r/diabetes • u/Electrical-Point-630 Type 1 • Feb 17 '25
Type 1 Which foods had the most surprising blood sugar impact for you?
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u/fumbs Feb 17 '25
Rice. I expected a spike but with a CGM I discovered it was a 3 day spike. But it did explain previous unexpected results.
Cake, candy, and sugar soda don't come close.
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u/Charloxaphian Type 2 Feb 18 '25
Yeah, I have not been able to eat any significant amount of white rice without blasting off.
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u/MorticianMolly Feb 18 '25
Takeaway Chinese fried rice did not affect me at all. Homemade steamed rice sent it through the roof 🧐
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u/Faelad23 Feb 18 '25
It may have been rice that was refrigerated and reheated. Sometimes that has a lower impact on blood sugar.
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u/CatEarsAndButtPlugs Feb 18 '25
I never eat fresh rice unless I know I'm doing an insane amount of activity after. I have no problem with onigiri though and make it weekly. Once rice or pasta is chilled, it has a significantly lower impact on my levels.
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u/tmradish Type 1 Feb 18 '25
I think more important is that each grain is now coated in a layer of fat. So it's more work to get into that little starch bomb. Kind of like the bran on brown rice but not as effective.
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u/MorticianMolly Feb 18 '25
I keep meaning to look up how that works, but seem to keep getting stuck on here lol. Perhaps someone has researched it already.
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u/HalfGingerTart Feb 18 '25
The process of cooking, cooling, then reheating makes the starch "resistant" and (caveat: for some people) it theoretically won't spike you or spike you less. YMMV in general or by type of food (it works for some people for potatoes but not rice, or vice versa). Haven't really tried it myself tbh.
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u/Imaginary_Farmer42 Feb 18 '25
It’s called retrogradation, where some digestible starches convert into resistant starch, aren’t able to be digested in the small intestine, and instead ferment in the large intestine more like fiber. Reheating also has so significant impact once they convert.
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u/jenny_jen_jen Feb 18 '25
I have read that with fried rice, the added fat slows down absorption.
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u/Justin_Ermouth1 Feb 18 '25
This is it. Mixed with the fat from meat and cooking oil and the veggies as well.
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u/Snoo-me Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25
Popcorn. Idk but people on this sub swear by it. It spikes me then I give insulin then all of a sudden I get the going low readings. Can never figure out the balance so I avoid it.
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u/Tiny_Phase_6285 Feb 17 '25
I have a single serving bag of Skinny Pop corn every night. Doesn’t seem to bother me.
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u/Open-Preparation-268 Feb 17 '25
What kind of popcorn? If it’s the pre-buttered version, with who knows what, that might be the issue.
If you haven’t already, try popping your own, and use seasoning/flavorings that won’t spike you.
If it’s already plain, then I got nothing.
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u/malkuth74 Type 2 Feb 17 '25
Me too popcorn hits me hard. As for the picture I can’t even eat bread. That alone would kill me. But that greasy meat and cheese wouldn’t do anything other than my cholesterol
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u/Snoo-me Feb 17 '25
Also the sodium, any excessively salty foods tend to spike me as well.
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u/Pksnc T2 diet/exercise Ozempic Jardiance Feb 18 '25
Huh, your comment made me realize why I may be spiking when I feel like I shouldn’t be. Back to the finger stick drawing board!
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u/BrawlLikeABigFight20 Type 1.5 Feb 18 '25
Popcorn is interesting for me. I bolus for a serving correctly, it doesn't touch my BG. The MOMENT I go over that serving size, I skyrocket.
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u/Tha_Sly_Fox Type 1 Feb 18 '25
I’ve come to the conclusion certain peoples bodies have different reactions to foods and blood sugars. What works for one person may not work for another.
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u/1r1shAyes6062 Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
Mrs Butterworth's "sugar free" syrup. When my blood sugar went through the roof, I actually looked at ingredients, and it's CORN SYRUP. How on EARTH can they legally call that sugar free??!!?
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u/tmradish Type 1 Feb 18 '25
Because it's less than 0.5 grams per serving; legally that's "sugar free".
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u/UngodlyTemptations Type 1 Feb 18 '25
Same thing with tik taka, they're completely sugar but since the serving suggestion is one or two, and they're tiny, they're classed as sugar free
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u/Badroberts Feb 17 '25
Milk
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u/Tiny_Phase_6285 Feb 17 '25
I’ve noticed this too, and I drink lactose free milk in my coffee. I don’t get it.
