Cut the Crap: Why does protein raise my blood sugar?

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A lot of people will dose correctly for their meal, based on carbs but they will still miss the dose and end up high. Why is that? Blood sugar is based only on carbs right? No. In non-diabetics this is a moot-point, your pancreas is fully functional and covers this, but if you're going into medicine you will still need to know this because a significant number of your patients will be diabetic...

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Comment by Nell on October 26, 2011 at 1:56pm
Thanks for the deep info in the midst of school craziness! Now I need to take time to read it all. My endo is one that says just do carbs and I have a hard enough time just with that. But I still want the knowledge. Thanks again.
Comment by SuFu, Ph.D. on October 26, 2011 at 8:37pm
Thank Nell. Any questions feel free to ask. It's a pretty complicated system (http://diabeticallymindnumbing.blogspot.com/2011/10/sheer-awesomene...), and I attempted to skim the surface to give a basic understanding of why. Thanks for reading.

SuFu
Comment by SuFu, Ph.D. on October 27, 2011 at 9:08am
Any questions? None at all?
Comment by Jen on October 29, 2011 at 3:52pm
Interesting info, thanks for the post. Do you have any ideas for good books or websites for people who want to gain some basic understanding of this stuff?
Comment by jrtpup on October 29, 2011 at 4:07pm
Great post SuFu, thanks. My CDE says not to bother with less than 8 oz of a protein (steak, whatever), but I find that a combo bolus for anything 10g or more works best for me. I guess, once again, that we're all different.

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