Recent Content by Roy Batty

Thanks, but I don't need any BG testing kits, I've used them before and I know that my level after 2 hours is raised by <2 and falls again. I don't get any big or prolonged spikes. I don't think there's any value in me testing again with strips and collecting data.

I wonder if you know your body composition and distribution, especially total body fat and visceral fat. It seems there are some who appear slim, but have a disproportionate amount of visceral fat and this can contribute to insulin resistance. Are you cardio fit, or do you do resistance exercise...

Your post wasn't at all contentious in my eyes. Your hypothesis that the liver is making more glucose in readiness is interesting and I can make the evidence fit, always useful. I've gone hard with an increase in exercise since the beginning of the year by doubling the number of reps of the...

Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I'm not sure though what you mean by what I'm doing more than eating. Can you clarify this for me please?

Thanks, if HbA1c is testing for glycated RBCs what is a fructosamine test testing?

I've posted previously about being labelled as prediabetes because of my blood sugar level, my most recent test in February 2025 showed it had risen to 46 mmol/mol (6.4%). I'm extremely active and fit, I don't eat UPFs, pastries, pizzas, cakes, cookies, biscuits, pasta, potatoes, candy, sweets...

An update after tests at the end of February 2025. My HbA1c has gone up from 42 to 46, although I've been on a LCHF and high protein diet for 14 months. I don't eat UPFs, fast food or takeaways. I have pasta or rice maybe once a month, I don't recall when I last had a pizza. I don't eat...

I found little correlation between finger prick results and HbA1c. I tried testing several times at 3 a.m. to eliminate the dawn phoemenom. Most testing was between 7 and 7.30 a.m. after waking aned before eating or drinking anything. For months I saw no meaningful change, almost always between...

That's great progress. I don't advocate calorie counting as a strategy, it's inaccurate, people generally under count what they have consumed while over counting what they have expended. As I stated reducing any macronutrient is frequently accompanied by a reduction in calories.

Wow, that's a significant amount of weight to lose You were consuming more calories on a low carb diet than previously and still lost weight. Did you do a lot of exercise?

Did you lose weight as a result of a low carb diet? I think the evidence is that a diet that restricts any of the macronutrients is often accompanied by a reduction in calories.

Yes, I know that. But weight loss is still promoted as the most effective strategy to lower blood sugar. Besides which, there are multiple other health benefits to lowering weight, or rather body fat and in particular visceral fat in conjunction with increasing muscle mass.

I don't know how to lose weight without a calorie deficit and losing weight is the number one strategy for reducing blood sugar.

Did you reduce your weight to lower your blood sugar?

Whatever strategy you use you will have to reduce your calorie intake, although I don't advocate counting calories. A low carb diet will almost always decrease the calories you consume, in fact it's the same for any diet. Can you cut down on the refined carbs as a start, the cakes, pastries...