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Does caffenated coffee spike blood sugar? If so, should you limit the intake of coffee?
I have a friend who has had Diabetes for decades, and she drinks lots of coffee everyday, but she drinks it black...then drinks water in between. I have read reports that if you drink Dark Ground… read more
Reason I ask this because I don’t know what kind of foods that helps and just need to know
WATER…and more WATER..and even more WATER….
Not recommended IF you’re using it to bring down glucose; but recommended if you’re attempting to stabilize/synthesize glucose.
How can I have a bg reading of 182 and then immediately eat a meal and get a reading of 88 two hours later? The first reading was fbg; the meal was breakfast. This just defies the whole premise that food elevates blood glucose-instead of lowering it. Especially when the meal was hot oat bran cereal with half a banana and walnuts. (more than half of my daily carb allowance in one meal) I think I'll just go 'eat worms'!
Thanks for the validation, @A DiabetesTeam Member The fickleness of fbg is enough to make me want to bang my head on the keyboard some mornings. In my case, I have been fortunate enough to be able to… read more
No, Vinegar whether the white stuff we used to put on French Fries or the Apple Cider Vinegar that is rated as some kind of (treatment) for Diabetics does not "drop" our blood sugar
What vinegar does… read more
I am unaware of any diabetic complication or any side effect from typical Anti-Diabetic medications that would cause involuntary head shaking
See your Doctor and get it figured out. It is far more… read more
My morning FBG was 96. Immediately after consuming two cups of coffee on an empty stomach it was 135. Is this considered a spike or is that considered a normal level for a type II person.
I'm 76 ,still drink coffee.Only time I stopped was in renal ward of specialist hospital last October when the staff refused to serve coffee " because it harms kidneys" but eventually I got my… read more
Pls try to see your doctor maybe they will change your medication, that's too high
mine too
If you routinely eat sugar replacements can your body start to recognize them as sugar and you'll start getting spikes? To me this makes no sense (if you eat enough fiber your body doesn't start to break it down as sugar!) but someone on another forum insisted this was a thing.
Thanks!
Emily.
I stop all sugar ,salt really helps me and surgery stopped me using pepper
Good Morning my BG 128 positive thoughts.