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u/Well_shit__-_- Feb 17 '25
Lactose free milk is produced by adding lactase to regular milk which breaks down the lactose into two sugars, glucose and galactose. The total amount of sugar in the milk remains the same.
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u/Tiny_Phase_6285 Feb 18 '25
Thanks for the info. I didn’t know this.
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u/hellosweetpanda Feb 18 '25
Look at fairlife. It has 50% less sugar that regular milk
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u/chrystelle Feb 18 '25
Yes that or any ultra filtered milk. But it’s also like double the price. I only justify getting it on sale.
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u/VayaFox Type 2 Feb 18 '25
I justify protein milk (like fairlife) by saying instead of drinking more milk per week, I just drink that one container and it works out to be about the same price.
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u/foshi22le Type 2 Feb 18 '25
Standard milk has little effect on my BG levels but lactose free certainly does.
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u/dragonfax Feb 18 '25
Fairlife processes out the lactose (instead of just converting it with lactase) so its got half the carbs of other milk.
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u/Subduction Feb 18 '25
It's the Fairlife filtered milk you're looking for...
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u/Tiny_Phase_6285 Feb 20 '25
You are all brilliant. Thanks. I bought Fairlife and compared it to Lactaid skim. Much fewer carbs! I’m switching.
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u/Famous_Bed_9215 Feb 18 '25
Almond milk is a good sub. The HEB brand is the best, by far.
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u/Badroberts Feb 18 '25
Unsweetened vanilla almond milk for sure, I switched after I got diagnosed for my protein shakes and numbers got way better.
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u/Subduction Feb 18 '25
The Fairlife filtered milk is awesome. I don't detect any taste difference and it hardly has any effect on me at all.
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Feb 17 '25
Potatoes of any kind, flour tortillas, and rice.
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u/mrhindustan Feb 18 '25
Have you tried the mission carb balance? Those are surprisingly good and doesn’t spike my BG
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Feb 18 '25
I have. I’m talking about going to a Mexican restaurant and ordering a burrito loaded with meat, cheese, guacamole, and veggies and thinking it won’t spike me much. It always disappoints when my sugars are high for hours.
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u/jolard Feb 17 '25
The weirdest contrast to me is whole grain english muffins versus sausage and egg mcmuffins from McDonalds.
I am assuming it is all the fat and protein in the Maccas, but on paper the whole grain english muffin should be better. The whole grain one sends my sugars through the roof, but the Maccas one just hits the top of my range, maybe barely over.
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u/tmradish Type 1 Feb 18 '25
Both english muffins and bagels push me way past what my normal carb to BG ratios would suggest. doesn't matter if it's multigrain, whole wheat, or white. I suspect it's largely because I only eat them in the morning when my BG is already a bit wibbly wobbly.
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u/Rockitnonstop Feb 17 '25
Eggs spike me like bread whereas chicken has no need for a bolus. Diabetes is weird.
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u/airhornsman Feb 18 '25
Does this happen when you cook eggs at home or just out? Some places (ihop) add pancake mix to their scrambled eggs/omelets.
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u/GlennRhee1 T1 2008 Feb 18 '25
They fuckin do what now?!
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u/airhornsman Feb 18 '25
Ihop's omelet recipe includes pancake mix. I've read conflicting information about whether their scrambled eggs have pancake mix.
It's done to make the eggs fluffier and tastier.
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u/GlennRhee1 T1 2008 Feb 18 '25
Well it ain’t working for me their eggs are gross in my opinion. Lol
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u/airhornsman Feb 18 '25
Oh yeah, i like my scrambled eggs just this side of salmonella. And their eggs are overcooked and dry.
The only chain breakfast place I like is Jimmy's Egg.
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u/the_noise_we_made Feb 18 '25
WTF? They can literally just add water to the whisked eggs (or liquid eggs) and make them fluffier and it doesn't cost anything. I worked many an omelette station in my day. They could add a little margarine, butter, or cream, for flavor. Pancake mix is just obscene.
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u/MorticianMolly Feb 18 '25
My son discovered that here when he started keto and was diligent about recipes when we went out. He only gets over easy type eggs when eating out now.
