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Mark1608

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Hello everyone and hope all is well.
Newly diagnosed last week so now trying to eat better and getting exercise. Also bought a blood sugar test kit yesterday from the chemist
Was just asking how often and when are the best times to test. Before/after food? Morning/afternoon/ evening???
All the advice is very much appreciated as all this is mind blowing

Regards to all
 
Hi @Mark1608 and welcome to the club no one wants to join!
Testing at the beginning needs to be extensive to learn from the data you get.
You can take a fasting one as soon as you wake up but be prepared for this to be the last one to settle down.
The important ones initially are before and after a meal, first test immediately when you start eating, then 2 hours after first bite. You are looking for a rise of no more then 2mmol/L but no higher then 8.5 mmol/L (some prefer to aim for <7.8mmol/L).
If the rise in post meal reading is too high then the meal had too many carbs for you.
 
Thats the theory , But don't get too frightened if you can't achieve them figures all the time , It's almost impossible and I bet you'll go into the low teens on occasions . Get as close as you can to them figures as often as you can and it will be fine .
 
Mark1608 said:
Hello everyone and hope all is well.
Newly diagnosed last week so now trying to eat better and getting exercise. Also bought a blood sugar test kit yesterday from the chemist
Was just asking how often and when are the best times to test. Before/after food? Morning/afternoon/ evening???
All the advice is very much appreciated as all this is mind blowing

Regards to all
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Hi - before eating, then two hours after is the standard. My tip is to record what you ate (and anything else relevant like illness, interrupted sleep, symptoms etc) as well as your numbers - I use a standard diary for this. Also, you need to unlearn the "healthy eating" advice pushed at us by health services and the media. It's usually based around eating starchy carbohydrates and high fructose fruit, and it's no good for T2s (assuming that's what you have).
 
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