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    Help with Eating to my Meter.

    Hi Oldvatr thank you for your help. Gotta say gluconeognesis is one complicated state of affairs. :-) Since i began testing my blood with the meter i have never been lower than 4.9 and i am mostlly in the 5's. In the meal in question there was fat in the sausages and the cream, plus the oil in...
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    Help with Eating to my Meter.

    Hi Dexie yes i have it and the recipe book that comes with it. I lost four stone on his 800 cal diet. I read the blood sugar diet when i was told my BG had spiked to 48 for the first time. It was all new to me then and i am just finding my feet. I will start to read it again very soon.
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    Help with Eating to my Meter.

    Hi Bluetit thank you for your input. Btw i rarely eat sausages at all because some of them are so calorific. These particular ones are 70% Pork. 2 sausages contain 1.8g carbs of which sugars .5g so i felt safe enough trying them. I am not fixated on sugar content at Hi Bluetit thank you for...
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    Help with Eating to my Meter.

    So,would the bread and 1/4 tin beans in that particular meal cause the spike i experienced? five hours after the meal my BG was 8.6 still not back down. Would i need to check the bread on its own to see what it does?
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    Help with Eating to my Meter.

    Thank you guys for the quick replies, i appreciate your help. I will be back on here tomorrow with a couple more questions. Thank you.
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    Help with Eating to my Meter.

    Hi Guys I was diagnosed with prediabetes last year,my A1C was 48. I went on a diet and lost a total of 4st (56lbs)which brought me within acceptable parameters for BMI. My A1C had dropped back to 35, Cholestrol and Triglyceride levels all dropped accordingly. My second AIC which took in the...
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    A little confused?

    My numbers have been fairly good for ages,nearly always between 4.8 and 5.8 I am not on any meducation. I got up this morning at 10.50am and did a prick test which was 7.8 and i was a bit shocked. That is my highest number since i started checking myself about 4 months ago. Yesterday was a good...
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    After a BS Spike 3 months ago ......

    Thank you for the very quick reply. Yes i have heard of the morning problem with BSLs. I got a fright when i got the elevated result. Thank you for that. Perhaps had i checked it when first up at 7am the result might have been better.
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    After a BS Spike 3 months ago ......

    which which shot up to 48 mmol/mol and occurred while i was very ill and on antibiotics and steroids for about 12 weeks, my latest a1c result was 36 mmol/mol about 5.6% I think. My BGL was 4.8 on the day. Where does that leave me now? Every other morning i check my blood when i get up and it's...
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    Prediabetes Am I a Diabetic?

    Thank you Grateful for the reply. Yes i will make an appointment to see my GP tomorrow. I need to get a few points cleared up. In the meantime i am continuing to lose weight,42lbs gone now, and i think i will settle for 7lbs more. I plan to continue following the Dr Mosley blood sugar...
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    Prediabetes Am I a Diabetic?

    Thank you so much guys for reply so quickly,very much appreciated. I will book an appointment on Monday. Something else about my blood test: i had been very ill for a few months with chest infections at first,then was admitted to hospital for a week with borderline pneumonia. During this period...
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    Prediabetes Am I a Diabetic?

    Hello Everybody I am a new member and a bit lost at present. I am 62 years old and i now weigh 184lbs and i am 5' 9" tall. I still can't believe that i am looking up a diabetic forum,i don't even know anybody who is diabetic. I hope you wont mind if i give a brief synopsis of where i am. At a...
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