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... with a twist.
I found a "Cobs Bread" in my local city opened up, and thought I'd go get something for the family to munch on - I hear they have some nice treats, and since my Dx I haven't bought them much for desserts...
While I'm there I see something called "High Fiber, Low GI Bread" ... supposed to be low GI and 3x the fiber of their regular bread... They had a small mini loaf so I bought one... (Statistics on their website show 30g carbs / 4g dietary fibre for two slices... )
Last night around 9:20 I ate a grilled cheese with ham sandwich. Swiss AND jalapeno havarti with some old fashioned (no sugar) ham. And yes, I used real butter for both sides of sandwich. (Yum). Ate it happily (but kinda terrified) and then I tested to see what happens... (Very different texture btw... most definitely NOT like normal white bread.)
at 9:10 (before sandwich) I was at 7.3 (2hrs after a fruit/juice-laden smoothie, no exercise to lower);
11:20 (2hr post sandwich) I was at 6.4/6.6 with two tests (no effect yet on sugars);
1:26am (4hr post sandwich) I was at 7.1 (only a little high for evening);
6:14am (wake-up, fasting test) I was 6.8
If it did anything to me between 1:26am and 6:14am I don't know ... But I was pretty surprised at the readings, I thought they'd be MUCH higher. (I'd like to try it again after a few days and test also at 6hrs post-sandwich... just to see...)
So either this bread really is decently low GI or my body is getting much better at managing blood sugars.
I wouldn't eat it everyday ... maybe once every three or four days as a treat. (30 carbs in a meal is VERY high for me, I usually do about 50-60 for a full day, and eat 6 times a day currently)
I found a "Cobs Bread" in my local city opened up, and thought I'd go get something for the family to munch on - I hear they have some nice treats, and since my Dx I haven't bought them much for desserts...
While I'm there I see something called "High Fiber, Low GI Bread" ... supposed to be low GI and 3x the fiber of their regular bread... They had a small mini loaf so I bought one... (Statistics on their website show 30g carbs / 4g dietary fibre for two slices... )
Last night around 9:20 I ate a grilled cheese with ham sandwich. Swiss AND jalapeno havarti with some old fashioned (no sugar) ham. And yes, I used real butter for both sides of sandwich. (Yum). Ate it happily (but kinda terrified) and then I tested to see what happens... (Very different texture btw... most definitely NOT like normal white bread.)
at 9:10 (before sandwich) I was at 7.3 (2hrs after a fruit/juice-laden smoothie, no exercise to lower);
11:20 (2hr post sandwich) I was at 6.4/6.6 with two tests (no effect yet on sugars);
1:26am (4hr post sandwich) I was at 7.1 (only a little high for evening);
6:14am (wake-up, fasting test) I was 6.8
If it did anything to me between 1:26am and 6:14am I don't know ... But I was pretty surprised at the readings, I thought they'd be MUCH higher. (I'd like to try it again after a few days and test also at 6hrs post-sandwich... just to see...)
So either this bread really is decently low GI or my body is getting much better at managing blood sugars.
I wouldn't eat it everyday ... maybe once every three or four days as a treat. (30 carbs in a meal is VERY high for me, I usually do about 50-60 for a full day, and eat 6 times a day currently)