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Hi All,
I would like to get this clear in my mind, why is it when we have Newbies or even Oldies coming back to us with very high Blood Sugars say 20+ and they move very quickly onto a 'Low Carb Diet' say down to 50carbs per day, it does it seem to take a while, sometimes weeks before their Pre Meal BS & Post meal levels drop to low levels, say under 7.5mmol/L
I understand to some degree the Fasting reading may stay high, as this is the Liver giving up Glycogen to the levels it did pre low carb diet and that adjustment may take a while to drop.
If we are Low Carbing, where is the Liver getting it's Glycogen reserves?
I want to understand why, if we are not putting the Carbs in our diet for conversion to Glucose at each meal why the numbers do not fall rapidly?, apart from the fasting that is.
Neil
I would like to get this clear in my mind, why is it when we have Newbies or even Oldies coming back to us with very high Blood Sugars say 20+ and they move very quickly onto a 'Low Carb Diet' say down to 50carbs per day, it does it seem to take a while, sometimes weeks before their Pre Meal BS & Post meal levels drop to low levels, say under 7.5mmol/L
I understand to some degree the Fasting reading may stay high, as this is the Liver giving up Glycogen to the levels it did pre low carb diet and that adjustment may take a while to drop.
If we are Low Carbing, where is the Liver getting it's Glycogen reserves?
I want to understand why, if we are not putting the Carbs in our diet for conversion to Glucose at each meal why the numbers do not fall rapidly?, apart from the fasting that is.
Neil