My erythritol came tonight, so I will be doing my mini glucose-tolerance-test in the morning. I will post the results. For anyone who has no idea what I'm talking about: previous discussion on testing your tolerance to certain foods


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

[This message was edited by Maggie on 02-17-04 at 03:52 PM.]

Cool! Now we can have TWO anecdotal reports. LOL!

Yay, Tara!

Here's the story on my erythritol experiment:

I'm still planning on doing it. I just have to wrestle my brother's testing machine from him. He said he was too low on strips, last time I tried to bum it off him.

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"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door."

Ok. Results.

0852 this am: b.s.g. = 94mg/dl
0855 drank gross mixture
0925 b.s.g. = 111mg/dl
0955 b.s.g. = 103mg/dl
1055 b.s.g. = 96mg/dl

Definitely raises my b.g. a little higher than it does yours, Maggie, and I experienced mild 'GI cleansing', although I've been a little under the weather lately, so I can't attribute it all to the E-tol.

Your turn Doc!!


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

Cool, Tara.

Still, assuming you gagged down a 50 mg dose, that's a pretty modest rise and a nice "gentle" return without a crash. I think somewhere along the line I'm going to test myself again and see if I get the same result.

... adding to the knowledge base!

Your turn, Dr. I. Toss your bro a couple of bucks. The strips are expensive. Maybe he's holding out for a contribution.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

No, he gets them for free from insurance. It's just that when I told him I wanted to do 12 tests he started getting persnickity about using up his strips too quickly. So I'm waiting for a fresh pack of strips.

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"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door."

I can do this too. Are you all using 50 mg as the test standard???

Rave
232/171.5/130
57yo. 5'2"
Started Atkins 6/1/02

Rave
I believe it is 50g which ends up being 4TB + 1/2 tsp. Check bg at 1/2hr, 1 hr and 2hrs after. Do it in the am and fast after midnight.


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

[This message was edited by Tara on 01-30-04 at 06:08 AM.]

Yes, and I might do it again, since the last time I wasn't on such a long fast. It was in the afternoon, several hours since I had eaten last. I want to see if I get the same results in the am.

I'm out of strips right now, so I'll probably do it next weekend.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

I'm also gonna repeat it, maybe Monday. I have been a little sick and I want to see if I can completely rule out that the 'GI cleansing' was due to the erythritol; any foods I've had made with it have not caused that.


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

OK guys, I did indeed fast after midnight even though we were celebrating the Patriot victory.

7AM - 84
took 50 g erythritol
7:30 - 91
8:00 - 92
9:00 - 86

I guess I didn't metabolize much of it. Is that right?
I wish I had some of the other sugar alcohols that I could test. Without buying pounds of the stuff, that is.

Rave
232/169/130
57yo. 5'2"
Started Atkins 6/1/02

Results seem to be pretty consistent!
My next test will be tomorrow, with whey-low. It claims to be very low glycemic and even lower glycemic index when added to higher glycemic foods. (www.wheylow.com for more info) I'll post my results again tomorrow.


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

I'm curious about Xylitol, too. They sell that at the health stores locally.

About these home GTT's... I was thinking of doing a control test, with nothing but water for breakfast, to get a baseline to see what happens to my glucose level without the erythritol. That way I'd have something to compare it to. I suspect it continues to change after you wake up, even if you are still fasting. If the control numbers are close to the erythritol numbers, that would bode well for erythritol.


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"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door."

Dat's why we calls ya the Dr! Good idea, Doc, I didn't even think of that.


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

That's a very good point, Dr. I. I'll share something interesting, since I sometimes do a week of very regular BG's on a rare basis, just to see what's up. If I get up and don't feel like breakfast, for instance if it's a weekend and I feel like taking my time for a nice brunch or something, instead of eating nearly first thing as I usually do, there's very little difference in my BG's from the time I get up until I eat - even if it's a couple of hours.

However, if I get up and realize that I have to shovel snow to get out of my house to go to work, I can get a 15 or more point increase, from my fasting am level, just by going out and shoveling snow for a half hour or so - before I eat.

So I think, well, releasing my glycogen stores? hmmm. But how much can I have stored up with a carb intake that keeps me "trace' on the "ketometer" most days? Don't have an answer, just wanted to agree how many variables there are involved and how right you are to control for as many of them as you can think of.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Couch Fauxtato for Life, Redhead until further notice! ~~