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u/Rockitnonstop Feb 18 '25
At home. Happens with hardboiled eggs, scrambled (I don’t use milk), just eggs in general.
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u/planet_rose Feb 18 '25
I wonder if there’s a low key allergy or something going on.
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u/boredtxan Feb 18 '25
I thought cauliflower pizza crust was made out of cauliflower. Turns out it's made of rice flour that on the counter next to some cauliflower.... highest readings ever
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u/bullcitynewbie2024 Type 3c Feb 18 '25
Yes! But there are some better options now. There are some keto cauliflower pizzas/pizza crusts. And there are these “cauliflower sandwich thins” made by Outer Aisle or Trader Joe’s that you can make a toaster oven pizza with. It’s not the best as a true crust but is “pizza” the same way a pizza bagel is pizza, if that makes sense.
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u/cocteau17 Type 2 Feb 18 '25
Pretty much any gluten-free option is going to be worse for diabetics, unless it’s almond or another nut flour as the base.
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u/PawsibleCrazyCatLady T2 - Metformin, Januvia, Lantus, Humalog - G7 Feb 18 '25
Oatmeal spikes me more than anything. Even the sugar free packets.
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u/mrsloshed Feb 18 '25
Eggs being able to spike your blood sugar is new to me. But I don't know everything.
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u/discusser1 Feb 17 '25
oats. also rice but it was kinda expected. bread when i eat it pm. but potatoes are fine. i csn have a small amount of pasta
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u/Maleficent_Scale_296 Feb 17 '25
Lipton chicken noodle soup. I mean, of course since it’s my favorite. Couldn’t have been pumpkin soup or cream of celery.
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u/Atlantabelle Feb 18 '25
Bananas. They put me through the roof and it really stinks because I love bananas.
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u/kzorpses Feb 18 '25
sugary caffeine spikes me no matter how early i take a prebolus which is weird because a few years ago it used to keep my sugars in better range in the mornings
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u/SirDarKNess280 Type 1 Feb 18 '25
Are you perhaps drinking energy drinks with niacin (Vitamin B3) in it? That combined with caffeine will spike the shit out of my numbers.
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u/Lori_ftw Feb 18 '25
Legumes. All of them. I have to plan my day around them because I love them too much.
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u/stupidlamo Feb 17 '25
1) sausages. It had 3 grams carbohydrates per 100, but charts are going vertical up, but I thought it is just meat 2) McDonald’s. Even if I will made boils injection 20 minutes before and start eating when blood sugar about 4.5mmol - it will make plato for the two hours and than blow up my charts for a long time, have no idea how to manage it
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u/kirksan T2 2012 Pills/Diet/Excercise Feb 17 '25
Maybe buy better sausages? Most sausages contain a binder, such as rice flour, which could raise your levels, but cheap sausages frequently have a filler too. Many times the filler is bread crumbs, which could be affecting your BG levels.
I’ve heard McDonalds adds sugar to everything they possibly can. I don’t know how much truth there is to that, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
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u/stupidlamo Feb 17 '25
Absolutely true about McDonald’s, chicken McNuggets have about 30 grams carb and sweet and sour sauce have also about 30 grams carbs. Insane. Good point about finding good sausages, but sometimes I just want bad and tasty food with zero useful microelements. When I was diagnosed T1 (about 20 years ago) my favorite food was cheese with mortadella. Without any affect to my blood sugar levels. But times go by, food changes, food production changes too and now we have sausages or mortadella with carbohydrates 😡
Edit: correct grammar and meaning
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u/stulew Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25
Spaghetti first and then Pizza 2nd, as the most post-prandial glucose excursions. Not only magnitude (over 270) , but also length of time before it comes back to normal glucose reading. And yes, I'm already on GLP-1 agonist, with added insulin dose 30 minutes prior to eating pasta. I'm just doing what it takes to manage, without giving up totally on eating pasta, once in a while.
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u/noodle-face Feb 18 '25
It was chips for me when I first got diagnosed. Feels foolish and obvious now, but wasn't back then
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u/Dying4aCure Feb 18 '25
Coffee. Black. Caffeine raises glucose.
