Hi Shannon - Yes it was my standard trick any time I ate something
that was too high carb for me.
For example I had 2nds and 3rds of a spinach salad one day - not
knowing that the "dressing" consisted of a mixture of sugar and
vinegar! A chunk of roast chicken fixed it quickly.
I just eat meat till I like the reading. Usually it's one or two
decent pieces like a couple thighs of chicken. It will respond fast,
so it is important not to overdo insulin as well.
I have no experience of using yogurt or other options and find that a
mix of carbs causes "bouncing" insteasd of proper glucose levels.
So yogurt is not appropriate (it has lots of carbs); this needs
beef, chicken, fish etc with NO breading or carbs.
"Bouncing" happens if you add carbs, it seems to confuse the system,
and then it drops TOO low, bounces too high again, drops too low etc,
before settling. I do not like to yo-yo between hyper and hypo so I
do not make my system handle carbs as well when I need glucose lowered.
Different people have more or less trigger-happy systems. Mine used
to be extremely "brittle" (namely inclined to shoot up at the drop of
a hat and dive down. Everyone is different - and the frequent use of
a glucometer is the best way to learn one's individual system - so as
to adjust accordingly.
The longer one controls the glucose away from spikes,m the less
trigger-happy it gets and the more tolerant it gets to an
*occasaional* splurge of carb.
The other method to lower it is of course a good 10 minutes of
moderate exercise. (Not more)
The trick is not to add too many methods together and thus confuse
the system which is TRYING to get equilibrated again.
Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
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