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I'm aware of the target blood levels both before, and 2 hours after eating*. Is there a target maximum absolute level, ie one which one tries not to exceed even immediately after eating? (Not sure if this is the right area, but being prediabetic, it's levels appropriate for non and...

Most/all commentators talk about pre-prandial levels and levels 2 hours after eating, but what about the initial rise? Is there a maximum that's regarded as healthy/normal? I also get the situation where a food (eg porridge) generates a sharp peak, going high but recovering to pre-prandial...

I'm sure this issue has been addressed on this forum, but after a bit of a trawl I haven't been able to find anything to answer my question. If this is a recurring question, please just redirect me, as I appreciate people coming with the same old questions can get a bit tiring! I'm in my first...

One other thing I've noted in the past three days is that I get a bit of a spike, or at least a rise, on waking - I understand that's perfectly normal. I've been taking my morning reading about half an hour after waking, which has consistently been 5.9-6 mmol/l, but if I'd done it on waking, it...

I've just started 2 weeks monitoring with a CGM. One thing that has hit me straightaway is that both overnight readings I've had so far have shown levels dropping below 3.9 mmol/l round about 1-2am, slowly rising to 5.9 on getting up. I'm sleeping really well! I'm not sure how to interpret...

I would appreciate some help in understanding why carb labelling for what look like almost identical foods can vary so much. A specific example per 100g: KP original salted peanuts: 5.6g inc 5.1g sugars, fibre 8.5g. Morrisons own brand equivalent: 12.7g Inc 5.4g sugars, 8.7g fibre. Other figures...

Having found I'm prediabetic, have been working on diet, weight, exercise etc, and have started taking fasting blood glucose readings in the morning pre-breakfast to creat a baseline to work from. I'm using an Accu-Chek Performa Nano. Recently, I've taken a trio of readings within a few...

I've just been looking at labelling on some of the 'raw' foods I've bought recently, and there seems to be a fair bit of variation in the carb/fibre figures. I just wondered if anybody could explain for me. Two main examples (all figures per 100g): Almonds Co-op: Carbs 9.1g (of which 4.4g...

As someone who moved on to a low-carb diet earlier this year, I've been readng round a bit more than previously, and have started coming across reports of studies that suggest that the link between red meat and heart disease remains - not through saturated fat, but through its involvement in the...

New on this forum, although I've done a bit of lurking to learn (a lot!), so a bit of background (I hope it's relevant) before a question on something I've not managed to find anything about (I welcome any redirection!). Last year at this time I went for my standard NHS screening (I'm 60)...