crumpets

[johninacar]

can anyone tell me if crumpets are not alowed every time i have to m levals go high today thay went to 17? drunk water to bring them down again?

 

[Pumper_Sue]

can anyone tell me if crumpets are not alowed every time i have to m levals go high today thay went to 17? drunk water to bring them down again?

Hi John,
if your are diet and exercise then your meter is telling you that no they are not a good idea How many did you eat and what was your blood sugar before you ate them?

 

[johninacar]

it was about 6 or 7

 

[Pumper_Sue]

it was about 6 or 7

Well what do you expect then? 😱🙄 Two would be more than enough for anyone.

 

[johninacar]

am on metformin twice a day

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I'm guessing you were 6 or 7 before eating, not that you ate 6 or 7

If a food regularly takes me from 6-7 to 17 then nope, I don't think it suits me and would avoid it on the most part. That's the great thing about a meter. It doesn't have an agenda, and hasn't got it's advice from what happens to other people - it just tells you what happens to *you* when you eat something.

Not a lot else in a crumpet but white flour really, so there's not going to be a lot to slow it down. And white bread (by comparison) is usually rather faster into the bloodstream than, say, the equivalent amount of carbs of table sugar or golden syrup.

 

[johninacar]

thanks

thank u wont be touching them again

 

[Pumper_Sue]

thank u wont be touching them again

So how many did you eat?

 

[johninacar]

only to made me feel like s..t

 

[Pumper_Sue]

only to made me feel like s..t

No idea what that answer means.
What I am trying to get at is if you only eat say one or two and see what your blood sugar is like then take it from there. Perhaps even consider going for a long walk or other exercise to help keep your numbers down.

If you only ate one or two and got a reading of 17 then skip them.

 

[johninacar]

levals

So how many did you eat?

only 2 just took my levals thay are 7.6 now bloody crumpets?😡

 

[johninacar]

ok

ok thanks for advice🙂

 

[DeusXM]

If two crumpets are spiking you by as much as that, I'd say your body simply isn't able to cope with them.

However, that also raises another issue. A crumpet contains roughly the same carb content as a slice of bread - two of these are about 30g of carbs. Do you have the same problem when you eat this amount of carbs normally?

 

[itsallgood]

For what it's worth, I find most 'white' things (i.e. white bread, cream crackers, pasta, rice etc) tend to make my BGs rise very quickly so I avoid them wherever possible or make sure I have a lot of dark greens with them, such as spinach.

Spinach on crumpets isn't high on my list of things to try though, I must admit.

Great thread though, very funny confusion about number of crumpets consumed .

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Great thread though, very funny confusion about number of crumpets consumed .

😱 Only I could do that 😛

 

[megga]

Did you have anything on them???? most crumpets i have are around 20 grams, so i normaly only have 1.

 

[am64]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm crumpets i must admit i had one this morning probably did my BS no good at all 🙄 but wow it did taste great 😱
did bs last week dreding results as ive had xmas and holiday in sun to take into consideration 😱

 

[mcdonagh47]

can anyone tell me if crumpets are not alowed every time i have to m levals go high today thay went to 17? drunk water to bring them down again?

how soon after eating them did you test ?

Check out Alan S's "test,review, adjust" advice in the stickies section of the newbies thread.

 

[Mark T]

7 to 17 for two crumpets (40g of Carbs) is a pretty high climb - was that plain, or with butter?

Mmm, I like crumpets too - but I think I'd have to be sensible and limit myself to a half of one!

 

[MaryPlain]

You could try it with toasted cheese on. Yum. The cheese might slow it down.

Or try eating it later in the day - lots of people find they don't tolerate carbs well first thing.

Or save it for when you're about to go for a long walk.

That way you might not have to deprive yourself of something enjoyable, but manage to keep your levels reasonable! 🙂