Hi
About 7 yrs ago my BGs started getting a bit high after meals, so started testing, at that time I was not considered diabetic, or only just pre-diabetic. We have diabetes in the family though. My a1c were just entering the 6.00 mmol range, so at that point I started to reduce carbs and test. A1c have fluctuated around 6.00 to 6.3 ish for most of that time and LC has kept the spikes at bay unless I was silly, which, yes, occasionally succumbed to a pancake! However, my last a1c came in at 6.5, so actually now at diabetic level. At this point I would like to say that I am not overweight, never have been, never had a particularly sweet tooth (used to give my sweets to my brother as a kid !), my bmi is about 19, always been active, and LC at about 50gm per day. I have reduced my carb intake over the last couple of weeks down to between 20 and 35gm a ay. Last night I had a salad, half a small tin of salmon and walnut oil, and after 90 mins or so, felt a bit odd and was surprised to find my BGs had gone up to 10.6. These sorts of numbers never used to happen unless I ate something like 20-30gm of carb in one go, so any ideas as to what is going on.
About 7 yrs ago my BGs started getting a bit high after meals, so started testing, at that time I was not considered diabetic, or only just pre-diabetic. We have diabetes in the family though. My a1c were just entering the 6.00 mmol range, so at that point I started to reduce carbs and test. A1c have fluctuated around 6.00 to 6.3 ish for most of that time and LC has kept the spikes at bay unless I was silly, which, yes, occasionally succumbed to a pancake! However, my last a1c came in at 6.5, so actually now at diabetic level. At this point I would like to say that I am not overweight, never have been, never had a particularly sweet tooth (used to give my sweets to my brother as a kid !), my bmi is about 19, always been active, and LC at about 50gm per day. I have reduced my carb intake over the last couple of weeks down to between 20 and 35gm a ay. Last night I had a salad, half a small tin of salmon and walnut oil, and after 90 mins or so, felt a bit odd and was surprised to find my BGs had gone up to 10.6. These sorts of numbers never used to happen unless I ate something like 20-30gm of carb in one go, so any ideas as to what is going on.