P.S. about sugar. What I was saying before about sugar not making me sleepy anymore, is because I used to crave sugar to suppress uncomfortable feelings. Mood swings and the craving were caused by repressed emotions, not caused by eating sugar. Elnora Van Winkle wrote: > > Patrick Lecky wrote: > > > My honey arrived today. Before I ate it, my blood glucose was 136 mg/dl. > > After eating about 1/4 cup it was 236 mg/dl. A rise of 100 mg/dl! > > Was 136 your fasting glucose level? I believe some of Aajonus' claims, > like honey having an insulin effect, are not based on any scientific > backing. I too have a damaged pancreas (from past addiction to > prescription drugs and alcohol) and am concerned about how much sugar I > eat. My glycosylated hemoglobin is normal and I am not diagnosed as > diabetic, but I have a somewhat delayed insulin response. I eat all raw > food. Here is some self-tesing I've done, usually in the AM on an empty > stomach. > > My fasting glucose is normal 80-90. If I eat 4 TBS honey 1hr glucose is > 250. After 8 dates it goes up to about the same. > > 4 TBS honey after 2 oz walnuts---1 hr glucose is 130 > after fatty raw mackeral---124 > after 1 TBS olive oil---180 > after 1 TBS cod liver oil---180 > > 1 orange, 2 pears, 1/2 banana---120 > 1 orange, 2 pears, 1 banana---130 > 1 mango, 2 figs, 2 dates---150 > 1 egg, 4 dates---190 > 1 cucumber, 1 brocoli stalk---120 > 1/2 cantelope, 1 apple, 2 figs---150 > 1 mango, 4 figs---130 > 4 dates with a macadamea nut in each---180 > 4 pears, 3 eggs, 2 TBS honey---160 > 1 TBS bones marrow, 2 lamb chops---120, 1 hr later 4 dates, after 1 hr. > glucose was 140. > > As you see, I've been playing around, and decided to eat honey only > after something fatty and not too much at that. > > My best, Ellie