Hi Gary,
Thanks for responding. Plenty of food for thought there. You sent me scurrying back to the book to find that scenario. Took me a while to track it down, but yes, you're right.
I still wonder, though. If the problem is simply that my crippled beta cells can't keep up with the demand and therefore can't build up a stockpile for the next event, then fasting all day should have replenished the supply, yes? Then dinner should have resulted in a better recovery than usual. Or, maybe not . . . maybe that is exactly what is occurring, but one day just isn't enough time for an adequate recovery. There is too much about this picture that still isn't clear.
There are a lot of ways to think about this, and you've definitely given me a new one.
Bernstein's entire approach is and always has been empirical. Ultimately, the only way to really know what effect a given regime will produce, is to try it and measure the results as precisely as possible. So I may have to just try one way or another, see what the result is, and then adjust as indicated.
Whew. Well, nobody ever promised this would be simple, did they? :) One thing I'm sure of -- whichever scheme I try first, the "Laws of Small Numbers" are a paramount principle. Make very small changes, measure the results, and proceed from there.
Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Keep 'em coming.
David