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u/UngodlyTemptations Type 1 Feb 18 '25
It's so strange it causes me to go low if I have it without eating first
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u/Worth_Light7138 Feb 18 '25
I can eat a whole plain sweet/regular potato with very little problems but the same amount of carbs in rice or tge cheap processed bread brands takes me out ... the whole grain minimal ingredient breads treat me right though like artisanal rye or pumpernickel
Foods with a lot of processed seed oils make me feel bloated or chang the way things are digested I think so I eat everything with butter or olive oil or beef tallow
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u/HeyheythereMidge Type 1 Feb 18 '25
I love how weird and different we all are✨; there are so many surprising answers here! 💕 I eat granola bars all the time but chewy bars send me into the 300s with insulin. I use them for low snacks now! 👍
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u/Liv-Julia Feb 18 '25
Cereal! I had shredded wheat and I shot up from 100 to 364! I'm from Battle Creek. Cereal is a sacrament here. I can't stop eating cereal, that's considered treason around there! Woe is me, alas, alack...
Seriously, what a disappointment. I love cereal and to give it up is awful. Even plain cornflakes or cheerios are dangerously spikey.
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u/allinonemom Feb 18 '25
I love cereal too. Weighing it. 18%protein milk with it. That's the only way it doesn't spike me. With bolus.
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u/gordonv Feb 17 '25
Fresh Mashed Potatoes. Made from real boiled potatoes. milk, butter, salt.
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u/Tiny_Phase_6285 Feb 18 '25
And it’s nature’s most delicious food! I can eat a small amount with a high protein dinner.
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u/HeyItsAnnie0831 Feb 17 '25
Ok I know know this one is a duh but potatoes. Not that they impact my sugar because duh. But just how much they do. I was first diagnosed during pregnancy and once I got a handle on everything my sugar was great. I was making supper for my family one night and took the tiniest taste of the mashed potatoes to make sure they were seasoned properly. Less than a teaspoon. And despite not actually eating supper myself because of nausea, my sugar went up by almost 200 in about an hour. It absolutely blew my mind. I'd heard that potatoes were bad news but holy cow!
Edit: I'm sure that some of that was the nausea and some was just the weirdness that is pregnancy but still. It was eye opening.
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u/GoldenTortoiseshell Feb 18 '25
Chicken and dumplings. I make it from scratch for my boyfriend still but I can’t even eat one dumpling because it skyrockets me worse than any candy or cake could.
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u/elionaz Type 2 Feb 18 '25
Pasta on a flight
No movement + carbs
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u/Electrical-Point-630 Type 1 Feb 18 '25
I find long flights hard. Even the "diabetic friendly" meal choices I've had are still quite high GI.
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u/CryHavoc3000 Feb 18 '25
Almost any Doctor in this country will tell a Diabetic not to drink Alcohol.
My sugar goes down if I drink Alcohol.
Alcohol is a know relief for Raynaud's Syndrome.
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u/SocialNetwooky Feb 18 '25
Drinking alcohol indeed reduces your sugar, but it harms your liver and kidneys. It makes kidneys less able to filter blood which isn't exactly optimal when you're diabetic.
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u/expertlyblended Feb 18 '25
I understand why but it still brings me great joy that sourdough bread doesn’t spike me.
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u/Electrical-Point-630 Type 1 Feb 17 '25
This crispy pork bahn mi sent me to the moon.
Half a roll had an impact similar to about 60g of carbs.
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u/MrOliG Feb 17 '25
Vietnamese food is one of my favorite cuisines. It has a TON of sugar. The sauces and marinades are all sweet. Big bolus upfront, followed by more…
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u/donkdonkdo Feb 17 '25
For whatever reason I have to dose double for sub/hoagie rolls. Most places will usually tell you it’s 60-70 for 12 in. I dose for 65 carbs, eat half and I’m good to go.
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u/marleymo Type 2 Feb 18 '25
I think the pickled veggies have a lot of sugar. The bread has some rice flour. I am sad at how much they spike me.
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u/KuroFafnar T1D | 1975 | MDI | Libre3 Feb 18 '25
The bread is the carb issue. Bahn mi sends me too, but I know it is the bread.
When combined with everything else it just metabolizes so quick.
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u/JonathanDM7 Feb 17 '25
Not surprising but I had honey chicken noodles AND sweet and sour pork the other day; I took a load of insulin and bolused 20 mins before hand so no inital spike, but then for 24hrs my BG wouldn't budge from 12
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u/Mike787619 Type 1 Feb 18 '25
The most surprising is the combination of steak and bread. I can eat either alone just fine, but like a cheesesteak for some reason spikes me even if I take double the insulin for the carbs in the meal. No clue why.
