Experiments
I still want to slay the dawn dragon, but for the moment we seem to be
co-existing
I ran two experiments this past week.
A) waiting to eat until my morning rise ended
B) seeing if I have a predictable sugar spike, depending on what I ate
Initial facts.
1) My fasting sugar, before the morning rise starts, was 100-115.
2) My morning spike, without eating, tops out at 135-145, and there
does not seem to be anything I can do to prevent or interupt this
rise.
3) If I sleep late, my morning rise starts while I am still asleep.
4) My morning rise ends between 10 and 11 AM, leaving me about where I
was when I went to bed.
Results
1) I cat eat only 2 meals per day without ill effect.
2) My spike from rice is about 2 points per gram of net carb, versus 1
point or less per gram for other meals.
3) My spike from rice happens 2 hours post prandial, versus 1 hour
post prandial for other meals.
4) Any extra spike I get from rice can be eliminated by adding protein
(nutritional yeast) to the rice dish.
Raw numbers:
Meals
Lunch = pinto beans, raw vegies, nuts, cheese
Supper = pinto beans, white Royal Bismatti rice, stir fry, nuts,
cheese, later in the test I added nutritional yeast
Note - Most absolute spikes were no higher than 140. At no time did my
absolute sugar level exceed 150, except a 157 from rice BEFORE I added
nutritional yeast.
total fiber net max ratio
carbs carbs carbs rise rise/gm net
Lunch 56 34 22 34 1.5:1
Supper 73 26 47 26 < 1
Lunch 58 34 24 23 1:1
Supper 76 28 58 51 1:1
Lunch 80 46 34 37 1:1
Supper 74 36 38 67 2:1
Lunch 66 39 27 66 2:1
Supper 57 25 32 79 2:1
Lunch 47 27 20 34 1.5:1
Supper 56 22 41 59 1.5:1
At this point I started adding nutritional yeast to the rice-based
supper
Lunch 47 27 20 17 < 1
Supper 74 33 41 44 1.5:1
Lunch 37 22 15 32 2:1
Supper 74 28 46 39 < 1
Next week I will run the same experiment, except I will have
nutritional yeast with every rice meal, and I will add Byetta.
Andrew
Type 2 15 years, last A1c 6.4