# Spiking from Different Foods and How We Handle It
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Tags:** hyperglycemia
**Created:** [July 2, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357 "2017-07-02T20:25:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@cardamom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cardamom)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/41 "2017-08-13T17:11:46Z")
@daisymae, I wonder if maybe you have some sort of reactivity to the milk protein, which is much more concentrated in greek yogurt than in regular? I’ve known diabetics who were nursing babies with milk allergies (which occur in response to the proteins) who gave up milk only discover that they themselves had mild milk allergies that drove their blood sugars up, and reducing milk consumption improved control.
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/42 "2017-08-13T17:17:32Z")
> [@daisymae](#):
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> , how high did you spike? and what was your BG before eating the Vanilla yogurt?
Label said 12g carbs (all sugar). Pre yogurt Bg was in the 80’s, half hour post yogurt Bg was 200. Same thing happened two days in a row.
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/43 "2017-08-13T17:18:30Z")
> [@cardamom](#):
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> I wonder if maybe you have some sort of reactivity to the milk protein, which is much more concentrated in greek yogurt than in regular?
Could this be confirmed or rejected based on reaction to cheese?
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/44 "2017-08-13T17:19:07Z")
> [@daisymae](#):
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> (i have tried 3 brands so far : ITHICA MILK, Brown Cow, and Maple Hill… all Full Fat)
I strongly recommend Stonyfield full fat Greek yogurt. 6g in the plain, and I don’t even bolus for it.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/45 "2017-08-13T17:31:52Z")
> [@Thomas](#):
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> Could this be confirmed or rejected based on reaction to cheese?
but i have absolutely no problem with **any** kind of cheese; soft, hard, etc. isnt that odd?
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/46 "2017-08-13T17:37:38Z")
> [@docslotnick](#):
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> I strongly recommend Stonyfield full fat Greek yogurt. 6g in the plain, and I don’t even bolus for it.
i might give it a whirl. as i am on the path of experimentation, why not give it a try, right? this afternoon i just finished eating a bowl (1C ) of plain full fat yogurt. i am waiting to see if i spike from it. its a different brand, so anything can happen.
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### Author:  [@cardamom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cardamom)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/47 "2017-08-13T19:51:51Z")
> [@daisymae](#):
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> but i have absolutely no problem with any kind of cheese; soft, hard, etc. isnt that odd?
Yeah, then I don’t know. I’m also not sure how the protein content compares, I know a lot of cheeses are mostly fat, but I’d think some would be comparable, so protein-allergy seems less likely.
What would be an interesting experiment is to take a plain yogurt you know you can tolerate and turn it into greek yogurt (greek yogurt is just strained regular yogurt), and see if that changes anything.
> **[How to Strain Yogurt & Make Your Own Greek Yogurt](https://www.theyummylife.com/make_your_own_greek_yogurt)**
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> It's easy to turn regular yogurt into Greek yogurt using this simple technique. Strained yogurt adds a creamy, nutritional boost to dips, dressings, and baked goods.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/48 "2017-08-13T21:44:17Z")
> [@cardamom](#):
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> What would be an interesting experiment is to take a plain yogurt you know you can tolerate and turn it into greek yogurt (greek yogurt is just strained regular yogurt), and see if that changes anything.
this would be an interesting experiment, but my goodness, who has the time? cant someone else do that for me 😉
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/49 "2017-08-13T22:19:18Z")
> [@daisymae](#):
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> this would be an interesting experiment, but my goodness, who has the time? cant someone else do that for me 😉
Sure, I’ll do the experiment for you. Not only will I make it, I’ll eat it too!
😜
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/50 "2017-08-13T22:46:11Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> Sure, I’ll do the experiment for you.
**eric you rock!!!** (but can you eat the Greek yogurt w/out spiking? that is the whole point of the experiment )
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/51 "2017-08-13T22:49:51Z")
Unsweetened stuff doesn’t really spike me. So I’m not sure what the experiment would show. But I’d get to eat, so that’s why I’ll do it!
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/52 "2017-08-13T23:12:29Z")
as long as it fits in your mouth, i think you’ll eat anything 😉
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### Author:  [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/53 "2017-08-14T03:01:39Z")
I made Ice Cream tonight and it didn’t spike me 😀 🍨
Might have to try making yogurt to go with the blackberries that are ripe now.
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/54 "2017-08-14T03:15:33Z")
> [@Aaron](#):
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> blackberries that are ripe now.
What part of the world has ripe blackberries? Around us in the PNW, the extremely wet spring has made our blackberries very late.
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### Author:  [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/55 "2017-08-14T03:21:52Z")
There is a really sunny spot at the end of our road that has ripe blackberries and we are just north of the PNW. I also found some on your side of the border about as far north as you can go in PNW by the ocean on Friday where we went kayaking…
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/56 "2017-08-14T13:52:27Z")
Got it, I am in Oregon, and our blackberries aren’t even close, which is very strange for us.
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/57 "2017-08-14T16:54:06Z")
> Chia seeds are from the Salvia hispanica family of plants.
> Does that mean if you eat enough of them they’re hallucinogenic? Or is that only the other kind…
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/58 "2017-08-14T16:54:49Z")
we’ve definitely got some in our parks in SF… a friend picked a bunch just last weekend.
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### Author:  [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spiking-from-different-foods-and-how-we-handle-it/1357/59 "2017-08-14T17:09:14Z")
> [@Chris](#):
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> What part of the world has ripe blackberries? Around us in the PNW, the extremely wet spring has made our blackberries very late.
They’re ripe in the Boston area. There are some wild blackberry bushes along the road that I stop to pick on my return while out running. They’ll continue to produce for a while since there are still green and red ones that are still ripening.
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