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Originally Posted by drummingfool  ... I'll do basal testing, prolly on saturday. I dont want to go without breakfast on a day I have to work. I'll just have eggs or something until then. Nothing but eggs, all day. ... |
The only thing that should pass your lips during a basal test is water. Eating anything will raise blood glucose, even if it contains no carbohydrate. As soon as something gets into the stomach, the liver spits out some glucose to balance the phase-one insulin response. So if you don't have a phase-one insulin response, blood glucose goes up.
It is also not a good idea to do a basal test if you are going to be stressed at work. Blood glucose will go up, and you won't know why. For a basaltest to be maningful, you need to remove all the controllable variables - food, exercise and stress.
