What's acceptable?

[Browser]

I'm trying to get to grips with checking which food is ok for me and what I should avoid. I believe an increase in BG of between 1 and 3 is acceptable and so far most things I've tried have been fairly well within that. Tonight I tried a wee portion of brown rice with homemade Bolognese and went from 6.6 to 9.2. Although in theory that is within the acceptable limits, is a 2.6 a bit high and therefore to be avoided in future?

 

[Amigo]

I tend to gauge it on the starting point Browser so whilst a 2-3 rise isn't unreasonable for a post prandial reading (especially a main meal), much depends what the starting reading is. If I was starting on 7.5 for instance, I'd probably eat less carb than if I was starting on 6.2. I try to keep my post meal readings to 8.5 but tonight it was 8.7. The meter has some allowances for inaccuracy so I wouldn't get too excited about that but pre-meal I was about 6.4.

 

[Browser]

I tend to gauge it on the starting point Browser so whilst a 2-3 rise isn't unreasonable for a post prandial reading (especially a main meal), much depends what the starting reading is. If I was starting on 7.5 for instance, I'd probably eat less carb than if I was starting on 6.2. I try to keep my post meal readings to 8.5 but tonight it was 8.7. The meter has some allowances for inaccuracy so I wouldn't get too excited about that but pre-meal I was about 6.4.

Thanks, Amigo, that's helpful. When you say you try to keep keep post meal readings to 8.5, do you achieve that by eating what you have previously experienced and therefore know what effect it will have?

 

[Amigo]

Thanks, Amigo, that's helpful. When you say you try to keep keep post meal readings to 8.5, do you achieve that by eating what you have previously experienced and therefore know what effect it will have?

Yes I've been lucky enough to be prescribed testing strips Browser so I've been testing over the past 2 years and now have a fair idea how my body will react to certain foods. Illness, stress and just the wind being in the wrong direction can affect it some days but I'm fortunate enough at the moment to stay within fairly tight parameters. I rarely go below 6 and rarely hit double figures. In honesty I occasionally push the boundaries a bit if for instance I was out for a meal but I set myself 14 day averages and try to keep to them. That's the theory anyway!