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Originally Posted by cantdrv55
I don't know what it is about Chinese food but eating it always makes my blood sugar spike. This time I had one small serving of sweet/sour chicken, prawns in lobster sauce and shrimp fried rice. About an hour-and-a-half later, I rode the spinning bike for a half hour and lifted weights for the same but my glucose was still very high at 187! Usually I can eat anything including a big bag of popcorn at the movies and as long as I ride my bike and lift, my blood sugar drops to below 100.
What the heck is it with Chinese food and how come you never hear of diabetic Asians? I'm an anomaly.
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Between the rice, and the sweet sauce, and the breading on sweet & sour chicken, a meal like this would cause me a big spike. In addition, I think that the high salt content in Chinese food (often increased by monoSODIUM glutamate, MSG), can change the body's hydration enough that the blood sugar effect is exaggerated.
In my case, I have a weird problem (since gastric bypass surgery) where a spike is followed by a super-severe crash. Bigger the spike, bigger the crash. I passed out a couple of times and that was it. Once I learned what was going on, I adjusted my diet to basically eliminate all this stuff. No more passing out.
I've been really surprised at some of the things that make my blood sugar spike. One time my in-laws invited us to their favorite fancy restaurant (Olive Garden - no flames, trust me it's not MY favorite...) and I thought I was making a good choice in the chicken marsala and grilled veggies instead of a heaping pile of pasta. Skipped the bread. Salad, chicken, veggies. Worst. Crash. Ever. Sweet wine, reduced in a sauce, apparently did me right in. Lesson learned.