Ok so I am using a CGM to see how I react to food and I’m totally confused. My big spike totally freaked me out. That was brunch, which was one bowl of Cheerios and unsweetened soy milk. The second spike was dinner, which was a Panda Express plate with rice, chow mein, super greens and honey walnut
First meal naked carbs. Second meal higher fat with a little fiber to add to the high carbs.
Also some protein. As I've been reminded multiple times, "protein: good."
Eating vegetables (fiber), protein, and fat with your carbs is almost always going to be easier on your system than just "naked" carbs. Particularly if you eat them before the carbs.
Also some people are just more sensitive to carbs in the morning altogether.
My insulin needs are double in the morning vs, at night. Different types of diabetes, i know, but it's crazy to see the numbers now that I'm on a pump and cgm.
Absolutely random.
You walked a lot, worked out or had more protein.
Possibly cheerios had more processed carbs somehow.
Spin the diabetic wheel for a randomized answer lol
Spin the diabetic wheel for a randomized answer lol
[Spins the wheel]
[The wheel lands on, "psychic pigeon conspiracy"]
[Confused mutant noises]
Though, for real, joking aside, some of this comes down to, not every diabetic reacts to the same foods the same way. Something I learned fairly early on is, (unless I'm actually binging it), rice is okay for me. I'll see a spike, but it'll be gone in under an hour. Actual Milk is pretty similar. But, some carbs will fuck me up all day. (I haven't tried cheerios since my diagnosis, and have no real desire to find out.)
I'm guessing you don't have diabetes?
Pre-diabetic. My numbers have been going up steadily year over year, so I’m trying to change the trend by understanding what I eat better.
Good for you. I'd encourage you to do fingersticks when you see the large outliers on the graph (ie, the 250) and try and capture how far out of range you're going. The CGM is a valuable tool, but I trust fingersticks for actual numbers (versus trends) more.