Hi. Thanks for reading in advance. I would appreciate any thoughts from LADA people please? I havent been dx type 1 or DM but have been using carb restricted diet for a few years to manage blood glucose. My HbA1c is normal. However I have been concerned for sometime re Diabetes and glucose regulation. Basically my glucose is erratic and goes too high if I eat more than 25g carbs whether a small banana or baked potato or brown rice. I’ve experimented with foods and tested. Consistent with glucose in urinalysis tests too. My dr has no answers for this as fasting glucose was 5.4mmol.l. but when I got home it had shot up to 7mmol.l. ?? i don’t think 8 hour fast was long enough!? I get fatigue easily and brain fog. Moody. Thirsty all the time. Struggle to gain weight I’m low normal. I stick to low carb eating because it keeps me even mood and glucose normal. But I lack energy still.
My dr is now just concerned about cholesterol (I’m female 40) and my lipid test which shows very high cholesterol. I have no other risk factors or family history of Hypercholesterolaemia. I follow the low carb research and try not to worry as I have low triglycerides and good HDL. The lipid energy model by low carb researchers potentially explains high cholesterol. If cannot use glucose for energy, fat energy is being shuttled and used instead.
Did you have severely high cholesterol especially LDL before being diagnosed with insulin dependent DM?
I just wonder if there’s a link at all?
My dr is now just concerned about cholesterol (I’m female 40) and my lipid test which shows very high cholesterol. I have no other risk factors or family history of Hypercholesterolaemia. I follow the low carb research and try not to worry as I have low triglycerides and good HDL. The lipid energy model by low carb researchers potentially explains high cholesterol. If cannot use glucose for energy, fat energy is being shuttled and used instead.
Did you have severely high cholesterol especially LDL before being diagnosed with insulin dependent DM?
I just wonder if there’s a link at all?