Personal variation in blood glucose responses to same foods

[MeSci]

Another one for the non-existent diet/food forum (hint hint ).

'Healthy' foods differ by individual

Date: November 19, 2015
Source: Cell Press

Summary:

Ever wonder why that diet didn't work? A new study tracking the blood sugar levels of 800 people over a week suggests that even if we all ate the same meal, how it's metabolized would differ from one person to another. The findings demonstrate the power of personalized nutrition in helping people identify which foods can help or hinder their health goals.

Science Daily full text here.

 

[Jenny TipsforME]

@MeSci I expect you'd be interested in my post about this https://tipsforme.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/resource-home-hacking-blood-glucose/

I'm measuring this on the cheap (just a glucose monitor) and the results have been very useful. I'm in the tricky phase of adjusting my diet now. I need to be really careful about carb quantity. My partner is doing it too now and has quite different readings/patterns.

 

[Jenny TipsforME]

Also, People-of-Phoenix-Rising-who-have-acquired-extensive-medical-knowledge I'd be interested to know what you make of my mmol/l (https://tipsforme.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/blood-glucose.pdf)

9.9mmol/l is the same as 178mg/dl.
7.8mmol/l is the same as 140mg/dl.

I've tested more things since this confirming I'm a Carb Sensitive but not helped by fat (eg spag bol is OK if half portion of pasta).

Compared to my partner my blood sugar has a lot more variation. I don't seem good at keeping it in a narrow band. I'm not diabetic from fasting tests and I think this is an ME thing (there are a couple of studies which indicate impaired glucose uptake in ME). Has anyone else looked into this as an ME thing?

I've read that glucose over 7.8mmol/l (140mg/dl) causes damage so I'm keen to correct. Does anyone know how common it is for non-diabetics to get these sorts of readings? It's hard to decipher information online because so much is aimed at people who know they are diabetic.

 

[MeSci]

No time to spare, I'm afraid - I posted the item for the interest of others. My blood glucose seems fine.