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Hi,
I have been diagnosed as pre diabetes BUT prior to my Hbac1 test I had been on a low carb diet for 6 months purely for weight loss.
By chance a friend of mine has a gluocose meter so out of curiosity we tested out bloods in the morning. Well, blow me down with a feather my bloods were 6.9 and my partners was 4.5!
So being curious and having diabetes in my family I did some research which culminated in me requesting a Hbac1 test and low and behold pre-diabetic!
So fast forward to 6 weeks ago, I travel through Vietnam by bicycle, can't avoid carbs, come back to discover my blood sugars are too high.
Back on the low carb diet, and now testing my bloods 5 times a day.
This is what I have discovered:
8.4 @ 10pm (bedtime)
8.2 @ 2am
8.2 @8am (on waking)
This has happened on the 3 nights I have been testing.
Additionally this was yesterday's food.
Dinner@ 7pm : stir fry veg with salmon
Lunch @ 2pm : chicken legs : Greek yoghurt with bluberries raspberries and a sprinkling of gronla (7.5 g of carbs)
Breakfast : coffee with milk and a few more throughout the day.
Similar food intake yesterday.
So why on earth are my blood sugars 8.4 bedtime and 8.2 on waking???
Any ideas would be gratefully received...
I have been diagnosed as pre diabetes BUT prior to my Hbac1 test I had been on a low carb diet for 6 months purely for weight loss.
By chance a friend of mine has a gluocose meter so out of curiosity we tested out bloods in the morning. Well, blow me down with a feather my bloods were 6.9 and my partners was 4.5!
So being curious and having diabetes in my family I did some research which culminated in me requesting a Hbac1 test and low and behold pre-diabetic!
So fast forward to 6 weeks ago, I travel through Vietnam by bicycle, can't avoid carbs, come back to discover my blood sugars are too high.
Back on the low carb diet, and now testing my bloods 5 times a day.
This is what I have discovered:
8.4 @ 10pm (bedtime)
8.2 @ 2am
8.2 @8am (on waking)
This has happened on the 3 nights I have been testing.
Additionally this was yesterday's food.
Dinner@ 7pm : stir fry veg with salmon
Lunch @ 2pm : chicken legs : Greek yoghurt with bluberries raspberries and a sprinkling of gronla (7.5 g of carbs)
Breakfast : coffee with milk and a few more throughout the day.
Similar food intake yesterday.
So why on earth are my blood sugars 8.4 bedtime and 8.2 on waking???
Any ideas would be gratefully received...