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What is your spikiest food?

Spikiest thing I had was when, at a volunteers tea party, I went for a scone and what turned up was a beautifully made, very large scone generously topped with cream and jam. I ate it and two hours later had a spot blood glucose of 16. A lesson learned.

In the early days anything containing flour was a problem but after working on things I came to the conclusion that "normal" portions of baked goods - the bread on a sandwich or the roll with some soup, or the pastry on a pie, or a piece of commercial cake - was bulked out to make the portion look generous and "good" value. I now make all my own bread, pastry and cake and don't need to try and tell myself that I need to make it look as if I am getting a lot for little money and by focusing on quality rather than quantity flour is no longer a problem.
 
My spikiest foods are definitely high fat foods (pizza and curry) in that I find it more difficult to manage the bolus insulin delivery to suit them to avoid the slow ascent.
The post meal spikes are things such as sugary carbs, but these are also what I need to treat a hypo. I reduce these spikes by eating less of them and by bolusing some time before the meal (in the morning for me that is 30 min, less during the rest of the day.
 
for me it has to be pizza and it sends my sugar levels up for hours :( even next day there can be a rise or a pre prepared sandwich , sadly i cannot tolerate either .
 
baked beans
 
IMHO
Better to eat a double portion of fish n chips washed down with two tins of full sugar coke than eat pizza.
 
I manage pizza with dual bolus of insulin. The second dose is about 2.5 to 3 hours after eating for me
My preference is a thin crust so less carbs. And mostly veggie so less fa.
But overall, it is just realising the long tail on the carbs which can be managed with trial and error - a good excuse to "practice pizza".
 
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