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> when the glycaemic spike would hit (often just from a bit of salad, but with lots of olive oil) Hmm, what other ingredients did you have in your salad? I wou
by sidpatil 7y ago
> when the glycaemic spike would hit (often just from a bit of salad, but with lots of olive oil)
Hmm, what other ingredients did you have in your salad? I would think the relatively low-carb (mostly leaves) and high-fat (olive oil) meal would cause a very minimal blood sugar spike, if one at all.
- YeGoblynQueenne 7y agoNormally, tomatoes, onions and oregano, and sometimes rye rusks called "paksimadi" in Greek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusk#Greece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusk#Greece The olive oil on its own, plus the heat is sufficient to knock you out really. It gets _really_ hot in Greece in the summer.