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- Type of diabetes
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First of all I want to apologise for asking too many questions here but I am trying to get my head around this new way of life.
I have been mostly following a low carb high fat diet, pretty much 99% of the time. My daytime numbers normally stay around 5.3- 6.2 and bedtime numbers the same. However I am struggling to get my fasting numbers below 6, they are normally around the 6.5 mark, in fact they are worse than a few months ago when I ate more carbs, when they were normally in 4' and 5's.
I do a lot of exercise. I run 5k three times a week, do one dance class and walk on the other 3 days. I have reduced my BMI from 28 to 24.5 and lost 30lbs in weight.
I take cinnamon tablets, use flax seeds, have tried peanut butter or nuts before going to bed but nothing seems to budge those numbers down. I have just ordered Chromium and Gymnema Sylvestre leaf.
I was thinking that maybe as I exercise quite a lot I need a few more carbs, maybe to take it a little over 50g ( I am around 20-30g at the moment) I seem to have the balance wrong and may be getting a liver dump.
Anyone else had this problem? Any advice welcome.
I have been mostly following a low carb high fat diet, pretty much 99% of the time. My daytime numbers normally stay around 5.3- 6.2 and bedtime numbers the same. However I am struggling to get my fasting numbers below 6, they are normally around the 6.5 mark, in fact they are worse than a few months ago when I ate more carbs, when they were normally in 4' and 5's.
I do a lot of exercise. I run 5k three times a week, do one dance class and walk on the other 3 days. I have reduced my BMI from 28 to 24.5 and lost 30lbs in weight.
I take cinnamon tablets, use flax seeds, have tried peanut butter or nuts before going to bed but nothing seems to budge those numbers down. I have just ordered Chromium and Gymnema Sylvestre leaf.
I was thinking that maybe as I exercise quite a lot I need a few more carbs, maybe to take it a little over 50g ( I am around 20-30g at the moment) I seem to have the balance wrong and may be getting a liver dump.
Anyone else had this problem? Any advice welcome.
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