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Hello 
To introduce myself, I am a 27 years old women with a family history of type 2 diabetes (my mom and her side of the family).
I used to eat a ton of junk food and sweets and that kept going until my early 23 when my endocrinologist noticed I had a fasting blood sugar of 6,1 mmol/L and an Ac1 of 5,5%.
That put me off completely and since then, I am much more careful about my diet eating as low carb as possible.
Granted I am a vegetarian, so pulses and beans are still part of my diet. I just try to avoid refined sugar like the plague and try to stay under the daily limit of 100g carbs a day using Cronometer.
I have taken a few blood test since them and my fasting blood sugar was around 5 mmol/L. My endocrinologist said it was fine when asked her if I needed to go any lower. She added my A1C should be in the 4% to 4.5% range
I have not tested my A1C again though.
Anyway, I came here to express my concerns because I bought a glucometer (The SD Codefree one) and even though I eat less carbs than the previous years, my blood sugar rarely drops under 5 mmol/L and my fasting is often around 5,3. I estimated my A1C taking plenty of measures during this week and the verdict came out : 5.1 %
And if I understand correctly, I am still in the upper range of normal and should aim to have a lower value.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-is-normal-hba1c-in-non-diabetic-populations.130205/
https://www.breathewellbeing.in/blog/hba1c-a1c-chart-test-levels-normal-range/
But to achieve the ideal 4.5% of A1C, my average blood sugar should be 4.6 and there's no way I could achieve knowing that because I never (or very rarely) go under 4.6 mmol/L anyway ...
For instance, yesterday for dinner, I had 500 g of brocoli, 3 eggs, and a plain greek yoghurt with cinnamon.
This morning, my FBG was 5.3(
That worries me, should I go even low carb ? That may be difficult getting rid of the pulses and grains without compromising with my proteins intake, but if I have to, I can eat more fish ...
I noticed they spiked me a bit (6.7 an hour after) but 2 hours after I was back to 5
I still eat fruits and my tolerance seems okay (except for bananas which spike me a lot after one hour). The problem, I think, is that my pre prandial or fasting blood sugar is never low enough
I admit I havent been exercising a lot lately... I am only walking 7000 steps per day on my way to work, but should I incorporate more vigorous exercises ?
Now, I read studies assessing that non caucasian people (I am not) did have a higher A1C even among non diabetics people. But I am still concerned about the vascular, renal and other damages it can do to my body
Thank you for reading me
I just wanted to have your input
To introduce myself, I am a 27 years old women with a family history of type 2 diabetes (my mom and her side of the family).
I used to eat a ton of junk food and sweets and that kept going until my early 23 when my endocrinologist noticed I had a fasting blood sugar of 6,1 mmol/L and an Ac1 of 5,5%.
That put me off completely and since then, I am much more careful about my diet eating as low carb as possible.
Granted I am a vegetarian, so pulses and beans are still part of my diet. I just try to avoid refined sugar like the plague and try to stay under the daily limit of 100g carbs a day using Cronometer.
I have taken a few blood test since them and my fasting blood sugar was around 5 mmol/L. My endocrinologist said it was fine when asked her if I needed to go any lower. She added my A1C should be in the 4% to 4.5% range
I have not tested my A1C again though.
Anyway, I came here to express my concerns because I bought a glucometer (The SD Codefree one) and even though I eat less carbs than the previous years, my blood sugar rarely drops under 5 mmol/L and my fasting is often around 5,3. I estimated my A1C taking plenty of measures during this week and the verdict came out : 5.1 %
And if I understand correctly, I am still in the upper range of normal and should aim to have a lower value.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-is-normal-hba1c-in-non-diabetic-populations.130205/
https://www.breathewellbeing.in/blog/hba1c-a1c-chart-test-levels-normal-range/
But to achieve the ideal 4.5% of A1C, my average blood sugar should be 4.6 and there's no way I could achieve knowing that because I never (or very rarely) go under 4.6 mmol/L anyway ...
For instance, yesterday for dinner, I had 500 g of brocoli, 3 eggs, and a plain greek yoghurt with cinnamon.
This morning, my FBG was 5.3
(That worries me, should I go even low carb ? That may be difficult getting rid of the pulses and grains without compromising with my proteins intake, but if I have to, I can eat more fish ...
I noticed they spiked me a bit (6.7 an hour after) but 2 hours after I was back to 5
I still eat fruits and my tolerance seems okay (except for bananas which spike me a lot after one hour). The problem, I think, is that my pre prandial or fasting blood sugar is never low enough
I admit I havent been exercising a lot lately... I am only walking 7000 steps per day on my way to work, but should I incorporate more vigorous exercises ?
Now, I read studies assessing that non caucasian people (I am not) did have a higher A1C even among non diabetics people. But I am still concerned about the vascular, renal and other damages it can do to my body
Thank you for reading me
I just wanted to have your input
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