Times to take read after meal
I've seen various remarks on the time for taking a read after having eaten.
There's the 2 hours after a meal, the 2 hours after first bite and then I read that one and a half hour after having eaten is the peak for glucose rising and best time for taking a read. All of this gets confusing after a while. So, what is the best time for taking a read?
When I first started I was doing 2 hours after eating then someone said to do 2 hours after first bite. Like I said, it gets confusing.
My endo told me 2 hours after first bite, which is what I've been sticking with mostly. The logic makes sense, your body starts processing as soon as you take that first bite.
That said, I've experimented a bit and found that my numbers can vary depending on what I ate. After pasta (yeah, I know, my weakness!), I sometimes see the peak closer to that 1.5 hour mark you mentioned. I think the key is just being consistent with whatever timing you choose so you can actually track patterns. Right now I'm doing the 2-hour post first bite approach and it's been working for monitoring purposes.