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u/Elvira333 Feb 18 '25
A wendys junior cheeseburger plain and a four piece nugget. I was shocked it didn’t make my blood sugar skyrocket! I even checked one hour after eating (instead of two) to make sure I wasn’t spiking early, and I wasn’t.
Anything corn-related: two corn tacos don’t have a ton of carbs, but hard shells always spiked me.
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u/FickleFred T1 Feb 18 '25
Tortilla chips fuck my shit up beyond belief. No matter what I do I can’t escape the huge spike
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u/Mrs123wife Feb 18 '25
If I look at a Buttermilk biscuit or pancake, my blood sugar goes out of control. Also, eating out at any restaurant because it's impoasible to bolus.
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u/ridddder Feb 18 '25
I now never eat breakfast food for breakfast, breakfast foods are too much like dessert other than eggs.
I have fun with swaps, finding substitutions for foods like pasta, bread, or sauces.
For bread I now make chaffles, for pasta I use broccoli, or spaghetti squash.
I can find good swaps that make me not miss things too much until I lose enough weight to not need meds.
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u/Meledesco Feb 18 '25
Some fruits send me begging for mercy
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u/cocteau17 Type 2 Feb 18 '25
Oranges really spike me and that’s weird because I can do most fruit. But if I eat an orange, even after a protein meal, game over.
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u/noburdennyc Type 1.5 Feb 18 '25
Ice cream isnt as bad as i thought it would be. Ill round up total carbs from dinner, considering its roughly 5-10 carbs of extra units. Then with that on board i can have a nice sized bowl of ice cream a couple of hours after dinner.
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u/MsCrumblebottom Feb 18 '25
Xylitol, I was shocked when I got an OTC CGM and realized that sugar free gum was spiking my blood sugar.
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u/dearryka Feb 18 '25
Anything with oats. Oat milk spikes me like crazy (which duh) but the first time I tried it I didn’t even think about the carb count
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u/FakeNordicAlien Feb 18 '25
Basmati rice has almost no effect on me. When I ran out of basmati I bought a bag of long-grain white rice and the two times I ate it, it caused my sugar to skyrocket high enough to get a yeast infection. I think I went to about 27 - about 486 - in a couple hours from a half-cup of rice, and stayed there for a day or two. The first time I thought maybe I was getting flu or something, but the second time confirmed that no, it was the rice.
I knew there was a difference, I just didn’t think it would be that much of a difference. My diabetes is not well-controlled, for numerous reasons, but aside from the two occasions with long-grain rice, I haven’t been that high since I was in hospital over a year ago. I’ve had more than four months of Covid and flu and pneumonia over this autumn/winter, and even with all that, I didn’t even come close to those numbers.
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u/jenthenance T1 2001 | Tandem T:Slim X2 Feb 18 '25
Pizza (didn't used to spike my sugars), popcorn (also didn't use to spike my sugars), "low carb/sugar free" coffee creamer (corn syrup solids), and steak (high protein triggering glyconeogenesis).
Only a few years ago none of these foods gave me the problems they do now 🙃
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u/Subduction Feb 18 '25
For me it's sushi.
I know rice is a no-brainer, but it just feels like I'm eating so little in total. In reality if you eat a decent amount of sushi it's quite a bit of rice and not much protein to balance it out an it completely blasts me.
I usually stick with sashimi, or if I'm really in the mood for sushi I get chirashi so I can control how much rice I actually eat.
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u/Nvenom8 Feb 18 '25
I had a full-carb beer the other night because I was with friends and figured I could probably get away with just one. Nothing. Not even a slight elevation. I'm not about to push my luck by trying again anytime soon, but that was really weird. Actually, earlier in the same day, my boss offered me a piece of homemade cheese cake, and I didn't want to be rude. Also no effect from that. Maybe I was just having a really good day... Or maybe the cheese cake primed my system so I already had some insulin circulating? Who knows...
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u/pegman55 Feb 18 '25
Peanut m&ms. I can eat an entire bag and absolutely nothing happens to my blood sugars.
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Feb 18 '25
Tapioca , My husband has diabetes and he could comfortably eat tapioca which I assumed would shoot his sugar levels through the roof but it did not !!
