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How were you finally properly diagnosed? How high did your blood sugar go before proper diagnosis?

Interesting that the Contour Next shows a slight negative bias in the tests. I went for labs and made a finger stick test on my Contour One One and a Contour Next at the same time. Both meters were within 1 md/dL of each other but about 5 mg/dL over the lab result. That was of course just one...

What level of fasting blood glucose do you target? How long did it take you to achieve your target consistently? I have been targeting to get to 4.3-4.7. I had success for a while but I don’t seem to be able to consistently keep the fasting glucose down and I am seeing a trend higher again (no...

Nice study from 2012. I wish I could find a recent similar one.

One thing to look at would be how much did the meal effect your glucose control over the next day or several days. If there is little effect, then the one-off meal that results in a reading just over 7.8 shouldn’t be that much of a concern. You can always plan some exercise to bring the blood...

I have read that the body can only use about 30 grams (max 40 grams) of protein per meal for muscle building/maintenance. The rest would then be “excess” that would be used for energy or excreted.

Dinner (last meal) was bit late ending at 8:45 pm. The later dinner does’t seem to effect the morning blood sugar when I eat less meat.

Excessive protein was about 9 oz of beef (76 gr protein) after eating about 8 oz of chicken (70 gr protein) for lunch. Breakfast that day was eggs. Finished dinner about 8:45pm. Lunch and dinner were eaten with a big salad and some Greek yogurt with berries. Carbs come from veggies, berries...

I found this interesting article on protein and gluconeogenisis. It helped me wrap my head around the whole subject a bit better. http://www.tuitnutrition.com/2017/07/gluconeogenesis.html?m=1 Maybe the protein has some effect on release of glucagon which makes my liver dump a big more glucose...

Excess protein would be protein not needed for maintenance or growth of muscle (muscle protein synthesis) and other bodily uses that are not ultimately for use as energy.

It was about nine hours 9pm to 6am. My stomach still felt a bit “heavy” in the morning. There are three key variables versus other days - protein, saturated fat, and lower carbs. I was thinking gluconeogenesis from the (excess) protein or temporary increase in insulin resistance from the...

I have noticed that if I eat more meat at dinner than usual that my fasting blood sugar the next morning is higher. My fasting blood sugar has been reading 79 (4.4) to 84 (4.7) over the past several weeks. I was so happy to consistently see blood sugar in a very healthy range each morning...

I don’t understand the assumptions made by Jason Fung regarding physiological insulin resistance and adaptive glucose sparing. Jason Fung frequently says that the the body isn’t stupid. Why would the fasting blood sugar run higher if the body is running on fat like in keto? (One would think the...

The one and two hour readings look just fine. Maybe that says you can have a moderate amount of oatmeal if you combine it with the rest of your breakfast. I find that I can stay under 5.6 if I eat a moderate side of starchy carbs with other food (protein, non-starchy vegetable, fat). I find...

Interesting article on what is truly normal. Non-fasting random glucose over 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol) may signal trouble. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/889614

Statins aren’t only given to reduce the LDL cholesterol which by itself may or may not be an important risk factor. Statins tend to reduce inflammation and also have an anticoagulant effect. If blood sugar isn’t well controlled, it can increase arterial inflammation. The immune system attacks an...

FG 4.4 (79) and FI 6.3 is a HOMA-IR of 1.2. Reasonably healthy but ideal is below 1.0. https://www.thebloodcode.com/homa-ir-calculator/ I would be concerned about the spikes and try to avoid eating a quantity of specific carbs that sent my BG over 6.7 at one hour or 6 at two hours. CGM...

A key point in the article is that saturated fat, especially in high quantity, tends to worsen insulin resistance and increases cholesterol. (Butter, coconut oil, bacon, seen to be staples on standard keto.) Avocado, nuts, olives and extra virgin olive oil don’t seem to have the same level of...

I ran my numbers through Dave Feldman’s calculator. My HDL is too low to put me in the lowest risk per Jeppesen, but it is good enough to qualify as very lowest risk per Framingham. Interesting. Total: 127 LDL 69 HDL 48 TG 50 If I just could increase my HDL to 58, I would drop to lowest risk...

Interesting that Pravastatin would raise your A1c. Pravastatin and pitavastatin are the only two statins that seem to show either favorable or neutral effects on insulin sensitivity and glucose control in numerous studies. Here is a nice summary of many studies...