Blood Glucose Response to Whole Barley Bread (including Chaff)
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Blood Glucose Response to Whole Barley Bread (including Chaff)
Today, we bring you the much-awaited CGM readings for the blessed barley bread with chaff. Since this traditional form of barley bread (with husk) is not commonly prepared, this is the 1st ever study for Whole barley bread with a CGM.
The diabetic participant consumed 100 g of whole barley bread with chaff, no other food, and no medicine was taken.
At 6:00 PM, the blood glucose reading was 112 mg/dL.
After 30 minutes, it rose to 142 mg/dL.
At 60 minutes, it reached its peak of 160 mg/dL—a rise of 48 points from the pre-meal reading.
But SubhanAllah, the response began to reverse soon after.
At 90 minutes, the reading had already fallen to 151 mg/dL, and at 2 hours, it came down further to 146 mg/dL—only 34 points above the pre-meal level.
And after 3 hours, the glucose level had dropped further to 137 mg/dL.
الله أكبر
What makes this observation particularly interesting is that the bread was consumed alone, without combining it with protein or fat, and without medication.
Barley is, of course, a carbohydrate. However, whole barley naturally contains soluble fiber as beta-glucan, while the chaff contributes insoluble fiber. Total fiber content of Whole Barley is almost 15 %.
So, while the highest reading appeared at the 1-hour mark, the important observation was that glucose started coming down soon afterward. A rise of 48 mg/dL at the peak, followed by a reading only 34 mg/dL above baseline at 2 hours, is certainly an interesting CGM response to observe.
SubhanAllah, the complete glucose curve tells a much more meaningful story; for the most important Sunnah food of Tibb-e-Nabawi diet.
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