I am a diabetic, so glucose readings are important. I have very low glucose readings in the morning since I started my new vegan diet, 60-90-ies (coming from the 150 - 200 before I ate vegan). Now my routine schedule has been to get up, drink coffee, work out, commute to work and then eat breakfast before work.
During the last days I noticed that I had very high post-meal glucose spikes, and it worried me because it effects the A1C level in my blood which is a) unhealthy and b) will get me chewed out by my physician. I read all my food labels and ingredients looking for the "bad" food that causes the problem but what is wrong with rolled oats, berries, flax-seed, shredded wheat and vegan almond yogurt for breakfast? I questioned my portion control, cut down on my berry intake, nothing helped.
Then I started reading medical reports about this problem and realized that in order to obtain a more balanced glucose level I have to reorganize my routine. This is what happened in my body: My glucose is at an all time low in the morning and probably drops lower when I work out. When I have breakfast, my body gives the commando, "lets digest all the food really fast because poor little Silvia is starving and we need to get these glucose levels up immediately to save her." It doesn't matter that I eat healthy, the effect is a high post meal spike and the spike gets worse the lower my glucose reading is in the morning. Dang it! So today, I got up, had my coffee, had my breakfast and then worked out to take the edge of the spike and ....success! I only had a very little rise in my glucose reading about 1hr after I had breakfast. At lunch, I ate my yummy Ezekiel sprouted grain bread sandwich topped with cucumber slices, sprouts, a raw bell pepper and oil-free humus and then walked to Whole Foods, shopped a few items, and went back to work carrying my grocery. Again, only minimal rise in glucose level one hr after I ate. I think I get the hang of it.
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