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03-14-2007, 10:54 AM
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| |  Gum and Basal Test
Can I chew sugarfree gum while I'm doing a basal test?
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03-14-2007, 11:23 AM
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| | | As long as it doesn't have any sort of calories, sounds fine to me. Or any sort of stimulant which may provoke your body into releasing from the glycogen stores. |
03-14-2007, 11:27 AM
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| | | Sweet! Gum is allowed? Now I'm gonna try. Can I eat a hoho when doing my basal test?
wishful thinking... |
03-14-2007, 11:45 AM
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| | | In theory, nope. Nothing.
In reality, I chew gum to help with the hunger, and I drink decaf coffee.
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03-14-2007, 12:06 PM
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| | | Not So Sure.
Hmm....
12:00 122
12:30 124
1:00 115
1:30 113
1:45 - eat 1 piece of sugarfree gum
2:00 - 135
Very interesting. Especially b/c I have very little concern that I'm not on ENOUGH basal. If anything I think I may be on too much b/c I still drop a lot between meals.
Not so sure the gum was a good idea. Spitting it out now, but the damage may be done already.
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Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
03-14-2007, 12:20 PM
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| | | I'm pretty sure you have to raise 30 or more from the inital to be consider raising the basal, so 122 to 135 is negligable. |
03-14-2007, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Funnygrl  I'm pretty sure you have to raise 30 or more from the inital to be consider raising the basal, so 122 to 135 is negligable. | Oh yeah? OK, thanks. That's good to know. Makes me feel a bit better.
Now I'm kinda sad I spit out the gum. It was fooling me into thinking I was eating. 
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Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
03-14-2007, 12:56 PM
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| | | Extra gum has like 1 gram of carb per piece I think..... I wouldn't worry about it!
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03-14-2007, 05:22 PM
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| | | Depending on the gum, even sugarfree, it'll still probably raise your blood sugar a bit.
There's something called the cephalic insulin response in type-II diabetics, not sure if it's present in type-I, but basically your body senses something sweet and blood sugar raises a bit. It's seen with artificial sweeteners.
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03-14-2007, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler Depending on the gum, even sugarfree, it'll still probably raise your blood sugar a bit.
There's something called the cephalic insulin response in type-II diabetics, not sure if it's present in type-I, but basically your body senses something sweet and blood sugar raises a bit. It's seen with artificial sweeteners. | I think this is what happened to me.
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Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
03-14-2007, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler .... There's something called the cephalic insulin response in type-II diabetics, not sure if it's present in type-I, but basically your body senses something sweet and blood sugar raises a bit. It's seen with artificial sweeteners. | What I don't understand is why this "early preabsorptive insulin response to meal ingestion" would cause BG to go up. 
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03-15-2007, 01:46 AM
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| | | Sugar!! Whare??
These so called sugar free products do have some element of sugar to some extent even fruit has it and it's called fractose.
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03-15-2007, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueSky What I don't understand is why this "early preabsorptive insulin response to meal ingestion" would cause BG to go up. | For the same exact reason as the chinese food resteraunt effect - the preperation of controlling sugar in normal people. If these 2 processes are real. |
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