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Some of them are fairly obvious - stress/cortisol stimulates additional glucose production by your liver, so it makes sense to be less...

Agree with all the above. Personally, I don't see much point in them giving you half a story - if they can't tell you what your HbA1c...

Hi John and welcome. You say you're diet only, so you're not on insulin, is that correct? So where does the needle come from - I'm T2...

Hi and welcome. I've had afaik three proper hypos in the last five years, the first having fairly bad consequences as I didn't recognise...

I have had them in the past, usually after being particularly ill - meningitis in my case. Didn't know they had a name. I'd never...

The first result posted shows the blood plasma glucose to be 4.2 mmol/litre. The second result posted shows the HbA1c to be 62...

@Dee1960 , you had two different types of tests performed on your blood. Your first test was a plasma blood test. It’s usually done...

Hi. There are a number of ways to test for glucose levels in blood. Fingerprick uses capillary blood, most HbA1cs are done using whole...

Hi - just to give you a sense of where your HbA1c is, it's worth knowing that normal range for people without diabetes is generally...

Hiya I have had severe night sweats off and on since around 2014. Last night was fine, night before totally soaked. The pattern is...

Everybody, including non-diabetics get an initial increase in BG after eating some carbohydrates because the insulin response isn't as...

You really need to establish what the blood glucose impact of any food is on you rather than on someone else. If you don't like the...

I had and have the same experience with canderel - no impact on BG. Ultimately the best thing is to test for yourself.

It doesn't. The medical science (I'm taking this from Bilous and Donnelly's Handbook of Diabetes) currently says that insulin responses...

Hi John and welcome to the forums. I think if you read around on here, you'll find that experiences are mixed. However, it's really not...