Prune Juice Problem ?

"JCarew" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:U37qc.1279$kt2.1179
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My Blood Sugar was a 162 two hours after breakfast this
morn. I had half a glass of prune juice during breakfast.
Normally my blood sugar runs in the 120's two hours after
a meal. My question is could the prune juice be the cause
of this?

Jim Carew Type 2

There is no way that anyone can definitively answer your
question given the information provided. We don't know what
type of diabetic you are, what your medications are, what
your preprandial bg level was, what the meal contents were
and how it compares to your tested meals, or even how big
the glass that you drank half of was. This list is
indicative, not complete.

The obvious answer is, of course it could have been the
prune juice. An ounce of prune juice contains 5.58 g of
carbohydrate. Half a 12 ounce glass would contain 33.5 g of
carbohydrate. If this is in addition to regular meal
contents it would explain that kind of rise in many
diabetics.

A couple of random alternative explanations from a large
possible list include the following. You had pizza last
night for dinner and suffered the common pizza effect of a
blood glucose rise many hours after the meal. You then ate
breakfast which raised and already high blood glucose. You
have slipped from your exercise routine for the last few
days and your insulin resistance us up. You have gained a
few pounds since the last time you checked your postprandial
bg and your insulin resistance is up. You are about to have
the flu and your insulin resistance is up.

Instantaneous bg level is a balance of many factors which
are influenced on several time scales.

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"JCarew" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

My Blood Sugar was a 162 two hours after breakfast this
morn. I had half a glass of prune juice during breakfast.
Normally my blood sugar runs in the 120's two hours after
a meal. My question is could the prune juice be the cause
of this?

Jim Carew Type 2

A glassfull of prune juice gave me a spike and later the
runs.

PJ

"Peanutjake" wrote in message news

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"JCarew" wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My Blood Sugar was a 162 two hours after breakfast this
morn. I had half a glass of prune juice during breakfast.
Normally my blood sugar runs in the 120's two hours after
a meal. My question is could the prune juice be the cause
of this?

Quoted message said:

A glassfull of prune juice gave me a spike and later
the runs.

It would appear the half glass gave me a spike, but it did
let me make a normal bowel movement.

Thanks for your reply

Jim Carew type 2

"JCarew" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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It would appear the half glass gave me a spike, but it did
let me make a normal bowel movement.

Have you tried sugar free Metamucil? Also try the prune
juice as a standalone snack rather than with a meal, where
the only carbs are coming from the prune juice and
preferably in the afternoon when you may be less carb
sensitive. I recently noticed on something that apple juice
and pruce juice have low GI, lol. Both spike me as much (and
as quick) as orange juice. I have used apple juice as a hypo
remedy just as I do orange juice.

On Tue, 18 May 2004 02:10:37 UTC, "Peanutjake" <[email hidden]>

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A glassfull of prune juice gave me a spike and later
the runs.

Prunes are good, a little fructose, some carbs, and a lot
of fibre 🙂

Not so good for some of us. Juicing sorta concentrates the
natural carbs in fruit & veggies. Prunes/plums have lotsa
fructose. Prunes and plums do have a way of keeping you
regular 🙂

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Ozgirl said:

"JCarew" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It would appear the half glass gave me a spike, but it
did let me make a normal bowel movement.

Have you tried sugar free Metamucil? Also try the prune
juice as a standalone snack rather than with a meal, where
the only carbs are coming from the prune juice and
preferably in the afternoon when you may be less carb
sensitive. I recently noticed on something that apple
juice and prune juice have low GI, lol. Both spike me as
much (and as quick) as orange juice. I have used apple
juice as a hypo remedy just as I do orange juice.

Sounds like a good idea I,ll give it try

Thanks for the reply

Jim Carew type 2

I use Benefiber, which you can stir into just about any
"gloppy" food or drink (but not carbonated!). I hated
downing Metamucil by the glass. I stir Benefiber into
porridge or soft fruit; you could also stir it into some
kind of stew or soup or whatever may have some sauce as part
of it. It "hides", and though you may be able to see a
change in texture when you stir it doesn't shout out its
presence as you eat. It's not real cheap, and doesn't appear
to come in store brand or generic, but does do a nice job on
a regular -- and regularity! -- basis. bj

"Ozgirl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2gto0jF6r0huU1@uni-
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"JCarew" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

It would appear the half glass gave me a spike, but it
did let me make a normal bowel movement.

Have you tried sugar free Metamucil?

JCarew said:

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but it did let me make a normal bowel movement.

Hence the old graffitti:

"Prune juice will set you free" ...

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