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bread for breakfast, pasta for lunch, rice for supper, all-bran for snacks. this is not a low carb diet, it's a high carb diet!

Yes I might pursue more tests, would be interesting to see what the insulin is doing too. But I'm aware that I may be just looking for an answer that fits my hypothesis. The long tail (6 hours) is a bit weird, I've seen other foods drop much more quickly than that. So yeah maybe lentils are...

Hello mate, I am green with envy at your scores. While you're still Libre-ing, are you considering seeing what your old diet does on the libre? Would give you a benchmark. On your question, I'm not qualified to say but what I've read here is that nobody takes much notice until the 2 hour...

Makes sense, thanks. I think get the GI thing, slightly faster, slightly slower, who cares it's all going to the same place.

Hi, I'm pre, with FBGs around 6, and usually bouncing around 5.5-6.5 during the day on low carb. My GP says I'm totally fine on the back of a HbA1C test which (for reasons which are dull and time consuming to explain) is not reliable for me, and an oral glucose which returned perfect results...

Very envious of those scores. So far it sounds like you're going to be fine and you just need to take the lesson on excess carbs. No dawn effect - whereas I've only managed to start the day below 5.0 on two mornings out of 150 attempts! Keep us posted.

Yes, very insightful comments. I was definitely worried and a probably a bit obsessive in the early weeks. I get a feeling of control from being on top of all the numbers. Measuring keeps me on the straight and narrow. Without having to face the fingerprick test, I could easily eat an entire...

I've lost about 20lbs, which has put me at BMI 22, body fat 15%. So it was there to lose but I'd rather not lose any more now. I had assumed that everyone with blood glucose / diabetes issues was just a massive fatty who couldn't stop eating chips. I now know this is not the case. Trying to...

Very useful. Had never thought of that. Could have it exactly how I want it too.

I have a very similar lifestyle, body type, demographic to you. I believe I was tipped over by pasta and cereal, which are horrific from a carb point of view - thought I was eating well! I'm five months into no bread, no pasta, no cereal, no pastry, no potatoes, no cakes, no sweets. I have...

I'm four months into trying to bring my FBG down into the normal range. My experience is similar to yours but running about 1.5 lower on average. Long windows of fasting made absolutely no difference at all for me, in fact when I was actively trying to eat my last meal as early as possible...

Update: I'm 50g/day low carb for four months now, with FBG now typically between 5.8 and 6.8. Not overweight. After experimenting with a bowl of cereal which spiked me to 10.5, I asked the doctor for another test, which was the old fashioned glucose tolerance test. This is the one where they...

For anyone who sees this in the future when troubleshooting their own results: - The 2nd potassium test came back normal - HbA1C was 5.5/37 So, I'm not diabetic... It's been a strange journey so far with no real closure. Started at FBG 6.4, and the first two weeks of low carb were a...

Update: blood test returned "normal" HbA1C in the context of my blood complaint. However it also returned high potassium which is a symptom of kidney damage, which of course is a complication of diabetes. GP believes the test result may be wrong, hence I will repeat the test. In the meantime...

I meant total carbs, just the number on the food label next to carbs. I think 50g might have been understating it a bit. The last week FBG has stabilised at around 5.6-5.8. And not much movement during the day either on this diet. I think the changes in either direction have stalled and...

That’s interesting thanks. My fasting is still rising slowly and steadily despite being on about 50g of carb per day. Now fasting at 6.0, almost back when I started this a month ago. 30g carb lunch had me up at 7.5 today. So frustrating, I thought I’d cracked the code two weeks ago! And I feel...

Hmm, now 7.6 after a salad and the inside of a quiche - maybe 30g carb total. That’s the highest I’ve ever scored. And I’ve walked 5 miles this afternoon. I’m doing exactly the same sensible things, but the ****** thing has suddenly stopped slowly going down and abruptly started going up! A...

Just jumped from 5.8 to 6.3 after a very dreary low carb lunch. I guess that’s not so bad. But I’m still peeing like a racehorse!

Very helpful, thanks!

Yeah I get the ranges, hence I think I am probably pre and hence why I am here. I’m doing the diet and exercise, and after some success it’s now bouncing up again. Is three days of upswing neither here nor there and it’s all about the long term? Also, anyone here got thalassemia beta?