Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Helen Howes on July 1, 2011 at 9:30am

Could be a Time Of Day thing - items that do nothing to my bg levels at supper can spike me madly at lunchtime. My experience of metformin is that individual doses make little difference - it's the overall use that matters..

Or you could have spiked madly at 45 minutes and dropped fast. if I ate a brownie that would happen unless I "earned" it by working hard for a while..

HH

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on July 1, 2011 at 9:40am

Metformin mostly works slowly building up over a period of weeks. I think that there are a huge number of variables that all compound to make sure that we can never figure out what is going on. It can be really hard to draw any conclusions from any one snapshot. Maybe a small meal is too insignificant to generate a "real" insulin response. Maybe you had a higher fasting glucose before your cucumber meal and had less stored insulin. Sometimes, only over time can we actually figure some of this out and even then everybody has one of those days where nothing makes sense.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Robyn on July 1, 2011 at 10:04am

My diabetes always makes me go...."hummmmmm????" lol

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Tim on July 1, 2011 at 10:07am

Fats and proteins in a meal can delay carb absorption. Add some wine to take your liver down a couple notches and a complex meal can have its "peak" not come at the classical 1 or 2 hour peak time you see on all the internet discussion boards, but many many many hours later (like 6 hours).

I look from the T1 side of the fence and look at how well Metformin effectively works and I'm jealous. I'm guessing you're on metformin? Wow, it works well for you.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Paul Curwen on July 1, 2011 at 10:33am

Wine at lunch... Now this I like ;)

• ▶ Reply