Question 2:

[Diastard]

I've had my earlier question nicely answered and now I have a second.

It's about BG spikes. I understand that we aim to keep BG spikes as small as possible and within a target of 7 or 8 mmol/l.
If it does happen to spike up to 10 for a short time and within 60 minutes is back down to 7 or so, and over the course of the same 24 hours my BG averages less than 6, what is the harm caused to the body by that short spike?

 

[rebrascora]

Minimal to none, but if you are eating enough carbs to do that on a regular basis then you may find that your baseline BG levels slowly creeping back up ie. you stop returning to 7 but gradually it might be 7.5 or 8 and gradually your numbers creep upwards and drag your average with them because your body can't cope with that level of carbs on a sustained basis.

 

[Diastard]

Minimal to none, but if you are eating enough carbs to do that on a regular basis then you may find that your baseline BG levels slowly creeping back up ie. you stop returning to 7 but gradually it might be 7.5 or 8 and gradually your numbers creep upwards and drag your average with them because your body can't cope with that level of carbs on a sustained basis.

Thanks Barbara, that's interesting. Is this due to glycation on red blood cells?

 

[rebrascora]

I think it may be more to do with insulin resistance but I am no expert.

 

[Diastard]

Thank you Barbara.