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There are always multiple factors in play. If I eat bread, potatoes, or even cookies, cake, or ice cream, I inject a certain number of insulin units according to how many grams of carboyhydrates those items have, and it keeps my blood sugar in check. However, if I eat rice, I have to inject more than I normally would for the number of ca…
There are always multiple factors in play. If I eat bread, potatoes, or even cookies, cake, or ice cream, I inject a certain number of insulin units according to how many grams of carboyhydrates those items have, and it keeps my blood sugar in check. However, if I eat rice, I have to inject more than I normally would for the number of carbohydrate grams contained in rice, because for some reason rice blows up my blood glucose readings in a way that bread, potatoes, or cookies and cake don't. I don't know why this happens, and neither does my PA.
It happens because... you're not a clone! I ran a mailing list for fat diabetics (almost all type 2) for many years, and one of the things people discovered is that what one person can eat with lesser effect is another person's 'problem food.' Someone said they could eat ice cream with no issue and I thought they were going to get strangled. :-)
But, seriously, this is very common. I cannot eat a half a bagel without needing extra insulin but I know people who can eat a whole one with no issue. I'm the same as you with rice (white OR brown) but I have no problem with potatoes at all. It's just a mechanism of how our bodies and our metabolisms are all different.