My blood glucose fluctstued within normal bounds (I wear a continuous glucose monitor and use an app called Levels which displays my blood glucose in real time and analyzes how it reacts to food I take and workouts) and I still had hunger pangs and nighttime hunger. It wasn't a reaction to abnormal glucose levels.

I do not subscribe to "if it's white, don't bite," although I appreciate the rhyming expression. Infrequently, I eat dessert and this way, I do not feel deprived and my nearly perfect diet for the rest of the time feels effortless. I eve

I also do not take apple cider vinegar by mouth because the acidity in it can damage tooth enamel over time. I use a supplement instead to prevent glucose spikes after eating high carb meals, either those I eat as a treat (white pasta with cheese as a treat or fresh squeezed juice as a treat) or those that happen to raise glucose even though they are otherwise healthy (mango, grapes, watermelon). Even without the supplement, I never had glucose at or beyond 180 at all, and according to my dietitian, the ideal is to not have 180 or beyond for more than 2 hours, so I did not have levels that high at all, but I had 160 on occasion. So with the supplement, taken 1 minutes before the high carb meals, there are no more spikes, and I have not seen 140 as postprandial glucose ever since I started on the supplement a month ago. It is expensive and that is its disadvantage versus apple cider vinegar, but it doesn't harm tooth enamel, which is its big plus. For people preferring the cheaper way with apple cider vinegar, there are capsules with it which you swallow, thereby now allowing excessive acidity in your mouth. I have not looked into them, but I am sure they are much cheaper than the targeted anti spike supplement I take, which comes from Glucose Goddess (thank you UNALUNA for introducing me to Glucose Goddess). I was very skeptical when I bought the supplement to try and did not believe I would repurchase it beyond the initial quantity, but the data in Levels app was beyond convincing.

What stopped my hunger pangs was a change in medication, though. I thought I was clear when opening the thread that the hunger was abnormal and not due to insufficiently tweaked diet.