I've gone bananas!

[Pine Marten]

Like many here I gave up ages ago one of my favourite fruits, bananas. This afternoon I thought I would test again to see what might happen. Result: before eating one medium banana, 5.2; just over an hour later: 6.0; after two hours: 5.0. I guess bananas could be on the menu again 🙂

And it's better than last night's before-bed reading of 10.2, because I'd not resisted two slices of my son's banana cake, which, although he moaned it had a soggy bottom, was very tasty

 

[Northerner]

I have a banana every day, although I do have the luxury of insulin 🙂 Great that they are back on the menu for you 🙂

 

[Matt Cycle]

although I do have the luxury of insulin

I can never understand it when this is said (not just you Northie as I know what you mean 🙂) as it's not a luxury. Everyone has it otherwise you're dead. Either produced naturally in the pancreas in non-diabetic and T2 (with drugs to overcome the insulin resistance) or injected in T1 after the beta cells have been destroyed. I've never seen it as any sort of advantage having to inject it. I can exercise as much as I want and alter my diet but I'll always need to inject it.

 

[trophywench]

I know exactly what Northie means - with insulin which yes indeed we need just to stay alive and that amount isn't a luxury whatever, it's a necessity.

But if I want to gorge a whole serving dish full of trifle made with ALL full sugar ingredients or a whole packet of sultanas - well no it's not a brilliant idea for anyone on earth OK - but with the 'luxury' of insulin I can get my BG back to something reasonable fairly quickly - hours rather than days.

Anyone not on insulin, could not reasonably do that without suffering the effects for days on end. So because they know they'll suffer for ages - it's best not to contemplate it really, usually.

Obviously I'm gonna feel sick if I do either of those things and one banana at a time (not every day though, I never liked em that much anyway LOL) doesn't fall into that category really. However - we realise that it enables us to do things a lot of T2s wouldn't even be able to think of doing it and may thus feel more restricted than we ever are, even if we don't ever eat whatever it is !