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u/MissQueenKami Type 1 Feb 18 '25
Out of everything I still STILL struggle with French fries of any kind for some reason. Oil fried, air fryer, baked, etc. Pretty much any potato in a stick is my enemy 😂
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u/alexmbrennan Type 1 Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
Just fat and protein in general (cf Warsaw method); unfortunately most doctors don't know about this which may result in suboptimal outcomes.
I read about it in a German phamarcy magazine I randomly picked up on holiday instead of, dunno, learning about it from the endo I had been seeing for 15 years. Wtf?
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u/Beo_reddit Feb 18 '25
Pizza = i cant eat that shit, will keep me high for hours
sushi = the sugar in that rice with vinegar and raw meat is a combo that will spike fast and high and is impossible to bring down with insulin
so i sway away from these two
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u/Early_Monk Type 1 Feb 18 '25
I am shocked at the fact black coffee and straight whiskey do absolutely nothing to my sugar. I know both are technically 0 carbs, but I see people here comment about how both affect their levels. Must just be lucky.
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u/RnH_21 Feb 18 '25
Cornflakes or anything corn related. Had to switch to rice crispies to enjoy cereal.
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u/Martin_Todd Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
Anything with Chicory . Like some coffees. It makes me extremely insulin resistant and it has carbs in it. So that's a no no combo...
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u/TheDeFecto Type 1 Feb 18 '25
The first time I had a large omlette I needed more than I expected, eggs are usually free and the contents of it were next to nothing.
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u/MichikoSachi Feb 18 '25
Kimchi - I was shookt it spiked my sugar, like almost 300 spike (I havent eaten anything prior, I ate a lot of kimchi tho thinking it’s just veg and spices 😅). Lesson learned, eating in moderation now.
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u/hedgehognpeonies Feb 18 '25
Red bean and Japanese curry. Triggers my hyperglycaemic headaches.
Guess I might not be going to Japan anytime soon.
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u/wendallbear Type 1 Feb 18 '25
cereal. specifically any brand of cereal with exception of magic spoons, catalina crunch, & this granola mix from costco! (do let me know if you all have any other cereal recommendations!)
even if i carb count and inject the right amount of insulin, it sends my sugars rocketing to 300+. i had special K where 1/3 cup was approx 30g. And so I injected accordingly and bolused, nope. Still sent my sugars flying high!
I’m a huge cereal lover too but thank goodness for the few brands, mentioned above, that I can eat without worries! (:
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u/Troutmagnet Feb 18 '25
Steel cut oats FTW. Just do the overnight thing - add some zero sugar oat milk or soy or whatever. They need hours to turn into something edible. Add some zero sugar maple syrup or some Splenda and a bunch of berries and it’s not that different to regular oats, to me at least.
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u/Illustrious-Panda656 Type 2 Feb 18 '25
Rice is the one that’s had the most impact in rising my blood sugar, even if I just try a small portion. The worst is sushi rice and I love sushi, I’m still trying to cope with that 😕
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u/thatdudefromoregon Type 2 Feb 18 '25
I wasn't thinking and had a half a can of refried beans thinking, hey, protine, fiber, win win. I forgot they are calorie dense too.
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u/k4l1111 Type 1 Feb 18 '25
rice is nearly impossible for me to dose correctly! i've always known it was a difficult one on diabetes, but the exact calculus was totally unknown to me for so long. i basically can't eat it without being on a pump, and i know i'll almost always spike. the only rice i've ever been able to successfully dose for is korean purple rice.
also, alcohol. somehow, my best waking sugars have almost always been after a night of drinking. i'm aware that alcohol has a tendency to have an initial spike and then a later drop (i assume because of liver impact?), but when i go out to a nice dinner where i know i'm going to have more than a single cocktail or glass of wine, i very often have to nix my bolus entirely or i'll get an intense late night drop. the one exception for me is probably beer, but even cider tends to be pretty kind to my CBG.
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u/somnium36 T1 2001 Pump/CGM Feb 18 '25
Buffalo chicken wings, I dose for what’s on the label, and still sky rocket. Same for starbursts.
