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Thanks all. I do have a meter and have been checking bloods each week, but not before after breakfast. What's a good spike/bad spike range?

Good morning, Hope all are well. Would you consider a breakfast totalling 21g of carbs as being too high? (porridge, almond 0% milk, almonds and raisins). I have made adjustments to drop out rice/pasta and substitute with cauliflower/lentil pasta so happy with the evening carbs. All feedback...

Thanks to all for the very helpful info. Looks like my carbs are a bit too much ,, and I kind of thought that. Just a quick question on mmol/L. I did a fasting one this morning and got 8.5, then just out of curiosity tried a different finger and got 9.3??? I did't know what to think. Curiosity eh..

xfieldok. During the week I have a breakfast of Porridge with flaked almonds a few raisins and skimmed milk. Lunch is a vegetable based soup. Snack in the day 2 oranges, maybe 3. A Nature Valley bar. Dinner does tend to be red meat/processed foods free and is normally with around 40 grams of...

Antje77 - thank you so much for the chart. It's helped me have a much better understanding of mmol/L and HB1AC. I was concerned that a 8.5mmol/L was equal to an 85 HB1AC .. I feel better knowing its more like 58.

Thanks EllieM. Very interested in what you said about HB1AC and respective mmol/L. Is there a basic calculation for this or chart? Would I be correct in thinking that if I took my bloods each week for 12 weeks and they were between 8 to 9mmol/L then the HB1AC would be respectively lower?

Good morning all, In Sept 2020 I had a HB1AC of 59. The Doctor has expected this be lower after putting me on Metformin, 2 x 500 a day, 6 months earlier. I did explain to him that I was very hit and miss with the 2nd tablet of the day, at meal time, and told him I would be better and to try...