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According to this website nomal blood sugar levels are up to 7.0 mmol, but according to the Mayo Clinic the normal level is 7.8 mmol. How wrong would it be to be guided by the Mayo level?

Many thanks to all who posted replies. The consensus seems to favour concentration on low-carb. I have followed low-carb (40g max per day) for 9 months, and have lost weight (just over 1 stone). I will certainly continue with this diet.

Thanks for that. I will give it a go.

Are there any weight loss benefits with a low carb-low calorie diet? And if so what are the recommended intakes for carbs and calories.

Lucy: thanks for your response. I am not sure I can face doing what you suggest. I will make a start though, and who knows, may continue. Many thanks, antonym

Dear HSSS I have made a right horlicks of this. Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. From July 19th to July 27th took fasting blood sugar, meal plus 2 hours, and ketone readings, and set them out on a spreadsheet. I tried to copy paste the results but that did not work. I was not aware...

I have taken blood sugar and ketone readings, as advised, from 19th to 27th July. However I have been unable to post these results using copy-paste. Of the 9 results for fasting the average of the readings was 7.0, but 3 were above 7.0 mmol. Does that make me prediabetic, non diabetic, or...

EllieM. Many thanks for your response With my low carb diet I should be in permanent nutritional ketosis, and my ketone readings indicate this. I am not sure what bgs is/are. The nearest I got on Google was Bailer Gerold Syndrome, but that doesn't seem right somehow. What I will do is take...

Jaylee thank you. I will take readings at different parts of the day and get back. Many thanks. Tony Sims

I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic some years ago. In November last year I changed to a ketogenic diet, and within a short time my fasting blood sugar levels stabilized at an average of 6.7 mmol and my ketone levels averaged 1.60 mmol. In March 2021 my HbA1c reading was 35. In the past fortnight...

Dear Tricia, thank you for your response. You ask what else has changed. There is nothing in my circumstances that I could describe as a change. My weight since November 2020, when In started on a low carb diet has dropped from 14st 5lb to 13st 5lb. I think I have been pretty strict in...

I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic some years ago. In November last year I changed to a ketogenic diet, and within a short time my fasting blood sugar levels stabilized at an average of 6.7 mmol and my ketone levels averaged 1.60 mmol. In the past four days my blood sugar levels have shown a...