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04-28-2006, 07:28 AM
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| | | Did I blow it?
I skipped dinner yesterday to test my pm basals...but...I was driving my kids home and giving them some crackers and put some crumbs in my mouth. I realized my mistake and spit them out. However, I think carbs are partially digested in the mouth. Could that have skewed my results? My bgs were going down and then mysteriously increased 10-20 points. I'm wondering if the cracker caused the increase. Argh! |
04-28-2006, 07:39 AM
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| | | I doubt you could have gotten that much from a couple of chews of crackers...but you do want "clean" results, so if it were me, I would test again.
It's hard, isn't it? |
04-28-2006, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by duck I doubt you could have gotten that much from a couple of chews of crackers...but you do want "clean" results, so if it were me, I would test again.
It's hard, isn't it? | It is, but it made me realize that I'm putting things in my mouth without thinking...even if it's just a few cracker crumbs. |
04-28-2006, 07:51 AM
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| | | It could, but I don't think enough to worry about. One or two crackers have maybe 5 carbs max. And for the average person, that wouldn't do too much. It could do a 10-20 point rise though.
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04-28-2006, 10:37 AM
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| | | i agree guys. crumbs of crackers if you eat enough of them may barely raise bs |
04-28-2006, 10:40 AM
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| | | My bg was 88 before I started driving the kids home. I'm wondering if I would have gone low if not for the crumbs. I think I'll redo it tonight if my bgs are in the right range this afternoon. No hand to mouth disease tonight! |
04-28-2006, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Lynne1 My bg was 88 before I started driving the kids home. I'm wondering if I would have gone low if not for the crumbs. I think I'll redo it tonight if my bgs are in the right range this afternoon. No hand to mouth disease tonight! | no since crumbs barely do a thing to bs they would not of stopped you from going low.....if u didnt go low it has nothing to do with the crumbs |
04-28-2006, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Lynne1 My bg was 88 before I started driving the kids home. I'm wondering if I would have gone low if not for the crumbs. I think I'll redo it tonight if my bgs are in the right range this afternoon. No hand to mouth disease tonight! | Crumbs from the tables of the rich are dinner for the poor,, or rather, enough crums could make a differnce. I think you're right in doing it over. |
04-28-2006, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by seacomp Crumbs from the tables of the rich are dinner for the poor,, or rather, enough crums could make a differnce. I think you're right in doing it over. | Can't hurt. |
04-28-2006, 10:54 AM
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| | | These tests should be repeated a couple times anyhow to verify the results. |
04-28-2006, 10:55 AM
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| | a whole, complete, total soda cracker is typically 2 gms of carb
so, did you eat a whole, complete, total soda crackers worth of crumbs? Quote: |
My bgs were going down and then mysteriously increased 10-20 points.
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that sort of thing happens all the time..............did you check the Phases of the MOons of Saturn?
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04-28-2006, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by rzrbks a whole, complete, total soda cracker is typically 2 gms of carb
so, did you eat a whole, complete, total soda crackers worth of crumbs? | No, just a little, iddy bitty piece of crumb...which I spit out. |
04-28-2006, 11:14 AM
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No, just a little, iddy bitty piece of crumb...which I spit out.
| So this test is valid.
As merciless cybnertic hybrid points out, though, you really need to do the test several times.
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04-28-2006, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rzrbks So this test is valid.
As merciless cybnertic hybrid points out, though, you really need to do the test several times. | So true. It's good for weight loss, though! |
04-28-2006, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rzrbks As merciless cybnertic hybrid points out, though, you really need to do the test several times. | Did you all test and tweak and then test again...or test several times before making any changes? |
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