Just had a strange couple of days.
Yesterday evening I scoffed my way through three medium sized bananas, just after a couple of slices of home-made bread. I have absolutely no idea why I did that! Anyway, because of that I tested before going to bed (about 2hrs after the last banana) and was 7.5mmol/L. OK, not too bad then (but no doubt was on the way down from something a lot higher). I didn't exercise in the evening that day, but did have a 1hr walk after lunch.
Today, I've been a much better behaved chap (but probably because I don't have any bananas left). Just straight porage for breakfast (a bit more than usual, because I usually have a banana with it) with a small glass of orange juice. Lunch was some nice vegetable soup plus a couple of clementines. Then, evening meal was a large piece of smoked haddock, three small new potatoes, carrot, peas, broad beans. Followed by two smallish apples and a couple of pieces of freshly made fruity spelt loaf with a scraping of very low fat olive spread. I also had a teaspoon of some New Zealand Thyme Honey (also a component of the fruity spelt loaf).
Exercise consisted of a cycle ride to Uxbridge and back just after lunch (about 4 miles round trip) plus a 10km (6 mile-ish) row on my rowing machine an hour after the evening meal.
Anyway, and sorry for the detail here, I had a pee about half an hour ago (about 3hrs since my evening meal) and it smelt odd (actually, a bit like the honey I'd tried!). So I thought, uh oh! Tested myself again --> only 4.7mmol/L!!
Is it feasible for honey, eaten around 3 hrs earlier to affect the smell of urine? Or can anyone suggest whether something else is happening? I feel fine (but was cramping up towards the end of the row, but am perfectly OK now).
Also, as a diet only controlled type 2, would anyone do anything about the reading of 4.7?
Sorry for the long post.
Andy 🙂
Yesterday evening I scoffed my way through three medium sized bananas, just after a couple of slices of home-made bread. I have absolutely no idea why I did that! Anyway, because of that I tested before going to bed (about 2hrs after the last banana) and was 7.5mmol/L. OK, not too bad then (but no doubt was on the way down from something a lot higher). I didn't exercise in the evening that day, but did have a 1hr walk after lunch.
Today, I've been a much better behaved chap (but probably because I don't have any bananas left). Just straight porage for breakfast (a bit more than usual, because I usually have a banana with it) with a small glass of orange juice. Lunch was some nice vegetable soup plus a couple of clementines. Then, evening meal was a large piece of smoked haddock, three small new potatoes, carrot, peas, broad beans. Followed by two smallish apples and a couple of pieces of freshly made fruity spelt loaf with a scraping of very low fat olive spread. I also had a teaspoon of some New Zealand Thyme Honey (also a component of the fruity spelt loaf).
Exercise consisted of a cycle ride to Uxbridge and back just after lunch (about 4 miles round trip) plus a 10km (6 mile-ish) row on my rowing machine an hour after the evening meal.
Anyway, and sorry for the detail here, I had a pee about half an hour ago (about 3hrs since my evening meal) and it smelt odd (actually, a bit like the honey I'd tried!). So I thought, uh oh! Tested myself again --> only 4.7mmol/L!!
Is it feasible for honey, eaten around 3 hrs earlier to affect the smell of urine? Or can anyone suggest whether something else is happening? I feel fine (but was cramping up towards the end of the row, but am perfectly OK now).
Also, as a diet only controlled type 2, would anyone do anything about the reading of 4.7?
Sorry for the long post.
Andy 🙂
