carbs in whey, was Re: Re: Coconut Water/ways of getting protein

[Guest guest]

15 grams would be a lot of simple carbs for me for one shake.

Some people have said that stevia on the tastebuds will fool the

pancras into thinking it needs to put out more insulin, which is does

not really need for stevia. So stevia can drop blood sugars in some

people.

Do you have a glucometer? I find that my ability to " feel "

high and low blood sugar levels is not really all that accurate, so I

rely on the glucometer to know for sure.

Alobar

On 1/16/08, sol <solbun@...> wrote:

> Alobar wrote:

> > I have no hard and fast guidelines for carbs, other than the

> > fewer the better. I was using 2/3 vanilla whey (8 grams of carbs per

> > serving) plus 1/2 plain whey (1 gram of carbs). It tasted good, but

> > my blood sugars climbed 15 points (up to 145) in less than 2 weeks.

> > I take 4 doses of whey per day. Now that I have cut back to 1/4

> > vanilla and 3/4 plain, my blood sugars have dropped back to the 120s.

> >

> >

> Sounds like you do a very good job of controlling your blood sugar, too!

> Anyway, I am using 1 scoop Jarrow carribean chocolate whey (5 g carb)

> and 2 scoops Source Naturals True Whey Plain (2 grams carbs total) plus

> the half and half makes my shake around 15 g total. It sure doesn't last

> me very long though, no way is a whey shake a meal replacement. And I do

> feel like my blood sugar drops within about an hour or less, much like I

> had eaten a candy bar or some other high sugar source. Since there is so

> little carb in the whey shake and so much protein (34 gm) I fail to

> understand why the hypoglycemic attack after a whey shake?

> sol

>

>

[Guest guest]

No, I don't have a glucose meter. I've been thinking about one, but

haven't gotten one yet.

sol

Alobar wrote:

> Do you have a glucometer? I find that my ability to " feel "

> high and low blood sugar levels is not really all that accurate, so I

> rely on the glucometer to know for sure.

>

>

[Guest guest]

>Since there is so little carb in the whey shake and so much protein (34 gm) I

fail to

> understand why the hypoglycemic attack after a whey shake?

> sol

Sol, one thing I have been doing that really seems to work is to take a TBS of

ACV (some

recommend 2 TBS) in water prior to eating anything with carbs. Another thing you

might add

to the shake is fiber (flax seed perhaps?). I find that combination extremely

helpful in

heading off a hypoglycemic attack. I was never able to go for more than 2 hrs

(sometimes

less) after eating oatmeal for breakfast but now I can last 4 hours.

Dee

[Guest guest]

Fiber impedes absorbtion of nutriets. I take my fiber not too close

to meals of vitamins.

Alobar

On 1/17/08, Dolores Kaufman <dgk@...> wrote:

>

> >Since there is so little carb in the whey shake and so much protein (34 gm) I

fail to

> > understand why the hypoglycemic attack after a whey shake?

> > sol

>

>

> Sol, one thing I have been doing that really seems to work is to take a TBS of

ACV (some

> recommend 2 TBS) in water prior to eating anything with carbs. Another thing

you might add

> to the shake is fiber (flax seed perhaps?). I find that combination extremely

helpful in

> heading off a hypoglycemic attack. I was never able to go for more than 2 hrs

(sometimes

> less) after eating oatmeal for breakfast but now I can last 4 hours.

>

> Dee

>

[Guest guest]

Dolores Kaufman wrote:

> Sol, one thing I have been doing that really seems to work is to take a TBS of

ACV (some

> recommend 2 TBS) in water prior to eating anything with carbs. Another thing

you might add

> to the shake is fiber (flax seed perhaps?).

I worry about setting off diarrhea with flaxseed.

> I find that combination extremely helpful in

> heading off a hypoglycemic attack. I was never able to go for more than 2 hrs

(sometimes

> less) after eating oatmeal for breakfast

You have me beat by an hour and a half. 30 min is the most I ever lasted

after oatmeal, even with butter and cream.

sol

>