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Naan bread

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Martha Mulligan

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Anyone get a big spike from naan bread? I had chicken curry with naan instead of my usual basmati rice tonight. Naan was same carbs as my rice would have been, so dosed according to that, but have just tested 2.5 hours after meal and I've gone to 14.3! I don't normally go above 8 or 9, so I can only put it down to the naan bread which I haven't had for months.:(😱
THE VEGAN DIET PUTS YOUR DIABETES IN REMISSION. ITS WORKED FOR MY TYPE 2.
 
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Thanks for the recipe Alison! The naan I had was 'medium' on fat and salt, and low in sugar with 75grams carb. Interestingly, I have just taken another reading as I'd got absorbed in something and hadn't taken my lantus - now down to 4.9!

So that means I was

  • 4.4 before meal
  • 14.3 2.5 hours later
  • 7.4 4 hours later
  • 4.9 5 hours later

I've had a digestive as I don't like goig to bed below 5. Seems the dose was correct, but does it mean my insulin peaked first, or that my insulin was slow to peak? I did consider a correction at 14.3 but felt confident I'd got the original bolus right and that it was a timing issue. Sigh!
HI I HAVE GONE VEGAN AND ITS PUT MY DIABETES IN REMISSION, I ALSO WATCH MY CARBS AS IF SOMETHING SAYS NO ADDED SUGAR THAT MEANS THERES MORE CARBS IN IT, I EAT LOW SUGAR OR NO SUGAR WITH LOW CARBS VEGAN DIET. IT REALLY WORKS IAM LIVING PROOF.
 
Actually, don't fool yourself, white bread (including Naan) is definitely as bad as eating table sugar, if not worse. I have every intention of avoiding complications and therefore am careful with my diet, which does not mean that I have a boring diet or a non-enjoyable one. On the contrary, I have a hugely diverse diet which I enjoy tremendously, but it's adapted to suit my own body's way of handling carbs and a good understanding of insulin dosage. I enjoy a curry as much as the rest of you, but I'd avoid the Naan and the white rice (OK I may pinch a mouthful of hubby's Naan,), I simply substitute sag-aloo made with new potatoes or Lentil Dahl. The less carbs in any meal the easier it is to control insulin doses.

It's really not hard to maintain a decent Hba1c and iron those spikes out if you just gain an understanding of how your own body handles carbohydrates and yes, to begin with this means intensive testing. My Hba1c has never been over 5.7 in 6 years, the last one was 5.3.

Northerner see this link for Novorapid profile http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/joomla/insulin/iprof It doesn't peak as rapidly as Apidra but the injection devices for Apidra tend to be rubbish, so with Novorapid it is possible, with a little intensive testing, to decide when it peaks for you and therefore move your injection timing forward or back to deal with different foods.
THE BEST THING TO DO IS GO VEGAN, LOW CARB, NO SUGAR DIET. WATCH WHAT YOU BUY, IF SUMUT SAYS NO ADDED SUGAR THEN IT MEANS MORE CARBS. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT. WHITE BREAD IS FULL OF SUGAR.
 
@Martha Mulligan this thread is 12 years old, please do not use capital letters as it's a form of shouting :(
 
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