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OMG such a relief to hear from another prediabetic thin person Such a frustrating journey with doctors! I have felt so alone with this. Your diet is somewhat similar to mine. I used to do better when I was eating cheese, but a year ago I developed a food intolerance to cheese (and peanut...

Hi. Thanks so much. All your advice is very good. Unfortunately the endocrinologist I saw recently refused all the tests ( c-peptide and insulin) because my HbA1c is still normal. It looks like over here in New Zealand that is their main criteria and everything else is ignored ( at least if you...

Thanks for your reply. I had a GAD antibody test three years ago and at the time it came back negative. Is it possible for the this to change over time? Should I have that rechecked? Usually for breakfast I have coffee with low fat milk, a piece of glutenfree sourdough toast with tahini and a...

Hi. I woke up with fasting BG of 6.6 mmol/l today ( prediabetic, right?). After 23 g carbs breakfast 8.7 mmol/l . The spikes get worse later in the day if I eat that amount of carbs. It is a long story, but discovered a couple of years ago that even moderate carb ( 20-40g ?) meals spiked my BG...

Thanks for replying. Last HbA1c was 34 , but the result came with a message that they had changed the "measuring platform" and that results would now be 4 mmol/mol lower than on the previous platform. My previous result was 37 so more or less unchanged then.

Hi. I am a newbie from New Zealand. Four years ago I discovered accidentally that I was having very high blood sugar spikes after modest carbohydrate meals ( up to 12 mmol/l). I was suffering from several symptoms: unexplained weight loss ( from 46 kg to 40 kg), frequent night time urination (...