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You may well be seeing the "Dawn Phenomenon". As humans are waking their livers pump out a bit of extra glucose to get things moving. In non-diabetics, this is taken care of by the normal insulin response. In diabetics, either the insulin response doesn't work properly, or we have insulin...

Only your doctor can diagnose this, so I suggest you go back and discuss the result with him/her. As a general rule if your blood glucose is above 11, 2 hours after you drank the glucose drink, then diabetes is likely. But talk to your doctor. In my experience, glucose intolerance will turn...

As far as I understand it, about 25% of the protein we eat is eventually metabolised into glucose, so this may be what your liver is working on. If I was you I would be turning that "small amount of rocket" into a decent-sized salad once a day - using the list of low-carb veg on Atkins...

Burning fat from low-carbing - called "ketosis" - doesn't cause your blood glucose to rise. It may be that you aren't eating enough, at 800 calories per day, and that your liver is dumping glucose in an attempt to keep you fuelled. I believe this can happen during/after exercise. Are you...

Not a dodgy topic, Faith* - we can discuss anything and everything on here, provided we keep the language clean! :wink: The beauty of this forum is that you'll always find a fellow-diabetic who knows exactly what you're talking about and can at least empathise - and usually you'll get some...

I don't have any problems with the Tesco Finest Multigrain, as long as I don't eat it every day. I use it to make a sandwich if I'm out on site - ham salad with mayonnaise and butter using 2 slices of bread - and I think that the combination of extra exercise plus the fat in the mayo and the...

Exciting! :D . . . or do I mean "eggs-citing"? :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll: :oops: Viv 8)

As a nationalistic Yorkshirewoman and a fan of Richard III, I am concerned that he should not be re-buried in Leicester, but should be brought "home" to Yorkshire. Sad, isn't it? :roll: There's a petition about it - would anyone who feels like I do please sign it...

Try not to worry too much about your HbA1c - and don't let the nurse or doctor bully you about it either! The highest one I've had since diagnosis was before Christmas 2011, when I'd had a chest infection and then a tooth abscess one after another - I was on antibiotics for about 4 weeks...

Thanks, Sid My haemoglobin concentration is 13.4g/dl, so I guess I'm okay. The warning about B12 levels - that the accepted norm is in fact too low - comes from the pernicious anaemia website, where it is obviously a concern. Think I'll still run it past my doctor when I see him next. He likes...

Hi Caz Thanks for the info on B12. I've just checked my levels at my last blood test (dec '12) and it was 299ng/l. The lab range given is 180 - 2000 - some difference! Think I'll ask a question next time I visit the GP :D Viv 8)

If all else fails - ask your chemist if s/he can get you natural pure lanolin - straight off the sheep! Apply it thoroughly before bed, and sleep in thin cotton gloves. A butch male archaeologist friend of mine used to get really dry split hands when digging, and he swore by this method. The...

In general root veg do contain more carbs than above-ground ones, but there are exceptions to both. I think turnips may be okay, and I can cope with a few carrots, but parsnips are out for me (even rolled in parmesan and oven-roasted - I have a few at Christmas :crazy: ) Get yourself a carb...

Quite right! Who needs carbs anyway? :D Before that starts another row, about 20% of the protein we eat is eventually metabolized into glucose, which is quite sufficient to keep our brains etc working. Even among diabetics, some people can handle carbs better than others. We are all...

Non-diabetic (possibly what your nurse meant as "normal") levels are as follows: 3.5 - 5.5 before meals/fasting; less than 8, 2 hours after eating. "Four is the floor" is a good rule-of-thumb to follow as your BGs begin to stabilise at a lower level. If you take a reading and it's below 4 - or...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Forgot to test first thing, but am 4.9 now, just before lunch. Viv 8)

Have a look at Viv's Modifed Atkins Diet, which is a Sticky Thread in the Low-carb Diet section of the forum. It will lower your weight, your blood glucose, your blood pressure and your cholesterol - it does all that for me, and others. It's easy to follow if you just stick to the foods listed...

Brett, you meant "high LDL and high triclycerides" (your first sentence). Coco4, here are the figures I go by. I think these are for non-diabetics. "They" do like us to be under 5 for Total Cholesterol, but it's the full lipid profile that counts. Ask for a print-out - you are entitled to it...

Hi Joxy Have a look at Viv's Modified Atkins Diet , which is a Sticky Thread on the Low-carb Diet section of the forum. Not only will you lose weight on this, but it will lower your blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. The diet as it stands is very low carbohydrate - 25g...

Hi Maggy, and welcome to the forum! Many Type 2s have an underactive thyroid but no-one knows whether there is a link between the two - as far as I know. I had a bad reaction to simvastatin (muscle/joint problems) and now I won't take statins at all. However, my cholesterol is and always was...