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I am new to the forum, prediabetic, and have been low carbing for 17 days now (with medium fat). My fasting blood sugar has gone down nicely and fell by an average of 0.9 (from an average of 6.22 in March to an average of 5.32 since low carbing). So far, so good...
I also bought myself a Codefree meter and have been checking my blood, same drop (and comparing results with AccuChek (A and C below)). Again, so far, so good. The results were fairly similar:
18.4.2014 - 5.2 (A) 5.2 (C)
19.4.2014 - 4.6 (A) 4.4 (C)
20.4.2014 - 5.0 (A) 4.7 (C)
21.4.2014 - 5.5 (A) 5.6 (C)
22.4.2014 - 5.6 (A) 5.0 (C)
Then, this morning the results varied greatly: AccuChek read 6.7 whilst Codefree measured 4.7.
That is a huge discrepancy and one that worries me slightly. I will check again in a couple of hours and see whether it has normalized.
The only difference in food I had was yesterday. I have read (and advised new members) to eat and measure, eat and measure (ad infinitum) until they know what spikes their blood so they can avoid it or at least not have it often. Yesterday I decided to do this myself and had four biscuits (the first since low carbing). I had some hazelnut and cranberry biscuit dough in the freezer I made a few weeks ago. Baked them, eat 4 (133 g) and measured hourly afterwards.
on waking at 08:10 AccuChek 5.6 Codefree 5.0
(8:50am) 4 hazelnut and cranberry biscuits (133g)
After 1 hour AccuChek 8.7 Codefree 8.3
After 2 hours AccuChek 7.0 Codefree 6.2
After 3 hours AccuChek 5.5 Codefree 6.2
After 4 hours AccuChek 5.8 Codefree 5.5
The readings were far lower than I had expected (although I'm back on low carb again today and won't make eating biscuits a regular event).
So, really I have two puzzling questions this morning... The first is why there is such a big discrepancy between this morning's reading and the second, why isn't there a bigger jump in blood glucose after eating biscuits (not that I'm complaining).
I also bought myself a Codefree meter and have been checking my blood, same drop (and comparing results with AccuChek (A and C below)). Again, so far, so good. The results were fairly similar:
18.4.2014 - 5.2 (A) 5.2 (C)
19.4.2014 - 4.6 (A) 4.4 (C)
20.4.2014 - 5.0 (A) 4.7 (C)
21.4.2014 - 5.5 (A) 5.6 (C)
22.4.2014 - 5.6 (A) 5.0 (C)
Then, this morning the results varied greatly: AccuChek read 6.7 whilst Codefree measured 4.7.
That is a huge discrepancy and one that worries me slightly. I will check again in a couple of hours and see whether it has normalized.
The only difference in food I had was yesterday. I have read (and advised new members) to eat and measure, eat and measure (ad infinitum) until they know what spikes their blood so they can avoid it or at least not have it often. Yesterday I decided to do this myself and had four biscuits (the first since low carbing). I had some hazelnut and cranberry biscuit dough in the freezer I made a few weeks ago. Baked them, eat 4 (133 g) and measured hourly afterwards.
on waking at 08:10 AccuChek 5.6 Codefree 5.0
(8:50am) 4 hazelnut and cranberry biscuits (133g)
After 1 hour AccuChek 8.7 Codefree 8.3
After 2 hours AccuChek 7.0 Codefree 6.2
After 3 hours AccuChek 5.5 Codefree 6.2
After 4 hours AccuChek 5.8 Codefree 5.5
The readings were far lower than I had expected (although I'm back on low carb again today and won't make eating biscuits a regular event).
So, really I have two puzzling questions this morning... The first is why there is such a big discrepancy between this morning's reading and the second, why isn't there a bigger jump in blood glucose after eating biscuits (not that I'm complaining).