6.8 mmol/L, and when I remeasured at the 2 hr mark it was down to 5.7 mmol/L. So definitely 15 minutes makes a big difference!
Thank you.