I experimented tonight:
I’ve been eating 1 cup of quinoa for a few days always with some chickpeas and “meat”( chicken turkey, beef,…etc) Good BG at 2 hours. However…There was always the delayed rise after a few hours. I wanted to minimize my carbs, but always felt hungry… (Every meal there is green vegetables, but I tend to not count them because very minimal affect on carb count)
Then I came across some information that too much protein/fat could actually cause insulin sensitivity problems. So tonight, I had 1.25 C quinoa, reduced my meat portion (it was italian sausage),had much less chickpeas than previously- only 4g carbs of chickpeas (it was only 5 chickpeas). And some carrots. Total dinner carb count 44g. Bolused based on I:C 1:10. I did not prebolus because there was a little IOB (less than 1 unit) from a previous snack.
- 5 hour BG : 131
2 hour BG : 126
3.5 hour BG : 130.
I hope that this may be a “discovery” for me:
It may be important for me to find the right amount of protein/fat for the correct amount of carbs.
Until tonight, i’ve always been thinking: minimize the carbs. However, insufficient carbs, made me hungry.
This would lead me to eat more meat/protein. Perhaps for me the correct balance is more quinoa to help me feel satiated and have lesser quantities of meat/protein.
Eating more carbs in the form quinoa initially was counter intuitive. However, so far, the BG numbers are not bad. Most of all, I don’t feel hungry. Has this happened to you?