I wanna say you are correct in assuming all carbs are equal.....that a slice of whole wheat bread and a cookie act the same. However, IMO, the cookie will get into my blood and raise it faster and hold it higher longer than the slice of whole wheat bread. Also the white flour in the cookie will make me feel ill, so I stay away from the refined carbs with a rare exception of perhaps a cookie now and then.

You make a good point, msblank. I have an extreme sweet tooth which is hard to tame. I'm trying...

all carbs count equal, but those eaten with proteins or fats may be absorbed more slowly, so raising bg slower.
also, since we limit carbs, we try to make them count- and healthier ones...like fruits...vs cookies have an added benefit of vitamins and fiber.

Even if the cookie has the same amount of carbs, I bet the calorie count is not the same.

So whether it raises your blood sugar or not, keep doing that and you will be gaining weight upping your Meds.

I've been eating a few slices of whole grain bread with my bologna and cheese for lunch lately and sometimes it doesn't even raise my blood sugar. I'm having a very strange week where my highest fasting number was 120! I'm catching my BG levels at 74 a lot these days. I don't know what's going on to make my numbers go down so low. I even eat Stouffers frozen lasagna, a small piece that is 46 total grams of crabs, and my BG levels only went up to 100.

Hey, when you get the urge to eat a cookie, you can substitute the white flour with almond flour. Almond flour is only 24 net grams of carbs per cup. I can make a chocolate chip cookie that is only 7 grams of carbs per cookie. The Almond flour and Splenda does not raise my blood sugar that much! I don't do that all of the time, but sometimes I have to have a cookie! Also, you have to search around for a really good low carb whole wheat bread. I finally found one that is 9 grams of carbs per slice. If I eat four slices I'm only consuming 36 net grams of carbs with my sandwiches. That rarely ever puts my blood sugar over 122!

I don't think all carbs are the same. They all affect our bodies in different ways. I also agree that eating too much white flour can make you feel sick and lethargic.

a cookie could be made with white flour which has a different type of starch which raises numbers higher and longer, so I guess you can say no carbs are not the same.

Oh darn! Thanks for all of your comments. Sometimes I get into these cheating moods. I guess I better be good!

I do try to add a cheat after a meal where I've had protein. So, instead of eating one slice of bread, I might substitute a cookie. Something to look forward to. But all of your input makes a lot of sense.

I thought that eating carbs with fiber in them would not raise my blood
sugar as high as carbs with no fiber. Candy vs strawberries. Is this
generally correct? Also I have been trying to eat my cookie, ice cream,
or candy shortly after dinner. Hoping that keeps the blood sugar spike
level lower.

Barbara

Barbara,

I agree with your thinking. I hope it's right. See what the others say.