No Fruit For Me

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.

This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!

Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.

Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Thanks!
Carol

--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or
oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I
recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.
This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!
Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.
Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Nope. I eat berries regularly, but rarely any other kind of fruit.

Is it possible that you didn't eat *enough* strawberries? Maybe your BG
went low and your liver compensated 63 points worth?

Priscilla

In article ,
Priscilla Ballou wrote:

In article ,
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.
This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!
Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.
Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Nope. I eat berries regularly, but rarely any other kind of fruit.

Is it possible that you didn't eat *enough* strawberries? Maybe your BG
went low and your liver compensated 63 points worth?

I forgot to make my broader point -- there is more that affects one's BG
than just the carbs one consumes. Other factors can be stress, hormonal
cycle in women, infection, fever, other illness, certain medications....
lots of stuff.

Priscill

You may be able to eat fruit... but not in the morning.

We're at our most insulin resistant in the morning.

Try strawberries at lunch or for an after dinner snack.

Jennifer


Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.

This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!

Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.

Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Thanks!
Carol

On Mon, 03 May 2004 18:23:04 GMT, Priscilla Ballou
wrote:

In article ,
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.
This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!
Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.
Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Nope. I eat berries regularly, but rarely any other kind of fruit.

Is it possible that you didn't eat *enough* strawberries? Maybe your BG
went low and your liver compensated 63 points worth?

I wish! LOL! I routinely eat 2-3 carbs per meal. I want to see about
increasing my Metformin or something. I spike with very few carbs in my
system.

Thanks, Priscilla!
Carol

--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or
oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I
recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On Mon, 03 May 2004 13:32:57 -0700, Jennifer
wrote:

You may be able to eat fruit... but not in the morning.

We're at our most insulin resistant in the morning.

Try strawberries at lunch or for an after dinner snack.

Thanks, Jennifer! Although I'm easily satisfied with gelatin for my fruit
fix, it would be nice to have the real thing from time to time.

Carol


--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or
oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I
recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On Mon, 03 May 2004 18:23:04 GMT, Priscilla Ballou
wrote:

Is it possible that you didn't eat *enough* strawberries? Maybe your BG
went low and your liver compensated 63 points worth?

Just thought of this. I doubt that I went low because my fasting BG was
137, and an hour and a half and five small, frozen strawberries later, was
190.

Carol

--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or
oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I
recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On Mon, 03 May 2004 13:06:36 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
wrote:

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.

This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!

Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.

Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Thanks!
Carol
Hi Carol. As an experiment have a wedge of cheddar or other cheese
along with your serving of fruit. For instance have an ounce of
cheddar with your strawberries as a bedtime snack and check waking BG
and check again before eating breakfast. With your morning
strawberries have a half cup of plain unsweetened yogurt or kefir.

The idea being to see if the protein with fruit helps keep the BG
closer to where you want it to be. Later.
Lee Rodgers
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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

I had strawberries twice within the past week, at bedtime, and had
respectable (not great, but respectable) BGs in the morning.

This morning, I had my 5 carbs' worth of strawberries and checked my BG
1-1/2 hours later, and it had zoomed up 63 points!

Well, I can always eat zero-carb, fruit-flavored gelatin.

Do other type 2 diabetics find it impossible to eat fruit?

Thanks!
Carol


Best not eat at all if it worries you that much...

--
Succorso

On Mon, 03 May 2004 21:10:25 GMT, (Lee Rodgers) wrote:

Hi Carol. As an experiment have a wedge of cheddar or other cheese
along with your serving of fruit. For instance have an ounce of
cheddar with your strawberries as a bedtime snack and check waking BG
and check again before eating breakfast. With your morning
strawberries have a half cup of plain unsweetened yogurt or kefir.

The idea being to see if the protein with fruit helps keep the BG
closer to where you want it to be. Later.

Thank you, Lee. I'll give that experiment a try. Heck, I could just make
a cheese omelet to go with the strawberries.

This morning, I mixed five frozen strawberries with 2 tablespoons of sour
cream and a sprinkle of Splenda.

Carol

--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or
oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I
recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_