Experimenting.

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With blood sugar in the 130's, and foods/drinks bringing it down, I wanted to see if I could isolate what was bringing it down, specifically.

So, I went with what I suspected wasn't changing anything first.  Two days of experiments, and?  And, what I thought doesn't bring it down, didn't.  Is what I suspect going to bring it down?  I'll find out shortly.  Two data points aren't surety, but with past experience and a general sense, it'll be enough.

I suspect it is the coffee that is bringing it down.  Now, I know allulose can do that.  But I have started using a new method.  You see, allulose, while sometimes good for that, a) isn't always good for that, and b) doesn't sweeten much.  I remembered, however, that my liquid sweetener, while problematic straight?  When used in baking, or cooking, or raised in temperature to boiling or above?  Then doesn't cause a problem with blood sugar.  Why?  How?  Not my gig, I don't know.  Theories?  Sure, but you have those yourself.

Anyway, so... now?  When I make coffee, I add, say, four to five tablespoons of allulose, then two to three drops of liquid sucralose.  Then, I microwave that.  As, I only put the water up to 195, with the french roast.  After microwaving, the sucralose doesn't raise blood sugar?  Nope.  Or... hasn't been for the last three to four weeks.

Not after being microwaved.  After which, I cool it with both cream and water.  So... today?  For the second day in a row, I held the coffee, as the last of three morning potential consumptions, to see what would lower it.  Food doesn't lower it, if eaten first.  My other drinks don't lower it.  But, yesterday, coffee did, as a last item.  I'm checking again today.  I did the other drinks first yesterday, food next, then coffee.  Reversed the other two, then coffee last again.

Neither of the other two, in either order, changed blood sugar.  However, yesterday, and the rest of the week, with all three in the morning, blood sugar came down (if it wasn't).  Hoping it will come back down again today, after coffee.  Since food and my other consumables didn't affect it at all.

Surety?  There is no surety.  But... if it works?  Then probably.  I told academics that dogma only means "mostly likely so".  They refused to believe.  Some can never learn.  That is literally what dogma means.  *grins*

Oh, right, it's groid day.  I don't think the local version of the ER will be open.  Hmm... could go find the number, call to see.  It would be nice to get in.  But... Then again, and too, I don't want to give them extra work for extra pay because of a fake and gay holiday.  So... there is that too.  Let them be bored, or make tik-toc vids?  Whatevs.  Later.