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I am just wondering if anyone on here has found that a low carb diet has not improved their blood sugars.
I'll start off just over a year ago when my Hba1c came back at 49. I was told that they needed a second test to confirm diabetes but I went into panic. Cut sugar, swapped to who,e grains, made my own ketchup, bread, baked beans etc and was so careful. Weight fell off and I felt well and three weeks later my Hba1c was 43, I was told I was still pre diabetic. Over the next few months my weight continued to drop with 5:2 and lower but 'good' carbs and blood sugars seemed OK! Fasting levels ranged from 3.9 - 6 ish but mostly in the 4's or 5's, I felt as if I was making progress. A few months later and I saw my FBS rise to low to mid 6's, which is when I found this board and learned about low carb diets, which I follow with about 50g carbs a day. FBS did not drop they more or less stayed the same and Hba1c in Oct was 43. Over the coming months blood sugar levels remained fairly stable, mostly in 5 or 6's both fasting and at other times of the day, but no dramatic drops like people suggest.
having finished the 800 a day diet, I went for a mother Hba1c which has come back at 40, normal range, my weight is the lowest for 25 years but my FBS is a little higher these days and generally blood sugar readings during the day are slightly higher too.
I have read somewhere that low carb diets can cause the body to go into stress, producing more cortisol, thus increasing blood sugar and other theories that because the body is depleted in glycogen stores it throws out more glucose produced from protein to compensate. I am I one of those unlucky people that low carbing doesn't work for? And if so does anyone have any suggestions on where to go from here, maybe increase carbs a little, until I find the right balance?
I'll start off just over a year ago when my Hba1c came back at 49. I was told that they needed a second test to confirm diabetes but I went into panic. Cut sugar, swapped to who,e grains, made my own ketchup, bread, baked beans etc and was so careful. Weight fell off and I felt well and three weeks later my Hba1c was 43, I was told I was still pre diabetic. Over the next few months my weight continued to drop with 5:2 and lower but 'good' carbs and blood sugars seemed OK! Fasting levels ranged from 3.9 - 6 ish but mostly in the 4's or 5's, I felt as if I was making progress. A few months later and I saw my FBS rise to low to mid 6's, which is when I found this board and learned about low carb diets, which I follow with about 50g carbs a day. FBS did not drop they more or less stayed the same and Hba1c in Oct was 43. Over the coming months blood sugar levels remained fairly stable, mostly in 5 or 6's both fasting and at other times of the day, but no dramatic drops like people suggest.
having finished the 800 a day diet, I went for a mother Hba1c which has come back at 40, normal range, my weight is the lowest for 25 years but my FBS is a little higher these days and generally blood sugar readings during the day are slightly higher too.
I have read somewhere that low carb diets can cause the body to go into stress, producing more cortisol, thus increasing blood sugar and other theories that because the body is depleted in glycogen stores it throws out more glucose produced from protein to compensate. I am I one of those unlucky people that low carbing doesn't work for? And if so does anyone have any suggestions on where to go from here, maybe increase carbs a little, until I find the right balance?
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