> Was: OATMEAL ... can any of us type 2's eat it ???
>
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:36:55 -0400, DonnaB shallotpeel
> wrote:
>
> >In alt.support.diabetes on 19 Mar 2007 19:40:21 GMT in Msg.#
> ><568795F2721ktU1@mid.individual.net>, Chris Malcolm
> >wrote:
> >
> >> You're allowing the T2s who respond to self-define what is a BG
> >> spike. There's not only the question of levels, there's the question
> >> of when the reading is taken. There's a large difference between
> >> testing one hour after starting to eat, as some do, and two hours
> >> after finishing eating, as others do, for example.
> >
> >Hmm, I always thought that timing began after finishing eating. Interesting.

> When we first received our brand new blood glucose meter the
> majority of us were told by our doctor or qualified diabetes
> educators to test twice daily - before breakfast, also known
> as "fasting" and before the evening meal. Some, not many, of
> us were also told to test occasionally two hours after
> meals.

Alan, that was informative general information, but it didn't answer the question I was asking, or reflecting upon, or shed light on what Chris was pointing out, at least not to me.

And, unless I missed it you didn't even say when you yourself begin to time when reckoning where your peak falls. Do you begin to time at the beginning of the meal, or at the end of the meal?

Thanks.

-- DonnaB

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