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Just wanted to know how much does 60 grams of carbs equate to in glucose?

Hi Flair, can you tell us exactly what you ate here??

So does anyone know people who currently have pre-diabetes AND had symptoms prior to diagnosis?

So what kind of things did you notice when you said something wasn't quite right?

I've been reading through information regarding pre-diabetes and it seems in terms of symptoms, most people do not report any before diagnosis. How common are symptoms if they do occur? I would like to know whether you had or at least noticed any symptoms prior to diagnosis? Or were you the...

So does that mean then your 2 hour postprandial reading would/should be more or less the same number you started with before you had it (given that it's not slower release meaning that the peak would be the one hour mark?) ?

There is some confusion here over whether Weetabix classifies as high GI food or low GI food!? Traditionally it is meant to be low GI as it induces a slower release of insulin, is this correct?

Would you say the symptom concerning DN is more of an actual pain or is tingling pain just as common? And what's the frequency like? How long would you get this for each time? Like for minutes or hours at a time, every day or every week?

I've been reading about diabetic neuropathy and just wondering whether this tends to occur once you've had high blood sugar for a long period of time, as information says this is as a result of long term nerve damage. Can this alone be considered a symptom of diabetes or generally would other...

You're right. I guess I'm just curious about eating right and lowering my carb intake and so was wondering what other foods people have to do this.

My postprandial reading, 2 hours was 7.0 which I thought was a bit high for a non-diabetic although it does still fall under the normal parameters. Also this was the number after I had after my breakfast which was around 80g of carbs of high GI food (3x weetabix, milk, some sweet oats - not much...

Am curious, why is the 2 hour post meal figure seen as the standard for measuring a number for postprandial? Why not for example, 1 hour?

I'm just curious as to know how people manage on just 20g of carbs. Seems crazy low but then I'm not looking to reduce my carb intake to that figure, I'd probably faint.

So what do you actually eat then? Mainly fat? Like specific foods please?

Just curious, why is the 2 hours post meal seen as the standard?

So although I'm not a diabetic, due to my risk factors (immediate family and ethnic factor) I am far more aware of what I eat than before and have decided to reduce my carb intake. For ages, I simply assumed that if I didn't take sugary items (chocolate, biscuits, candy etc.) then that was fine...

So your diabetes isn't that bad then if you can tolerate what is classed as an (almost) average carb intake for a non-diabetic?

20!? Honestly? I mean, do you only eat once a day?

Doing more surveys... So, how many carbs on average do you have each day? I think the RDA for those without diabetes is around 260g? And if you went over YOUR limit would you start feel differently, side-effects, symptoms etc?

Yes I hear that T1 comes on alot quicker and most people who get it develop symptoms very rapidly over a shorter period of time compared to T2, of which some never even get symptoms as demonstrated in this very thread. On average though, for both T1 and T2 would you say most people develop some...