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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1904348" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>If you are in England you can see if your surgery puts test results on line - they should be doing this - and how to register for it. Otherwise you can ask for print outs of any of your blood test results, including historical ones. It is my firm belief that we should never ever accept words such as "normal", "fine" etc without seeing the actual numbers yourself. Too many times too many of us are given wrong information.</p><p></p><p>On your typical good day, how was your diet different from your typical bad day?</p><p></p><p>The foods you mentioned are rather high in carbs.</p><p>Breakfast cereals of whichever sort are full of carbs and sugar, including porridge. Wholemeal has just as many carbs as the white varieties, sweet potatoes have the same or even more than ordinary potatoes, beans and milk are also very difficult for us.</p><p></p><p>Have a look at this site <a href="https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/60-seconds" target="_blank">https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/60-seconds</a> and in particular, this page</p><p><a href="https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/foods#foodlist" target="_blank">https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/foods#foodlist</a></p><p></p><p>Your body is clearly reacting badly to carbs and on your bad days your insulin is spiking to the extent it is making you go too low, causing what you call a sugar crash. Too much insulin is not good and is caused by too many carbs. If you resist carbs as much as possible, your insulin production should diminish to normal levels, thus stopping those crashes, and of course without the carbs you won't see the highs either.</p><p></p><p>If your doctor gives you an HbA1c test, beware that this is a sort of average of your blood glucose over the previous 2 to 3 months, and as you experience a lot of lows, they will even out the average, so your HbA1c may appear normal.</p><p></p><p>EDIT just noticed your lows are overnight. The Libre can be temperamental especially at night if you end up lying on it, and at least in my case, they can read low compared with a normal glucose meter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1904348, member: 94045"] If you are in England you can see if your surgery puts test results on line - they should be doing this - and how to register for it. Otherwise you can ask for print outs of any of your blood test results, including historical ones. It is my firm belief that we should never ever accept words such as "normal", "fine" etc without seeing the actual numbers yourself. Too many times too many of us are given wrong information. On your typical good day, how was your diet different from your typical bad day? The foods you mentioned are rather high in carbs. Breakfast cereals of whichever sort are full of carbs and sugar, including porridge. Wholemeal has just as many carbs as the white varieties, sweet potatoes have the same or even more than ordinary potatoes, beans and milk are also very difficult for us. Have a look at this site [URL]https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/60-seconds[/URL] and in particular, this page [URL]https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/foods#foodlist[/URL] Your body is clearly reacting badly to carbs and on your bad days your insulin is spiking to the extent it is making you go too low, causing what you call a sugar crash. Too much insulin is not good and is caused by too many carbs. If you resist carbs as much as possible, your insulin production should diminish to normal levels, thus stopping those crashes, and of course without the carbs you won't see the highs either. If your doctor gives you an HbA1c test, beware that this is a sort of average of your blood glucose over the previous 2 to 3 months, and as you experience a lot of lows, they will even out the average, so your HbA1c may appear normal. EDIT just noticed your lows are overnight. The Libre can be temperamental especially at night if you end up lying on it, and at least in my case, they can read low compared with a normal glucose meter. [/QUOTE]
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