I ate a can of cream of mushroom soup mixed with a little 1/2 & 1/2 and the rest water and 5 ritz crackers for supper and my B.S. really jumped, to over 200 from 168. I thought soup was O.k. the can said it only had 9gm of carbs. I'm not controlled yet though. 2 hours later it was back to 175. Any ideas?
Is this all you ate? Or just the carbs? Mixing with other non-carb foods slows down the conversion to sugar - for instance eating with lean meat or fish.
I really like mushroom soup baked on steak. It doesn't run my blood sugar up as much as eating the soup by itself would.
Also, you absorbed more carbs than just what was listed on the soup can. There were carbs in the half and half probably, and certainly in the ritz crackers. For dairy, cheese has fewer or none carbs, but milk and similar things have more. As I don't use half-and-half, I don't now what's in it, but you might read what's on the can.
Another thing is portion size. If you actually had more than one serving or portion, then you might have gotten twice as many carbs or more.
Fish is a great food, as long as it isn't breaded. It has low fat and low sugar. Also, lean vegetables such as brocolli, green beans, or a salad are also good.