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Hello everyone. I have got a question about my strange condition.
I had a blood test a couple of months ago, and the result came back as borderline. This was a shock to me, so I decided to take action. I decided to significantly reduce carbohydrate intake, which meant no foods with added sugar and no flour. Technically, I got rid of all kinds of bad carbs, such as bakery products, sweets, potatoes etc and I stuck to only legumes, vegetables and some fruits. My daily carb intake has been between 20 - 80 grams daily since then. I also increased my activity level by adding daily jogging, running and more yoga than I used to do. To compensate low carb intake, I have been consuming higher amount of fatty foods, such as nuts, seeds.
A few weeks after my borderline result I had my blood tested again and it came back as 4.6 which was great. I thought it was brilliant and my new lifestyle worked brilliantly. I even had occasions when I had too low blood sugar as I almost passed out a few occasions.
As I used to be a "carb-eater", I wanted to reintroduce some of the "bad carbs" into my diet, so I managed to buy a FED blood glucose monitor. Then I started testing my blood and most of the times it just said "Lo" which meant really low blood sugar. I did not change my lifestyle which meant I carried on on low carbs and high activity level.
Then the weird thing started. Suddenly, about a month later, when I tested my blood with that FED blood glucose monitor, it showed 5,3. I thought that was strange, but as I had learnt that many things can affect blood sugar I did not really worry about it. Then it had slowly crept up to 6,1 and the level stayed like that. It was the same in the morning, afternoon, evening even if I stayed left arm, right arm and different fingers. Then it went up to 7,6 fasting after a day when my carb intake was not more than 50 grams.
So this is where I got to the question. Why is this happening so rapidly? I know that low carb intake can interfere with how our body uses energy. I learnt, that this new lifestyle puts pressure on the body and it starts producing stress hormones, such as cortisol which is a type of sugar and this may be the problem.
Can anyone enlighten me on why my blood sugar is playing up the way like this?
I had a blood test a couple of months ago, and the result came back as borderline. This was a shock to me, so I decided to take action. I decided to significantly reduce carbohydrate intake, which meant no foods with added sugar and no flour. Technically, I got rid of all kinds of bad carbs, such as bakery products, sweets, potatoes etc and I stuck to only legumes, vegetables and some fruits. My daily carb intake has been between 20 - 80 grams daily since then. I also increased my activity level by adding daily jogging, running and more yoga than I used to do. To compensate low carb intake, I have been consuming higher amount of fatty foods, such as nuts, seeds.
A few weeks after my borderline result I had my blood tested again and it came back as 4.6 which was great. I thought it was brilliant and my new lifestyle worked brilliantly. I even had occasions when I had too low blood sugar as I almost passed out a few occasions.
As I used to be a "carb-eater", I wanted to reintroduce some of the "bad carbs" into my diet, so I managed to buy a FED blood glucose monitor. Then I started testing my blood and most of the times it just said "Lo" which meant really low blood sugar. I did not change my lifestyle which meant I carried on on low carbs and high activity level.
Then the weird thing started. Suddenly, about a month later, when I tested my blood with that FED blood glucose monitor, it showed 5,3. I thought that was strange, but as I had learnt that many things can affect blood sugar I did not really worry about it. Then it had slowly crept up to 6,1 and the level stayed like that. It was the same in the morning, afternoon, evening even if I stayed left arm, right arm and different fingers. Then it went up to 7,6 fasting after a day when my carb intake was not more than 50 grams.
So this is where I got to the question. Why is this happening so rapidly? I know that low carb intake can interfere with how our body uses energy. I learnt, that this new lifestyle puts pressure on the body and it starts producing stress hormones, such as cortisol which is a type of sugar and this may be the problem.
Can anyone enlighten me on why my blood sugar is playing up the way like this?