I think I'll be unable to view this as normal for some time yet. We visited T's brother and sister-in-law this afternoon and had a meal at their house. It was the first time we had seen them since T's diagnosis, and we found ourselves explaining that carbs in general and not just sugar are a problem for T. T's brother waxed lyrical about how much he loves roast dinners and I said that potatoes, yorkshires, gravy, carrots, parsnips, and stuffing all contain carbs. Obviously it's not good to avoid them completely, but loading up on them is definitely out.
I think it's best explained as a rum and (diet) coke. If you put ice in it, that's fine so long as the ice doesn't all turn into water at once. You wouldn't really want to put straight water into it, and you wouldn't put too much ice in either because the more that goes in, the more diluted your drink becomes. If you switch the drink for your blood, water for sugar, and ice for carbs, then you have an explanation of glucose hitting your bloodstream fast in the case of the water / sugar, and more slowly in the case of the ice / carbs. Re the carbs - it may take more time for them to be converted to sugar, but converted they will definitely be.
We have found out that pizza does unholy things to T's blood glucose level (11.5 mmol after 2.5 hours). The bulgur wheat and mackerel salad that we had for lunch was fine though.
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