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<blockquote data-quote="ZoeDingwall" data-source="post: 1469321" data-attributes="member: 402473"><p>Hiya,</p><p></p><p>I've been reading and soaking up all the newbie information for the past week, but this is my first post. Hello - nice to meet you!</p><p></p><p>I'm newly diagnosed type 2 (just a week) and advised by my Nurse and you good folks on here to go low carb. Not a problem - I'm getting on with it I've not gone very low carb to start with, and am eating around 120-130g a day while I see how I get on.</p><p></p><p>My Nurse would not give me a BG meter as I'm type 2, however it makes total sense to me to self monitor my BG levels to be aware of spikes etc and how each meal is affecting me. I went and bought one from ASDA and have been testing before and 2hrs after each meal as well as waking and bedtime.</p><p></p><p>So far so good, and I've had no big spikes over 2mmol/l at the 2 hour mark. I was rather pleased! However the last couple of days I've noticed something strange- if I have a V low carb meal (bacon and eggs for example) for lunch, my BG level at 2 hours has plummeted from what it was right before eating. I've had readings of 3.1 and 3.2 at the two hour mark for the past couple of days after lunch, and felt weird and shaky. </p><p></p><p>I've googled (a lot!) and can find info on reactive hypoglycemia, but this would seem to be caused by a carby meal, a spike, followed by a big drop. But as I'm eating non carby meals this doesn't really apply so I'm confused.</p><p></p><p>Do any of you lovely people have any idea why this is happening?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>Zoe</p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☺️" title="Smiling face :relaxed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/263a.png" data-shortname=":relaxed:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZoeDingwall, post: 1469321, member: 402473"] Hiya, I've been reading and soaking up all the newbie information for the past week, but this is my first post. Hello - nice to meet you! I'm newly diagnosed type 2 (just a week) and advised by my Nurse and you good folks on here to go low carb. Not a problem - I'm getting on with it I've not gone very low carb to start with, and am eating around 120-130g a day while I see how I get on. My Nurse would not give me a BG meter as I'm type 2, however it makes total sense to me to self monitor my BG levels to be aware of spikes etc and how each meal is affecting me. I went and bought one from ASDA and have been testing before and 2hrs after each meal as well as waking and bedtime. So far so good, and I've had no big spikes over 2mmol/l at the 2 hour mark. I was rather pleased! However the last couple of days I've noticed something strange- if I have a V low carb meal (bacon and eggs for example) for lunch, my BG level at 2 hours has plummeted from what it was right before eating. I've had readings of 3.1 and 3.2 at the two hour mark for the past couple of days after lunch, and felt weird and shaky. I've googled (a lot!) and can find info on reactive hypoglycemia, but this would seem to be caused by a carby meal, a spike, followed by a big drop. But as I'm eating non carby meals this doesn't really apply so I'm confused. Do any of you lovely people have any idea why this is happening? Thanks Zoe ☺️ [/QUOTE]
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