Hello from a very newbie

[Jenny105]

How to weed out the culprits. Every time I have 1/4 grapefruit , plus baked beans on toast I get a spike. All carbs. Baked beans were watered down today. but I still get a spike of 10 . 2 hours later. This drops back later to between 6 - 7.9.
Should i omit one or 2 items each time to whittle out the culprit.?

 

[rebrascora]

Personally I wouldn't have baked beans on toast. It is a "triple whammy" of carbs.... carbs in the toast, carbs in the beans themselves and carbs in the sauce.
It's good that your levels dropped back down later and going up to 10 isn't a major disaster, but better avoided if you can. Eggs will be much less disruptive to your levels than baked beans with the toast provided to stick to the same portion of toast.

 

[janw]

Grapefruit is fairly harmless when it comes to carbs and calories, it can be beneficial. My money goes on the baked beans on toast for being the offenders - either is high carb on their own.

 

[Drummer]

How to weed out the culprits. Every time I have 1/4 grapefruit , plus baked beans on toast I get a spike. All carbs. Baked beans were watered down today. but I still get a spike of 10 . 2 hours later. This drops back later to between 6 - 7.9.
Should i omit one or 2 items each time to whittle out the culprit.?

I have found that beans and peas seem to cause me to spike higher than might be expected from the declared carb count and the amount eaten. A couple of other people have said the same thing - perhaps it is something genetic.

 

[Jenny105]

I have found that beans and peas seem to cause me to spike higher than might be expected from the declared carb count and the amount eaten. A couple of other people have said the same thing - perhaps it is something genetic.

I'm hoping its not the grapefruit. I was hoping to build from 1/4 to 1/2. On the another day to try 100ml to 150mls. I do luv grapefruit. B4 the debacle I was having far too much grapefruit juice. I'd no idea how much sugar contains.

 

[Jenny105]

Personally I wouldn't have baked beans on toast. It is a "triple whammy" of carbs.... carbs in the toast, carbs in the beans themselves and carbs in the sauce.
It's good that your levels dropped back down later and going up to 10 isn't a major disaster, but better avoided if you can. Eggs will be much less disruptive to your levels than baked beans with the toast provided to stick to the same portion of toast.

@rebrascora Thanks . Yes i guess with the gfruit and the toast its a carb too far.
We have eggs or fish for brekkie most of the week . Beans on toast was a quirk of ours. Next week I'll try cheese on toast !!!! I'm ok with cheese ,. Otherwise its scrambled, poached or boiled egg, or fish. <><

 

[Leadinglights]

I'm hoping its not the grapefruit. I was hoping to build from 1/4 to 1/2. On the another day to try 100ml to 150mls. I do luv grapefruit. B4 the debacle I was having far too much grapefruit juice. I'd no idea how much sugar contains.

A quarter grapefruit is about 3g carb but 150ml grapefruit juice 12g carb. so you could have a whole grapefruit for the same carbs as the juice. Compare that with one fifth of a tin of beans which would also be 12g carb. It probably comes down to how much of the tin of beans you had, the toast may be about 15g carb.
The alternatives you mention would all be much lower carb. We sometimes have creamed mushrooms on toast, fry the mushrooms and stir in a spoonful of Philadelphia and a bit of grated cheese on top.

 

[rebrascora]

We sometimes have creamed mushrooms on toast, fry the mushrooms and stir in a spoonful of Philadelphia and a bit of grated cheese on top.

I like the sound of that, but maybe on a bed of steamed kale or cabbage instead of bread for me.

 

[Leadinglights]

I like the sound of that, but maybe on a bed of steamed kale or cabbage instead of bread for me.

Yes it works well with spinach, Kale or Swiss Chard which we grow.
I have grown some squash called Mashed Potato (T & M) and it is a very good substitute and much lower carb. I have not yet tried the ones called Baked Potato.
Currently suffering a glut of tomatoes so plenty of tomato soup on the menu.

 

[Jenny105]

Name Result Normal range


HbA1c levl - IFCC standardised 39 mmol/mol 21 - 41 Normal 21 Dec 2021
😎 😱 🙂

 

[janw]

Name Result Normal range


HbA1c levl - IFCC standardised 39 mmol/mol 21 - 41 Normal 21 Dec 2021
😎 😱 🙂

congratulations - fabulous news, well done! 🙂

 

[Jenny105]

Name Result Normal range


HbA1c levl - IFCC standardised 39 mmol/mol 21 - 41 Normal 21 Dec 2021
😎 😱 🙂

Thank you for all the encouragement along the way..... everyone 😉
How does one make the history list to go under my pseudonym ?

 

[gll]

if you mean at the bottom of every post, you are looking to edit your signature.
I'm on pc and its top right where your username is, click that and you should see signature option 🙂
Not sure on mobile.
Most edit the font size a bit down it seems to make it just there but not in your face.

If you meant something else, my bad

 

[Lily123]

If you do mean the signature like @Gil says then it’s the same on mobile,at least for me anyway

 

[Lily123]

Yep I tried to tag gill’s post and it failed oops