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Originally Posted by vtsunshine

I think you're right on money with the sugar spike. When following an IF where I wouldn't eat until 4pm, my mornings and afternoons were much more even keeled with energy and mood.

It's interesting, you hear lots of folks these day say things like "I need to eat something, my blood sugar is low." If they are diabetics, sure, absolutely, but I hear lots of folks say that.

I was curious about blood sugar, and what it did and what was BS and what wasn't so I bought an inexpensive monitor and checked it to see if I could see a pattern. (I'm not diabetic, and my BMI ranges between 23.5 and 25. I'm 6'2" and (now) 192-195 (thanks covid).

There were days that I'd test my blood sugar 10-15 times a day. Sometimes every 10-15 mins after a meal for 1-2 hours, plus before and after other meals, when I first got up and before I went to bed. I'd test while fasting which at times included 24-48 hour fasts. My blood sugar was never "low." Most of the time it was 85-100 if it had been several hours or even 24 or 36 or 48 hours since I'd eaten. Right after I ate, it could spike to anywhere between 125 and 165 depending upon what I'd eaten, and presumably, when I tested. But it always went back to "normal" within 2-4 hours.