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Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

MsMelis said:
6.8 and I was a bit discouraged as I've been being good on low carb.
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a lot of type 2 diabetics have to also count their proteins , most women only need like 40 grams protein or around that a day
(0.8 gram pro kg bodyweight a day )
the problem is that excess protein will also by the liver be transformed into glucose ...and then numbers will be higher the next morning due to too much protein the day before..:shifty:
 
Freema said:
a lot of type 2 diabetics have to also count their proteins , most women only need like 40 grams protein or around that a day
(0.8 gram pro kg bodyweight a day )
the problem is that excess protein will also by the liver be transformed into glucose ...and then numbers will be higher the next morning due to too much protein the day before..:shifty:
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Thank you Freema! I'm still getting the hang of it all. I bet that was exactly why it was higher as I had a high protein meal for dinner.
 
Freema said:
a lot of type 2 diabetics have to also count their proteins , most women only need like 40 grams protein or around that a day
(0.8 gram pro kg bodyweight a day )
the problem is that excess protein will also by the liver be transformed into glucose ...and then numbers will be higher the next morning due to too much protein the day before..:shifty:
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Freema, as women get older, they need more protein. - "Seniors — Beef it up to prevent muscle loss" - http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-l...eef-it-up-to-prevent-muscle-loss/bgp-20136508
 
asparagusp said:
Freema, as women get older, they need more protein. - "Seniors — Beef it up to prevent muscle loss" - http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-l...eef-it-up-to-prevent-muscle-loss/bgp-20136508
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okay, but I would think that was only if they did excercise to keep up musclewise to counteract the ever smaller musclemass,

If one do not "hurt" the muscles a bit by excercising they wont build up to more musclemass, so another truth of women getting older is that they do have to excercise more and more to keep the same musclemass.
 
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