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Many thanks, for that. Certainly explains my results.

[ QUOTE="In Response, post: 2409293, member: 527103"]My understanding is that there are two main reason - our muscles use glucose so reduce it from our blood stream - our body becomes more efficient at using insulin so what insulin we have will lower blood sugars more. The other thing that...

Can anyone explain why intensive exercise reduces blood sugar levels. I've recently done a couple of tests. As an example I had a slice of steak and kidney pie (which I'm sure a lot of you would condemn, but I've mastered my diabetes to allow this occasionally). Without exercise my blood sugar...

The more I read about insulin, sugar levels and T2 Diabetes, the more confused I become. I've been managing my T2 for over 4 years, without the need for medication, but just trying to eat sensibly: around 50-75 gms of carbs per day, and monitoring blood/sugar daily, after my main meal. Recently...

I'd forgotten I'd asked before. What concerns me is that you could have several meals in a day - all giving an acceptable reading, but from a glycemic loading point of view (i.e. the more you eat) this could drastically affect HbA1c.

I seem to recall when I first joined a couple of years ago that some members believed regular monitoring was more beneficial than HbA1c monitoring. My question is: suppose your regular individual blood/sugar readings were within acceptable limits, but your HbA1c figure happened to be higher than...

Thanks for all the replys. Impossible to test several times a day owing to cost. Also found identical meals on occasions give totallly differing results, so I'm still confused.

I know that some people have expressed a preference for regular tests rather than a three/six monthly Hba1c test. When I was first diagnosed my Hba1c was 65, but within three months I'd reduced this to 39 following a fairly low-carb diet. The following six months it increased marginally to 42. I...

I posted this a couple of weeks ago but didn't see any responses. Just wondered if any members have found/discovered a cure for neuropathy - or at least something to releave the discomfort? I'm sure some who have had type 2 diabetes must have experienced it.

Just wondered if any members have found/discovered a cure for neuropathy - or at least something to releave the discomfort?

I think you are absolutely right about it being undiagnosed for a long time. I'm sure this was my case and believe I'd had it (or at least pre-diabetes) for probably twelve years.. About 2004 on the same day and exactly the same time in both legs, I experienced a strange sensation in my toes: it...

Good question: "What is a sensible diet." My version would be not to eat a plate of sausages every day - but maybe two or three once a week; never eat MacDonalds or similar takeaway foods - especially pizzas. As a competing cyclist I would have loaded on pasta but nowadays I would limit pasta to...

That must be pretty boring eating roast belly pork on a regular basis; although I assume you do have variations. The thought of bariatric surgery would scare me to death; although I appreciate for some people there is no alternative.

Thanks for your response. I appreciate certain foods act differently for different people, and certain foods can cause a spike. You say you don't feel any difference - and that was the point I made in a previous post. Do you assume because it spikes, it's causing damage. I think one can become a...

A couple of months ago I posted that I believed type 2 diabetes was probably down to weight. I also queried the need for monitoring blood sugar levels: if you felt o.k. after eating a particular food why bother to monitor. I was taken to task by a couple of posters who claimed that slim and...

I have noticed that some people have posted that if they eat a particular type of food their blood sugar level spikes. But does this really matter? Does it affect how they feel or is it just a case of recording a number. Both my doctor and my diabetes nurse say a meter is unnecessary. When I...