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In my limited experience, blood glucose levels can vary depending on what I eat, how much of it I eat (portion size) and when I eat it - morning, afternoon or evening. For example, it looks as if you monitored after having one slice of bread. I have found that one slice of wholemeal bread is...

Earlier this year my GP warned me my fasting blood glucose was "almost" in the pre-diabetic range. It was 6mmol/L which, if I'd been in the US, would have put me squarely in the pre-diabetic range (US only) I believe, if there was a corresponding test to confirm it. I asked about other tests...

I'm in Australia and have booked a booster for later this week. When booking on the website, I could choose between Pfizer and Moderna (both monovalent Omicron XBB.1.5). I don't know if that will be the case in practice. Last booster I think I remember the pharmacist asking if I'd be happy to...

I only have pre-diabetes, but I wouldn't cope with that diet. I do like to keep some carbs in my diet - usually up to around 70 to 90 g. I get complex carbs from lentil soup a few times a week, which takes daily carbs up to around 110 or 120 g but doesn't spike blood glucose. I also get carbs...

I'll often have a piece of cheese as a late night snack. As well as curbing hunger pangs, I like to think it helps me sleep. I can't say it always works :)

I'd have thought the mixed meal might have moderated the blood glucose but, as others have said, it could have been any of the foods or a combination. How long after the meal did you take the reading? Did you take a second reading for confirmation? I've found that sometimes two finger-tip...

Thanks. I'll try that. I've been shaking my hands beforehand to try to get the blood flowing, but not always using warm water to wash them. I think the impact can be to decrease the reading as often as increasing it, or there's a good chance there's no impact. I've just found a paper that...

I've read how you shouldn't squeeze your finger to get a drop of blood for an accurate glucose reading. I usually have to. Sometimes even when I do that there's not enough blood and I have to prick a different finger tip. I've tried setting the lance on the highest setting but even then I have...

I did the supermarket shop and picked up the freebie dairy milk chocolate bar (50g). After a very tiring day I ate the chocolate for dessert after supper this evening (comfort food). Two things. Firstly, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Secondly, it didn't spike my glucose level...

There is a converter for Hb1Ac from mmol/mol to mmol/L, noting the Hb1Ac is an average over ~3 months, while the glucose monitor reading is a spot reading of the current blood glucose level: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html

This is what I've been doing. I prepare a shopping list online for the supermarket, and when I get there the app directs me to the aisle for each item. Usually I'm not buying anything in the confectionary aisle so it's easier to avoid temptation. Sometimes it takes so long to find an item I'm...

So far, through monitoring blood glucose, I've discovered I need to avoid the following foods: - Banana (as above) - Cereal for breakfast (a small serve was okay later in the day) - More than one slice of toast for breakfast - two is a no-no - Steamed dim sims with soy sauce (surprised me - but...

Agree with this. When you reach 75 your life expectancy is another 14 1/2 years on average (in Australia), with a wide margin of error. (Plenty of people live till they are 90 or 100 these days.) That might not seem much when you're 30 years old, but for a 75 year old, it often means having a...

For a person without any cardiac-related problems, that may be so. I don't know. Everyone's different so I can only speak for me. I'm okay with accepting the current research that points to the advisability of people with a wonky heart not overdoing red meat in particular, but also eggs to a...

Good suggestion about changing the mindset. I'll have to work on this. Thing is, I don't want to cook at breakfast time. I'm on autopilot for the first hour or so. Making toast or cereal with coffee was about my limit up to the time I found out I was at risk of pre-diabetes. Cereal has been...

I'm saving it for tomorrow. I might even eat it in halves and later in the day, so it doesn't cause a spike. And yes, not quite a mortal sin to waste food, but close :)

This sounds right, although I was thinking it's also the combination of bread and banana. I've had a banana on its own for a snack, and I've had a cheese sandwich on its own. Separately neither of them produced as big a spike. It seems that time of day also has a bearing, though not so much...

I've been testing blood glucose for a couple of weeks, watching my diet to see what spikes. Measurements have ranged from 4.6 to 8.6 mmol/L at various times of the day, Things seemed to be going along well enough. Then today I thought I'd try a regular lunch of the type I used to have when I was...

This is interesting to me. I first went on statins nearly three years ago. The dose was increased maybe 12 to 18 months ago? (I can't remember when exactly.) I wonder if that's what's caused the blood glucose to rise. FBG was measured at 6.0 mmol/l, which caused my GP to warn me about diet and...

From what I've read you'd normally get sufficient electrolytes in your diet. Almost all foods have multiple electrolytes. About the only way to check if you're deficient or over the limit in any of them would be by a blood test - and even then I don't know if it only gives a point value or if it...