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Thanks to ian for pointing me toward this chatty thread. :-) 5.8 this morning for me. I think this thread will be good for me. I've been tending to feel a bit sorry for myself that I eat low carb and still have prediabetic fasting numbers and my postprandial numbers still flirt in the high...

Fascinating that your A1C is always higher in the winter! I'd love to hear you expand on this.

Ian, do you have a place on the forum where you describe your experiment with the Dave Feldman protocol? I'd like to hear more of your story on that.

isanpspurs - I was reading your signature and wondered if you have shared your story more elsewhere on this forum? You mention managing side effects with LC and your A1C not as low as you'd like - where are you now with your current approach? Thanks for any info.

Wow Lamont you have sure been through a lot. You have had to be so proactive; I can imagine that your journey has been exhausting. I sure appreciate that you help out others on this forum.

Shaj07, it's pretty common for reactive hypoglycemia individuals to have a normal A1C (especially when they are young). Indeed, in some journal articles they just refer to it as a form of prediabetes. There are probably some spikes, as well as all those hypos, for many years before the Beta...

But I still want to point out that the Dawn Phenomenon happens to everyone, but people without blood sugar regulation problems do not test "prediabetic" as you put it when they take this test in the morning. In all likelihood you are prediabetic, with insulin resistance (or possibly insulin...

If you are at a a healthy weight then it is probably time to lower your carbs (sadly, sorry to be the one to say it). It is the only way I can keep my post-prandial numbers normal. My FBG, btw, is stubborn, too, pretty much perpetually stuck at 5.6mmol/L.

I've been using a meter for a few years, and now have a CGM. The variability between the two is typically 10%, and not always the same direction! Sometimes the CGM is 10% higher than the meter, sometimes it is 10% lower. So I'm really learning that the info I'm gathering needs to be focused...

So much of our work managing our blood sugars comes down to the 80/20 rule, as someone pointed out! LOL! I think it really comes down to what you can comfortably maintain over the long-term. By cutting out processed foods 2 years ago, I feel like I made a huge improvement in avoiding the worst...

Yes, infection can make your blood sugar rise. Also, I recently had lamb curry with no rice and I still saw my numbers raise more than I was expecting. I decided the curry sauce has more sugar than I realized. So that's also a possibility.

Thank you for the details! I really appreciate it. :-)

So do you apply it every evening? And on your arms only, or also on your legs? And it looks like I can buy a spray, a lotion, or a gel - any recommendations?

I get the worst diarrhea and vomiting from the supplements. I will try the oils - I had read they weren't absorbed as well as oral supplements, but I'd like to give it a try since it has worked for you.

Well, thanks for trying, but I still don't have my answer. I really doubt this is a unit issue, but if it is, I need more explanation to understand. I'm in the U.S., so my meter uses % for A1C and it uses mg/dL for glucose. I was just trying to give you all here the proper British values so...

My Dexcom G6 reports my GMI (Glucose Management Indicator, which is their eA1C) at 5.8% (~45). However, it reports my average blood glucose at 103mg/dL (~5.5mmol/L). Do any CGM users have insight into this? I would predict my A1C to be 5.2% (~35) in this scenario. Note: My actual A1C in Nov...

Great question! Everyone is unique and you are doing the perfect thing of testing foods for YOU - and then planning/eating according to the results. I have to give a plug here for an amazing book I am reading right now: Your Diabetes Questions Answered, by Jenny Ruhl. Love love love this...

What a great example you are of eating to the meter and finding the foods that work for you (and that you like to eat). Bravo! I want to be like you. :-)

I actually couldn't read any more of this thread. I found myself really triggered!! I have found testing my glucose to be: **empowering **enlightening **surprising **helpful **motivating **educational **proactive ******LIFE-CHANGING******* I know my answer here is not articulate like some of...

omg reading your post - I just realized why I had such bad stomach - aches the two days I had chia seeds in my yogurt!!! I was so wondering..... I never get "bloating" or "cramps" on low-carb, so I was thinking maybe some weird PMS thing (but that is highly unusual for me). Anyway, mystery...