Google answering wrong question

[thejuice]

Feel frustrated and need quick and short rant. Why does Google answer different questions than you ask it?

I'm trying to work out "does a white coffee spike insulin" and it's giving me answers uniformly about whether caffeine spikes insulin.

I want to know whether the milk in a white 'americano' will significantly spike insulin during a fast, I'm not interested in caffeine!

Google just seems to give generic results no matter what. Mr Google, get your coat!!

 

[tree]

Seems like it would have been more effective to ask
whether milk itself spikes insulin.

 

[Forest Cat]

I don't think google understand that you mean coffee with milk when you say "white coffee".

 

[thejuice]

Seems like it would have been more effective to ask
whether milk itself spikes insulin.

Good question, lactose definitely does. Its more the amount in a white Americano that you get at a cafe I'm wondering

 

[thejuice]

Get your coffee high without the lows of fluctuating glucose levels | Ultrahuman

Most people start their day with a cup of piping-hot coffee. But did you know caffeine can impact your glucose level, causing it to spike or drop? Coffee

blog.ultrahuman.com

I got a general answer, although a dodgy source

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I have type 2 diabetes and use a continuous glucose monitor. Coffee with a non-dairy creamer certainly does not spike my blood sugar. In fact, one of my favorite breakfast foods is Hash Browns with cheese and sometimes sausage gravy. One would think that that would spike blood glucose, but it rarely goes above 150. I use Idaho Spuds, freeze dried hash browns. All bets are off with a glass of OJ, though. I also think the GLP-1 agonist I am using also helps even things out. Watching my food intake and with the monitor letting me understand my body's response the last A1c was 5.4.

 

[Aspychata]

My friend deals with diabetes also. I think asking if a latte spikes insulin might be an alternative. I just watched a video that said some people get an insulin hike to a food item, where another won't get the hike. So it may make sense to take blood sugar count if it's something you absolutely adore. I actually had to save my ex that was heading into a diabetic coma. Pretty frightening.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I have type 2 diabetes and use a continuous glucose monitor. Coffee with a non-dairy creamer certainly does not spike my blood sugar. In fact, one of my favorite breakfast foods is Hash Browns with cheese and sometimes sausage gravy. One would think that that would spike blood glucose, but it rarely goes above 150. I use Idaho Spuds, freeze dried hash browns. All bets are off with a glass of OJ, though. I also think the GLP-1 agonist I am using also helps even things out. Watching my food intake and with the monitor letting me understand my body's response the last A1c was 5.4.

Good job on BS control. A 5.4 is excellent!

Back to the original post: I often get irritated at google providing the "wrong" answer. Google does not do when when asking question about something specific. Example: Does plant X need nutrient Z to grow well? Google will respond with lots of sites about plant X or lots with nutrient Z, but none address the question.

I'm sure it has something to do with the way the question is asked, but sometimes I try lots of different phrasing and google still comes up with the same websites.

I have found for specific questions, ChatGPT works better, although it has limitations as well.

 

[thejuice]

You get the same mainstream websites with generic information in the Google results page, over and over basically

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

My friend deals with diabetes also. I think asking if a latte spikes insulin might be an alternative. I just watched a video that said some people get an insulin hike to a food item, where another won't get the hike. So it may make sense to take blood sugar count if it's something you absolutely adore. I actually had to save my ex that was heading into a diabetic coma. Pretty frightening.

Hypoglycemia is not fun. When I was starting out with the short-acting insulin There was one time my glucose was dropping well below 50 and I felt it. Luckily there was a McDonalds right there and a glass of OJ helped significantly. Now, when I am out exercising, I keep glucose tabs with me.