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What we eat does matter

I have been monitoring my blood sugar after eating.  The other day I felt like having spaghetti.  I made some sauce with organic beef and had wheat spaghetti noodles.  More than 2 hours after my meal of spaghetti my blood glucose was still at 147.  I love spaghetti, but can now see that I need to keep limiting how often I have it :(.  I usually have it once a month.  The next day I took some spaghetti to work with me and had some at 11:00 am - at 2:00 PM my blood sugar was 135 - that's 3 hours after I had the spaghetti.  

Today at 1:00 PM I had some sauteed kale (about a cup & a half) sauteed with olive oil, onions and garlic and I had boiled fresh beets and had 1 whole medium size beet.  An hour after eating (and I was full) my blood sugar was 102.  So as you can see, we need to pay attention to how our bodies are reacting to the foods we are eating.

I was diagnosed less than a year ago, and not on any medications for my blood sugar, and have lost 15 pounds, now weighing less than 100 pounds.  Julie
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thanks!  Hope everyone enjoys the long holiday weekend.
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Most grocery stores have them

Dreamfiels is in the pasta section in a black box (they dont work for me)
Shiratoki noodles are a bag of noodles in water found near the tofu  8 Oz bag
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I test my blood glucose when I eat these foods becaus certain carbs don't bring up my sugar as much as others.  What is dreamfields & shiritaki noodles?  I have never heard of either.  Are they noodles and where do I buy them at?  Thanks
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Dreamfields does not work for me it works for other people but sadly not for me.  I found shiritaki (SP)  noodles work for me, Just make SURE you rinse them well before cooking.
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I also enjoy spaghetti and use the Dreamfields brand and of course watch the portions and my numbers are with my range I feel better at.  It is more diabetic friendly than other pasta
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What was your BG 1 hour after eating?

Most of us have learned carbs raise BG... Even whole wheat, if it has carbs it will raise our BG.   I dont need to test every food, I know if there is carbs my BG will go up. the more the carbs the higher my BG goes up.
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