Diabetes Forums - View Single Post - BG Rise per Gram of CHO?

Diabetes Forums » Forums

Welcome to Diabetes Forums!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.

Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.

Thread: BG Rise per Gram of CHO?

View Single Post

#1 (permalink)

07-24-2008, 01:33 AM

matingara

Senior Member

Join Date: Jul 2007

Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

Posts: 1,721

BG Rise per Gram of CHO?

i have been keeping some data to work out how many points my BG will rise per gram of Carbohydrate consumed. Has anyone else done this?

it turns out (with the data that i have so far) that my BG (2 hours post prandial) will rise by 4.3 mg/dl per gram of CHO with a standard deviation of 2.6. (That is 0.24 +/- 0.14 mmol/l).

this allows me to decide what to eat based on my pre-prandial number.

Bernstein reckons that (for someone with no insulin) the rise should be about 5 mg/dl per gram of CHO.

Interesting? Boring?

-- Joel.

__________________

___________________________
"Infinity isn't such a big deal. After all, it is only a point in the Seventh Dimension..."
___________________________

A1c's
-------
early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet