Going low carb\keto, ~20 grams of carbs a day, works for me. I have seen FBS of 5.7 to 6.4 after 36 hours. After around two weeks of low carb\keto, typically my FBS is 5.2 to 5.5 and I will be markedly less hungry. After 6 months my Hb-A1c is the 4.3 to 4.7 That is without exercise or...
I checked my log and my fasting blood glucose level dropped from 116 mg/dl to 103 mg/dl after just 36 hours after starting the low carb\ketogenic, less than 25 grams of carbs a day, way of eating. Real weight loss took a lot longer. But since I was\am doing this for health reasons I have been...
Yes and no. She recommended that I eat 180 to 210 grams of carb a day. I thought that this was insane for a diabetic to eat that much of the substance that causes their bg to go up. She also recommended that I eat to my meter. Basically, do not eat anything that causes my bg to go up. When...
Everything can and does affect my blood glucose levels. How many carbs I eat and exercise have the strongest effect on it. If I eat less than 20 grams of carbs a day my bg ranges from 85 mg/dl to 95 mg/dl , if I eat more than 50 to 100 grams a day my bg is 10 to 15 mg/dl higher. Exercise...