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Hypo ? after evening meal

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Sounds very much like me Colin, it doesn’t happen often and is a complete turn around from where I used to be, I’ve been fairly stable with consistent readings of just above 6, for the past few weeks, strange isn’t it although I’ve not had any adverse affects from it. Thanks for your response Colin and if I can figure it out I’ll definitely be in touch
 
Firstly, we are usually more sensitive to insulin on an evening so you are more likely to see this happen on an evening than after any other meal. Secondly, you say you had a busy day? Did that involve increased physical or mental activity as that can certainly cause a drop later in the day and thirdly, your pancreas had most of the day off if you didn't have lunch so was maybe keener to produce insulin in the evening in response to your food.
If you had any alcohol with your evening meal, that can also cause a drop in BG levels.
Whatever the cause, I would say it is a good sign that your body is starting to cope better.
 
Hi Rebrascora lovely to hear from you, hope your keeping well and thank you once again for a very informative response, it certainly sums it all up. Yes I did have a busy day physically only stopping for coffee a couple of times until the evening and then I retrieved a fettuccine I had made and frozen and had that along with some parsnips fried in olive oil and butter. Felt fine physically, apart from a bit of tiredness, no headaches or anything so it just threw me out getting that reading! never expected to see that ! Back to 6.5 bedtime and 6.9 this morning pre breakfast so I’ve learned now to graze in future!! good to hear from you anyways and take care
 
If I eat something I shouldn't like a bag of chip shop chips or a piece of wheat bread with lots of butter then my blood sugar drops low to start with and then once the fat component of the meal is digested the carbs hit the bloodstream later and then my blood sugars climb and climb and I get a peak later.

But if I just test the half hour so so after eating it looks like I am getting great blood sugar readings.

To start with that fooled me into thinking I could get away with eating things like chips or bread and butter or roast potatoes with my meals. I know better now.
 
Many thanks for that insight ! I’ve been craving for some chip shop chips for ages and I was going to try some and take some readings but it seems I would’ve fallen into the trap !! now I know better! it doesn’t make the craving for fish/chips any easier but now I’ll regard it as a red flag food. I like the sound of your FB page cos I’ve been on a low carb diet which seems to be working out fine apart from the odd reading like this recent one but finding decent low carb menus driven by someone who’s experienced the pitfalls are as rare as hens teeth!! so I’ll be checking it out. Many thanks for the response and good luck with the poetry!
 
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Many thanks for that insight ! I’ve been craving for some chip shop chips for ages and I was going to try some and take some readings but it seems I would’ve fallen into the trap !! now I know better! it doesn’t make the craving for fish/chips any easier but now I’ll regard it as a red flag food. I like the sound of your FB page cos I’ve been on a low carb diet which seems to be working out fine apart from the odd reading like this recent one but finding decent low carb menus driven by someone who’s experienced the pitfalls are as rare as hens teeth!! so I’ll be checking it out. Many thanks for the response and good luck with the poetry!
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I use celeriac (or keto chips made with almond flour or coconut flour) and bacon wrapped cod to deal with those cravings.
Celeriac is easiest. Just cut them into french fry shapes - very thin sticks and shallow fry them in extra virgin olive oil. Or you can peel them very very thin and fry them to make crisps. They go wonderfully crunchy and I prefer them to potato chips/crisps now.

I get frozen cod pieces and while still frozen wrap streaky bacon round them and then oven cook until the bacon is crispy and the cod is done. You get that lovely crunch and the succulent cod texture. You can make batter with almond flour but I prefer the bacon wrap cod as it is much easier and tastes nicer too. I have Tesco cornichons (lowest carb content for gherkins) and cut up frozen french beans with it instead of mushy peas. The picture shows celeriac chips and I have a little bit of Tesco no added sugar ketchup with it.
 

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