Hello, this is my first post here following a recent diagnosis. I've got 2 questions on which any comments would be welcome.
- I'm 69, non smoker, low alcohol, quite fit, BMI only 21, varied mostly vegetarian diet, cholesterol was highish but within normal range. 6 mths ago I had a fairly severe heart attack, completely unexpected as no hereditary problems. I was put on the highest dose of statins and I'll have to take them for the rest of my life. My HbA1c level previously as well as immediately afterwards was 39, but now it is suddenly 44, making me prediabetic. This is equally unexpected but apparently an uncommon side effect of statins can be to increase blood sugar levels. It's not clear yet whether they'll carry on going up. Has this happened to anyone else reading this and what did you do about it?
- I've read numerous posts about needing to go low carb high protein which I understand. However, these all seem to assume that weight is readily available to be lost, which in my case it isn't and if I followed this approach I'd likely become very thin while at the same time would pretty certainly be increasing my cholesterol levels which is also undesirable. But I do want to bring my HbA1c below 42. It feels a bit like a rock and a hard place, and maybe it's a lesser of two evils situation but has anyone got any suggestions?