Is it just sugar or all carbs?!
Question: I had lunch today which was kind of high in carbs (not too high) but then I had a sugar free jello pudding that had no sugar but still had about 19g of carbs.... my sugar level was 145 at 1 hour. Was it the jello? If something has no sugar can it still raise you BS level? I was just diagnosed as having impaired glucose tolerance and I have no idea really what I am doing... Thanks!!
Answers: I had lunch today which was kind of high in carbs (not too high) but then I had a sugar free jello pudding that had no sugar but still had about 19g of carbs.... my sugar level was 145 at 1 hour. Was it the jello? If something has no sugar can it still raise you BS level? I was just diagnosed as having impaired glucose tolerance and I have no idea really what I am doing... Thanks!!
No sugar doesn't mean no carbs. All carbs will raise your blood sugars. Since you have no idea what you're doing you should ask your doctor to send you to diabetes education classes to learn how many carbs to eat and how often to eat before you have complications, such as neuropathy (nerve damage) . Good luck!
It is carbs not just sugar. French fries turn to sugar by the time they get you your stomach so that is not so good. Get some books about diabetes and proper eating and you can eat plenty of things and still keep you blood sugar levels in line. Less than 180 2 hours after eating and less that 130 after a good nights sleep. (fasting blood sugar before breakfast) Have fun and good luck
Not all the carbs contained in low calorie jelly, are glucose derivatives, nor will end up converting themselves into glucose.
Most of the carbs the label mentions are sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose which is an isomer of glucose (glucose substitute), and will taste the same, and however will never produce one milligram of glucose), sorbic acid, sorbitol, and ascorbic acid (although its vitamin "C", also counts as a carbohydrate)....
It is quite impossible to obtain a jelly, low carb, totally free from preservetives and edulcorants, however, as far as we know, they have been designed as to not be converted in glucose, and thus, not converted into fat.
Hope it helps ..
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Carbs are the thing. Sugar is a carb. All carbs convert to sugar in your body.
You really do need to take a diabetes education class. Every new diabetic does. Don't feel dumb. Carbs turn to sugar.
You need to check your sugar 2 hrs after a meal rather then 1, however. but the upshot is to talk to your Doc. and get into a class, there are free ones.
The pudding may have been sugar free but the milk used to make the pudding was not.
You might look into the Holford diet. It explains Glycemic index and load and how, by changing the types of vegetables and other foods you currently consume, you can lose weight and lower BS.
well first of allyou messed up not asking the doctor what that means. so get there and ask or call the nurse of his doctor. then you need to know that anything you put in your mouth turns to sugar. that is why carbs turn into sugar and we do need sugar to move abit but not as much if you are producing insulin in the pancreas. so there for get moving and find out.