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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on November 13, 2011 at 10:18am

That sounds sort of like people who have "hypoglycemia", in that I think generally if they eat sugar, their pancreas overreacts and they run low. Most of the people I've known w/ that tend to avoid stuff like Oreos. I think that some studies have found that hypoglycemia can be a precursor to T2 but I'm very fuzzy on that?

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on November 13, 2011 at 10:25am

AR, I think I have heard also that hypoglycemia is a precursor to T2 also.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on November 13, 2011 at 10:46am

maybe hanging around message boards? hee hee...

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Permalink Reply by Laddie on November 13, 2011 at 6:19pm

A couple of years ago at the ADA board, I think that we had a discussion about hypoglycemia as a precursor to Type 1 diabetes also. I was one of several people who mentioned having hypoglycemic issues in the years preceding my Type 1 diagnosis. I didn't know what hypoglycemia was until I got Type 1. But once I started having low blood sugars from insulin reactions, I believed that I had experienced that in the late afternoons of much of my life.

Like you, I have often read that hypoglycemia is a common precursor to Type 2.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on November 13, 2011 at 10:28am

I'd be kind of curious to know what your BS was immediately after you finished off that bag. If you decide to repeat the test, try doing that. I just read the other day that someone puts peanut butter on her oreos. That sounds interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Jen on November 13, 2011 at 10:34am

You had 13 Oreo cookies plus half a glass of orange juice? Isn't that something like 325g of carbs (what I got from a quick google)?

I've been having a site issue for the past day where the insulin I bolus seems to just be leaking out instead of being delivered. I spiked to 315 after having 20g of carbs for breakfast (with essentially no bolus) yesterday and today. If I had 325g in one sitting without bolusing my blood sugar would be over 2000, seriously! I think that would kill me.

I wish my pancreas would pick up the slack and start working again! But if I were you I wouldn't overdo it, I'd be too afraid of killing them off again.

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Permalink Reply by alwaystempted on November 13, 2011 at 12:03pm

the oreo original 1.2 oz serving has 25 carbs. I'd guess that is 3 cookies but you'd have to double check. This is from what "The Calorie King: Calorie FAT & Carbohydrate Counter" (2011) says.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wittman on November 13, 2011 at 6:39pm

I have a T-1 friend who will eat the whole package of Oreos from he grocery store. I think there are a whole lot more than 13 cookies in the package. Last time I looked at Oreos in the package there were three rows. I haven't counted the cookies.

Gee, andOreo would taste good right now. Naaah, better not. :)

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Permalink Reply by Keith221 on November 13, 2011 at 8:33pm

1 package from a family pack!

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Permalink Reply by Alan S on November 13, 2011 at 12:53pm

It's called reactive hypoglycemia. Look it up. It can be a condition of it's own, but it is also very common in poorly controlled type 2 diabetics. You set the roller-coaster in motion by eating excessive carbs, then your body reacts with endogenous insulin that arrives too late with too much.

You were never a T1, nor are you a cured T2.

I had half a glass of oj and whole package of Oreo's(13)

You've got to be kidding. You have a death-wish?

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.

Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.

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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on November 13, 2011 at 2:36pm

But Keith221 had positive antibodies, a confirmed insulin deficiency with c-peptide tests and was fully dependent on insulin. His team, including a range of endos confirmed his T1 diagnosis. I'll await further confirmation on what is happening.

And as to "dangerous" behavior. During my few honeymoons, I've also done a few "tests," although nothing so bold. Non-diabetes can chow down on a whole package of oreos and be fine and going down to 75 is probably not all that abnormal. I guess my whole feelings on the matter are more like "jealousy."

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Permalink Reply by Lila on November 13, 2011 at 3:26pm

He could have been a ketosis-prone Type 2, which comes in 4 flavours. A+B+, A+B-, A-B- and A-B+. If so, his would have been A+B-. For reasons yet unknown, some KPDs can go from insulin dependence to normoglycemia and can go off insulin.

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