Nothing thinking clearly, I ate a prodigious serving of Grape Nuts, 2.5 cups in 2 cups of whole milk at 3pm, an entire medium bowl filled to the top, in what would be 4 servings of what could hold if my hands were cupped together.
Within an hour of eating it made me feel really sick, itchy, tired, joint pain, so I asked my lovely wife for a glucose meter & measure 171 blood glucose units, which is way high for a non-diabetic person. I had also eaten 2 serving of Butter Coconut Mochi I made from scratch last night, as breakfast this morning at 9:45am, after waking up at 7:20 *that's sleeping in for me* /
She suggested since it was 4 pm & we were both feeling like garbage that going for a walk outside before the sun sets was a good idea. I reluctantly agreed. Noting that my blood sugar was super high I decided to a 1000 mg Metformin that I had left over from the past when I had Type 2 diabetes, drank 1 quart of filtered water, put on a bunch of warm layers, hat & gloves, it was just around freezing cold outside, especially at the higher altitude we walked & hiked too.
Clear sunny & very cold, the view at the top was stunningly beautiful. Let me be perfectly clear. I sometimes take a metformin if I know I am going to eat an unusual amount of carbohydrates, starches or sugars on a random day, but rarely ever do that. Today nutritional excursion from norm, low carb, high fat, moderate protein, was exactly that, random, not something I do regularly. I also no longer regularly take metformin & only take a metformin if I measure a blood glucose higher than 140.
It was very especially beautiful too since it was becoming twilight, with pink sunlight hitting the clearly easy to see Cascade Mountains covered in snow nearby & visible to the North from the high place with a view where we were hiking.
We started out at walking through the nearby cemetery to the a park, climbing over the construction fence blocking the way, they are building a really nice playground in the park, & then went up the steepest roadway nearby, a windy climbing one way in one way out road, to the Bullet Fireplace Trail. The street was really icy up there, so we were careful to walk on the frozen grass and dirt to the side of the road to avoid slipping.
We covered a total of 2.3 miles, 456 calories burned, 352 ft elevation gain, or 839 ft up, and 479 ft down, moderate effort, my pulse went from 79 to 164 when I was ruining HIIT bursts on the trail, we averaged about 24 minutes per mile on this mix of steep segments. My 8th generation Apple Watch collected the Outdoor Walk fitness data.
Upon returning my blood glucose tested 112, so that steep walk hike lowed it from 171 by 59 points, proof that exercising + anti-diabetic medication metformin works. I stopped taking metformin about a year ago, after using a Dexcom G7 for 10 days & noting that as long as I do not abuse carbs, eating a moderate diet, I never have a high blood glucose, and my most recent HbA1C score was 4.5, totally non diabetic.
Nutrient Analysis 2 Cups Whole Milk + 2.5 Cups grape -nuts
Total Macros 1360 calories, 241 carbs, 35 grams fiber, 46 grams protein, 21 grams of fat, plus a huge mix of vitamins that the manufactures added to the grape-nuts & whole milk, listed bellow. I also took a NEW CHAPTER ONE DAILY EVERY MAN'S MULTIVITAMIN 40+, so I got way more than my DV for almost all micros also :)
2.5 cups of grape nuts has 1000 calories, 215 grams of carbs, fortunately it also contained 35 grams of fiber of which 5 gram was soluble and 30 grams insoluble, and also contained 30 grams of protein, & 5 grams of fat, and contains 81 mcg iron, 1300 mcg potassium, 200% dv of Thiamin, 30% dv Riboflavin, 225% dv Niacin, 300% dv Vitamin B6, 1065mcg folic acid, 100% dv of Phosphorus, 50% dv Magnesium, 150% dv Zinc
2 cups of organic whole milk from Costco added 360 calories, 16 grams fat of which 10 grams saturated, 70 mg cholesterol, 250mg sodium, 26 carbohydrates of which 24 grams is sugars, 16 grams of protein, 6 mcg Vitamin D 30% dv, 604mg calcium 50%, 794 mg potassium 16% dv, 182 mcg Vitamin A 20% dv, 0.8mcg Riboflavin 60% dv, 2.4mcg Vitamin B12 100% dv, 2mg pantothenic acid 40% dv, 476 mcg Phosphorus 40% dv, 160mcg Iodine 100% dv, 2 mg Zinc 20% dv, Selenium 5mcg 20% dv.
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