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<blockquote data-quote="CherryAA" data-source="post: 1613599" data-attributes="member: 327005"><p>Its great that you have had such a good reaction so quickly. In practic though unless you do change eating habit quite a lot you may find you are storing up future problems.( as is most of the population!) </p><p></p><p>The way to think about it is that when you eat carbs, your body is producing more insulin to cope with them, over time this builds up and eventually you cannot cope any more. If you are recently diagnosed as diabetic its quite likely that your levels of insulin are quite high - 2-25 is the "normal" range but under 5 is optimal and if its over 8 then 80% of such people are either diagnosed or on the way to diabetes.</p><p></p><p>If you want to reassure yourself where you really are, see if you can get a fasting insulin test done. If that comes in under 5 then your body is clearly coping with the carb load, if its a lot higher than that,, then it means your body is having to work a lot harder than it should need to , to clear the glucose and that will then wear it out a lot quicker than if it didn't have to. As such sticking to low carb foods with gaps to allow insulin levels to recover, will still improve your general health no matter what your actual meter is telling you regarding the absolute level of glucose. .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CherryAA, post: 1613599, member: 327005"] Its great that you have had such a good reaction so quickly. In practic though unless you do change eating habit quite a lot you may find you are storing up future problems.( as is most of the population!) The way to think about it is that when you eat carbs, your body is producing more insulin to cope with them, over time this builds up and eventually you cannot cope any more. If you are recently diagnosed as diabetic its quite likely that your levels of insulin are quite high - 2-25 is the "normal" range but under 5 is optimal and if its over 8 then 80% of such people are either diagnosed or on the way to diabetes. If you want to reassure yourself where you really are, see if you can get a fasting insulin test done. If that comes in under 5 then your body is clearly coping with the carb load, if its a lot higher than that,, then it means your body is having to work a lot harder than it should need to , to clear the glucose and that will then wear it out a lot quicker than if it didn't have to. As such sticking to low carb foods with gaps to allow insulin levels to recover, will still improve your general health no matter what your actual meter is telling you regarding the absolute level of glucose. . [/QUOTE]
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