This post is part of a series where I test my glucose response 1-hour & 2-hours after eating. I standardize the results as much as possible with the following rules:
✅ Measure baseline glucose between 10 AM – 12 PM
✅ No food for 12+ hours before the test
✅ Allowed to drink 1 coffee & ~30 oz. of water
✅ Eat 300 calories of one whole food
✅ Measure blood sugar after 1-hour
✅ Measure blood sugar after 2-hour
In the future I plan to vary the tests by eating meals or combining foods.
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After last week’s blood glucose response test, I decided to try something with more carbs this time around.
The salami with mostly fat and protein didn’t significantly affect my blood sugar.
Conveniently enough, I have a container of steel cut oats that I bought a few months prior to starting the keto diet. It’s been about 10-11 months since I’ve had a bowl of oatmeal.
The only thing I added to these oats were water and salt.
Below is the macronutrient breakdown for this test:
Nutrition Facts
1 servings per container
Serving Size80g
- Amount Per ServingCalories300
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat
6g
10%
- Saturated Fat 0g 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
54g
18%
- Dietary Fiber 8g 32%
- Sugars 2g
- Protein 10g 20%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
This morning I decided to exercise relatively heavily with push-ups and kettlebell swings. This was mainly due to the fact that I didn’t get a chance to do this the previous day since I was traveling. For future glucose tests, I want to avoid exercise during the morning until all the numbers are in.
Having said that, it looks like the rest I gave myself post-exercise (about 1 hour) allowed my body to settle to a regular baseline glucose measurement.
One thing I’ve read is that cinnamon makes you more sensitive to insulin, so I may want to duplicate this test in the future with a good amount of cinnamon mixed into the oatmeal.
Here are the results:
- Date: 9/1/2016
- Food: Organic Steel Cut Oats
- Fast: ~12 hours
- Base Blood Sugar: 90 mg/dL
- 1-Hour Response: 117 mg/dL
- 2 Hour Response: 100 mg/dL
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