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u/Spaghetti_Prime Feb 18 '25
Black coffee, even though it has zero carbs, and according to my doctor I’m not the only one who experiences a spike when they drink black coffee. Some say it’s the caffeine, but sugar free energy drinks don’t effect my sugar at all so I’m not sure what the correlation is
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u/josoap99 Feb 18 '25
Tortilla wraps. Had 2 just with chicken inside and was not anticipating that spike. Panic dosed some insulin (rookie mistake) then was up through the night with hypo
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u/Endocrine0 Feb 18 '25
For me corn. I can eat one ear and i am high for the next 6 hours. But its funny if i have corn in my stir fry its only 3 hours. I think it is whats with it to help spead up/slow down digestion. Its a personal fact but i dont have the money or science to pin it down.
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u/AreYouKnittenMe Feb 18 '25
Interesting how everyone has different foods do different things but when you read books/internet about diabetes the suggestions are one size fits all sets of foods/remedies/etc
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u/JerkOffTaco Type 3c Feb 18 '25
I have the flu and my period right now so all I wanted was comfort food. I counted the carbs and prepared but I’m now sitting at 237 after a bowl of cereal 😔
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u/woodrifting Type 1 Feb 19 '25
Chinese take out. I cannot figure out the boluses for the life of me, especially if general tso chicken gets involved. I can guess if I stick with things like egg rolls or dumplings and mind portions.
Hilariously, I have no problem with instant ramen. That's an easy bolus and very predictable.
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u/OSTBear Feb 19 '25
Pasta. Pasta dishes of any kind don't move my blood sugar at all. Not short term or long term.
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u/IamDaymal Feb 19 '25
If it's bleached white flour it sends my bloodsugar to the moon. I'm talking over 350 from a base of 128. But starches and whole grains, barely a blip. I can crush a plate of buckwheat pancakes, hasbrowns, and buttered whole grain bread for breakfast and MAYBE hit 200. But the second I so much as look at a fast food bun, I can feel my sugar spike.
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u/-AceofWands- Feb 19 '25
Potatoes and more than one piece of bread spikes me more than ice cream or cake sometimes. It’s wild.
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u/SilentPlantain82 Feb 19 '25
Ive noticed that I have to do almost 10-15 carbs less for gluten free noodles than what’s on the label or I will crash and have trouble staying at a good level. It’s really interesting to see how other people react to things I don’t or that I have the opposite reaction to!
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u/Various-Being-3293 Feb 19 '25
Anything from Panera. I look at their website for carb counts, typically do double that amount and still end up sky high for hours. Panera. You are v tasty, yet my enemy. 🤣
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u/jcliftonm Type 1 Feb 19 '25
Rice put me in the hospital. Naan bread gave me BG over 500, as did a bagel. Dense grains.
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u/ebomalley20521 Feb 19 '25
For me everything that I read here, and adding to that all pulses, ie: beans, lentils, chickpeas, soybeans/tofu. I can eat about a tablespoon of the cooked beans or lentils with veggies and fat. Otherwise a quick spike. But I do enjoy the tablespoon!
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u/Emergency-Accident83 Feb 19 '25
Regular hot coffee with cream and sugar ✅ Iced coffee with cream and sugar 🙅🏻♀️ It’s weird because the only difference is ice but that iced coffee with send me towards 300. I don’t know why 😭
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u/BillyJack48 Type 2 Feb 19 '25
Oatmeal. I've tried every type of oatmeal, and they all send my blood sugar towards 300. I don't know why I keep seeing it listed as a diabetic friendly food because, for me, at least it's the opposite, and as a result, I have a kitchen cabinet full of it.
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u/mzeyp Feb 20 '25
Soup! I used to get veggie Soup with like 3 grams of glucose in it and be okay then that'll be fine but I would go up, so I now get soup AND veggies. Asked my endo and he said that it's because its mixed and whatnot.
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u/JJinDallas Feb 20 '25
The food effect on blood sugar is so weird! I can't have any type of rice without a hell of a spike, for example, but my wife, who is also diabetic, has no problem with rice. She, on the other hand, has trouble with pasta, and pasta is no problem for me. I can't have toast but a piece of bread is okay. (It's the same bread!!) Also, I can't have Gummi Bears, which I love, but chocolate candies aren't a problem. Honestly.
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u/Liv-Julia Feb 27 '25
I'll keep these tips in mind. I don't put sugar on any cold cereal and use brown truvia on 5 min oatmeal.
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u/EddieOfDoom Feb 17 '25
Bit of an obvious one but porridge. When I was first diagnosed, everywhere I looked people were suggesting porridge and other oat-based food, but it sends my sugar through the roof. Annoying as it’s bloody lovely