So Unfair - Post Prandials and Cake

[Mark T]

Since I'd seem a few posts that GP's had been taking Type 2's off of medication because of being reversed I was wondering how my levels compared with a non-diabetic. Mostly this was because I wasn't sure how much a non-diabetic's levels would raise on the basis of carbohydrate consumed.

I tend to go up +2 to +3 mmol/L. What wasn't clear is what a "normal" person would be.

I suggested to wife that I could test both of us pre-meal and post-meal and compare figures. She came up with a better plan, should would eat a large slice of the chocolate cake in the larder and I could test before and after (she felt very put upon, having to eat that cake).

So before was: 5.2 mmol/l - possibly slightly raised due to the carb load from dinner 2 hours earlier.

After a large slice of Sainsbury's Belgian chocolate cake (about 50 carbs, of which 25 would be sugars)...

Her result was 4.6 mmol/L at 30 minutes 😱

I'm not even going to think about repeating the experiment on myself to see where my BG goes with that sort of carb load.

 

[Northerner]

Sounds like a surge of insulin to cope with the sugar rush! It is remarkable how well a healthy system can cope with what is thrown at it. I remember reading once about how fine-tuned the interplay between insulin and glucagon is, releasing minute amounts of both so the lucky human stays in the goldilocks zone...even pumps are crude in comparison 🙄

 

[Ellie Jones]

I've done this with several friends and my daughter... Danni was the other day..

One friend doesn't matter when I've tested her, before,after what's she eaten etc she always seems to be about 5.6mmol/l

Another friend hit 8.6mmol/l an hour after 2 doughnuts, but returned to 4.8mmol/l

My daughter I was pleased as punch with, not only was I lower than her before our meal me 4.8mmol/l Danni 5mmol/l but 2 hours after I was 5.1mmol/l and she was a 5.6mmol/l well chuffed with that out come..

 

[shiv]

I was out in Birmingham city centre a few weeks ago shopping with my sister. She agreed for me to test her - and she was 3.9! My sister being the joker she is then told me she was feeling hypo and wanted to sit down and eat 😛

Non diabetic bodies are amazing - and isn't it funny how none diabetics don't realise it! It's like that saying - you don't know what you've got until it's gone.

 

[Robster65]

I still think its amazing that just by injecting a bit of insulin/taking tablets, we can keep things almost as well controlled as a non-diabetic.

The balance that everything is in, is quite remarkable. Even with a broken pancreas, I'm impressed at what is happening all the time. 3 cheers for the human body !

Rob

 

[KateXXXXXX]

Muttley once described it as like flying: the body used to run fine on auto-pilot, and now he has to fly it by the seat of his pants!

Living with two type 1's now, I at least DO recognise how lucky I am.