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Just something I'm noticing when taking levels and not sure what to make of it. Pretty well every morning a little bit on the high side for my liking - Fasting around 6.0 - 6.5, and if I eat/drink anything, goes up quickly. If I eat "good" carby foods (like soaked raw oatmeal as a test), I...

Would like to see your sources for this information as everything I seem to read lately says (in general) we are getting far too much protein as the body can only use so much for any given period of time. Dr. Fung also seems to report excess protein as a cause for glucose rise. I'm not trying...

One of the biggest misconceptions is that cholesterol "clogs" your arteries which causes less blood flow. Arteries thin because of cellular damage in the tissue of the artery walls, which causes the bodies own repair functions to rush in protect and repair the area, which then thickens/hardens...

Sounds like you are getting a lot of protein, which can also convert to glucose. Maybe try upping the fat while reducing the protein.

Thanks for all the ideas, thoughts, opinions and suggestions. I've been reading all of them carefully and trying a few things. I'll report back if anything seems repeatable/consistent. To start, the last couple days, I have gotten up and eaten something fatty and almost zero carbs as...

@kitedoc - thanks! Gave me a smile. Interesting this morning...woke up to a 5.8, then ate 4-5 small balls of fresh mozza with a couple little chunks of ham, along with a tablespoon of almond butter. Only jumped to 6.0. I'll keep playing around....

Yes, I'm curious as well....should I be trying to eat something fatty BEFORE coffee at work (on empty stomach)?

No...pretty calm ride in to work. Thinking about it a bit more, I think that EVERYTHING I eat seems to impact my levels more first thing in the morning. Do higher levels from dawn syndrome get amplified by ingesting various things? Is there any way to "blunt" dawn syndrome rises? For...

Sorry all, should have been more specific. 10oz of caffeinated coffee with a splash of 10% fat (half/half - 1g carbs per tablespoon). In general, likely pre-diabetic, but not fully diagnosed yet (have not gone for the glucose test yet etc). Based on my own measurements, am often in the...

So I've been "experimenting" with the meter and various foods, times of measurements after eating etc, and one thing I have noticed is that coffee (at this point caffeinated - have yet to try decaf) first thing when I get to work raises my level from 5.9 to at LEAST 6.9 (this is very consistent...

My comment to people on a LCHF diet is that if you are constipated, you may not be eating enough greens as your LC side of things. Also, you can supplement with chia seeds or psyillium husk (for example) to add to the bulk side. Also, many people confuse LCHF with eating large amounts of just...

Thanks. Just trying some experimenting with really green bananas, potato starch, and overnight oatmeal this week....but have noticed some raised blood sugars after ingesting both green banana and overnight oatmeal....I'll keep monitoring as I am very curious. Will start adding potato starch...

Tom, do you have any comments on how long before you noticed the Resistant Starch starting to lower things? I only see a couple data points on that graph which is a little vague. Was wondering if after 1 month for example you started to notice anything? i.e. were you doing any glucose...

I am with you on the confusion part, the more I read and research, the more I find opinions and papers in opposition to each other. I have taken it upon myself to try some "experiments" as I also think everyone in different too. For example...I am quite confident in saying exercise DOES make...

I think REGARDLESS of the diet, if I spent my days foraging, hunting, walking through the forests, carrying heavy loads of things I just dug up etc. etc, I would have a pretty darn healthy heart too. Not to mention the lack of stress, minimal pollution, not sitting at a desk all day etc. My...

Some people (myself being one of them) have a direct correlation of blood sugar to hormone/stress levels, and since caffeine is a stimulant, it can increase "stress" levels, and therefore increase blood sugar...I see a slight rise if I drink too much. i.e. If I drink enough coffee to get a...

Hello all, Pre-diabetic here (I think - still working on the "official" stuff). Eating LCHF for the most part which works well to keep BG down. My BG does spike quickly/easily with sweet/high carb foods. Just something I have noticed recently and I've done a bit of research on via Google...

If you go strictly low carb, you should be in ketosis quite quickly...within a couple days. As others have said, it would be very helpful to keep a food diary of EVERYTHING you eat/drink, and then post it here. While going low-carb is helpful, you also cannot eat limitless amounts of other...

When you say "standing over a cooker", do you mean for ANY length of time? One of my main go-to breakfast is: Put frying pan on burner on medium high heat. I use a mineral steel pan which heats quickly. Crack 2-3 eggs into bowl and whip up with fork. Drop blob of butter into pan (it's...

MANY CAN'T!! (Sorry for the caps...trying to be a bit funny). But I eat less than 50, and often less than 20, but still get high morning readings after anywhere from 9-12 hours fast....it will usually drop after 3-4 hours though (still fasting).