What Spikes Blood Sugar Faster? Oreo Cookies vs. Bananas

I tested my blood glucose before and after eating Oreo cookies and bananas. The video shows the blood sugar impact of eating 2 boxes of Oreo cookies and 3 bananas. Using a continuous glucose monitor, I compare my blood sugar before eating the cookies and the bananas and for a few hours after eating them.

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[missmilliej]

I actually think the increased protein and carbs in the cookies helped too not see a crash. I am gestational diabetec and do great with vanilla ice cream by itself but cannot have fruit by itself because the fat is too low on the fruit.

[onionhead]

I’m pre-diabetic and through change in eating and CGM from 6.7 to 5.9 from January I’d like to get under 5.5. I don’t understand the insulin sugar dynamic. It was helpful to hear that there can be a crash when insulin does not have sugar to “eat” as I have been having this experience. I think not enough fat but I don’t know. Your tips are spot on.

[susanmurphy]

Thanks Tom, great video. You put a lot of work into these videos 👏

[ron]

I have not ate Bannas for over 30 years now. As a Type one diabetic for greater then 70 years now, the damage to my kidneys are the ONLY REASON I do not ear Bannas. The excessive amount of potassium in Bannas is extremely detrimental to the Kidneys now. So for those people who say "Bannas are not good for diabetics" are only speaking from 1/2 information require to make that statement. This is common for most people who like to take a White Coat word as gospel. People have been spoofed for so long by the "Medical Profession" that they only hear what they want to hear and not really look into the facts. Pardon me but this type of ignorance is very disturbing when I hear it.

[Lindsay]

I liked this video format, very interesting! It would be cool to see you do more of these comparisons. One I'm interested in is the difference between oatmeal made with rolled oats vs. steel cut oats.

[danikavuong]

Appreciated you made the comparison. I feel relieve eating banana in moderation now. Wishing you good health and spirit always ❤

[sydneystein]

I’m jealous that you only need 3.5 units of Insulin for stable BG after all those carbs. Some of us would see numbers in the teens with such a small dose!

[urszulafraczek]

Great video, showing how glucose level depends from and food category.
Thank you

[DylanMadd]

Your straight lines staying inside the green zone is astonishing. Mine has always looked like the Swiss Alps.
EDIT: you have so many vids, is there anything discussing how to get through the night with stable sugar? How is it so normal when you wake up???

[mobey]

Just come across your channel. Some good information there and adding to it I would like to say that I have found that lemon and ginger tea also lowers my sugar level. (I am a type one diabetic for over 30 years).

[curiousgeorge]

I am type 2 with A1C fairly stable around 6.5. My Doc convinced my insurance to spring for 3 Dexcom G7 sensors so I could further refine time in range. I have been running all kinds of similar tests with different foods and different exercise timing. My goal is a 5 hour New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream test.

[kurtenalfresco]

Good idea for the video. I actually eat a type of long wafers (they come in twos) with chocolate made in Venezuela called Suzy (17g carbs, 9g sugar, 2g protein, 6g fat) before I exercise and I drink a banana shake with either one or two spoonfuls (depending on how low I am) of honey to raise my blood sugar half way through training. Would be great if you make a video similar to this one, but foods to eat before training. Great work, keep it up!

[keithw]

Im curious to know if its your insulin pump that keeps you in the green all the time. Im on injections only and have never had such a straight line like yours. Eating those cookies would have spiked my sugars despite using rapid insulin

[spyinthesky]

I use oreo double cookie to bring my BSL UP. And peanut butter and milk

[darlenericotta]

Great experiment, thanks for sharing your information !

[MartinJefferies-jd]

You have to also take into account continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can be plus or minus 15% of the gold standard blood glucose lab measured values. In addition, CGM measure interstial glucose, not blood glucose.

[mygtare]

Great vid Tom, what type of fast acting insulin are you using? For my whole life i have been using Novalin R which isn't as fast as I like by itself. Was hard to correct spikes in a timely mannor and i always have to take it 1.5hrs before eating if i was planning any carbs at all. Would get kind of low before eating to control my spikes (yeah not good). I asked my Dr for lispro Humalog R to try and it has changed my life! I can take it 5 mins before eating carbs and keep my post meal spikes below 150. And im talking a burger with a bun! which I stayed away from for years! I went from 6.3 A1c to 5.8 A1c with only adding the lispro in with my Novalin and Tresiba. I'm not condoning eating heavy carbs or finding a way to do so, but if somone can lower thier A1c while keeping flatter glucose levels, that I can support!

[emilyrosta]

Thanks Tom for this video. Although you definitely show that diabetics can technically eat things like bananas or cookies, I do feel that some diabetics may still find it easier to achieve better control by reducing their carb intake overall. This has certainly been my experience as a T1D for 23 years. So just a note that even if someone says that T1Ds cannot eat bananas, they still might know what they are talking about 😊

[EmirKilicaslan]

i was experimenting with protein intake over the last two months. Methodology is same amount of carbs and fats but the amount of protein changes. I found out that my blood sugar level slightly increases and stays stable over two hours and then starts to rise after that if i took more protein than i needed or goes down if i take low amount of protein. I am currently trying to gain some weight and protein helps really well. I feel more full for way longer. My last periodic controls were really good. I am healthier than ever.
However i increased my basal insulin by 1 unit(15 to 16). I am probably gonna increase it by 1 more unit. I need to eat more :D

[sharonshumpert]

I ate one banana and my blood sugar hardly spiked at all. I once ate 2 Oreos and it went through the roof. It spiked to nearly 200 points. I’m a Type 2 and take Metformin.