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I've been on it for about 5 weeks and am generally going in the right direction. This morning I had almond porridge with just a tablespoon of oats. My bag went from 5.6 up to 7.8

Thank you all for your posts. I'm very new to this and experimenting to see what different foods do. I have neuropathy and after reading various threads on here I am on lchf and trying to get my blood sugar down to normal levels (as per dr Bernstein). trying to get my blood sugar down to...

Just to clarify. I'm barely prediabetic but have neuropathy. Trying to get my blood glucose to be normal by Dr Bernstein standards. I've read on another thread that you should keep even the spikes below 7.7. Just wondering if the spikes are occurring before I take the 1hr post prandial...

I know the advice is to test at 2hrs or 1hr after starting a meal. However I just did a test after 30 mins and got a much bigger reading. Is this what you would expect ? I thought the idea of testing at 1hr was to catch the peak reading (ie after giving the food time to get into the blood)...

no miracles yet then :(

I have read that many diabetics have low levels of vitamin D. Also there are reports indicating that taking vitamin D to normalise such deficiencies can help with neuropathy symptoms. Does anyone here have personal experience of taking vitamin D and its affect (if any) on neuropathy ?

Thanks for your post... I have already seen the GP and neurologist (diagnosed mild neuropathy.. take vitamins D and B12). I'm giving low carbs a go as well for a couple of months and if no improvement will go back to neurologist.

(must add this comment re medication is not related to my own health... I have neuropathy but am barely prediabetic at 39 so just giving the low carbs a chance )

Thanks for all your posts. I have been reading Dr Bernstein again and much more has sunk in this time ! Particularly his emphasis on getting blood glucose down to what he considers normal levels (HbA1c in the mid 20s, Fasting Blood Glucose around 83 (US) / 4.6 (UK) ). This is way lower than...

Many of the posts on helping neuropathy symptoms discuss a combination of keeping blood glucose levels low and taking supplements (eg ALA, B1, B12). These regimes seem to help some but are not so successful for others. I just wonder whether one factor may be the level of blood glucose control...

Is this a transient effect ? Is this the reason some report pain when their blood glucose comes down (and presumably nerves are starting to heal) and then the pain gets better ?

This gives me some hope... thank you for taking the time to reply. Do you follow very low carb (eg 30-50) or less strict (eg 80-100) ? I'm trying to understand if its related to ketosis induced by VERY low carb or mainly keeping blood sugar low with no big spikes.

Thanks for your post. I need to do some more reading... I don't really understand the processes involved in ketosis and how it relates to nerve function.

Thanks for your reply. I don't drink diet cola and other sweetened drinks. In fact up until recently I have eaten what I thought was a really healthy diet. Several days per week this would be: Breakfast- fruit with low fat yoghurt (bananas/grapes/melon) Lunch - fruit (bananas, grapes...

Are you taking the 600mg ALA they used in the trials and if so do you take it in one dose or split (I have read different opinions on this).

Hi Juicetin, Thanks for your post. Sorry to hear that you have had to give up some of your sports. Sounds like a low carb diet is helpful to you but that going to very low carbs was no better... is that correct ? I have read up the work on alpha lipoic acid done mainly in Germany. It looks...

k Thanks for taking the time to find this thread for me, I'll take a look. I have been one round with the GP and neurologist but no definitive cause for symptoms found as yet. Neurologist basically said too early to send me for MRI.. see how you get on with supplements and orthotics (shoe...

Yes I've seen GP (prescribed vit D due to deficiency) and then neurologist (said mild neuropathy... carry on with vit D and also agreed with my taking B12 which was on low side but within normal range ). Also sent for orthotics (shoe insoles). My plan is to see if diet adjustment helps over...

Thank you so much for your swift reply. It makes a lot of sense. So the key is the blood sugar level rather than ketosis. I have been testing my blood sugar for the last 2 weeks. Its a great incentive to think what you are about to put in your mouth when you know you will be taking a...

I've just joined the forum, but have read quite a lot of the posts about low carbs and how bringing blood sugar levels down to 'normal' range can help with complications such as neuropathy. I've not been diagnosed as prediabetes, but my HBa1c is 39 (5.7%). Apparently in the USA this is just...