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My BG before dinner was 5.8 and two hours later 8.4. I had roast chicken, 200g roasted celeriac (for the first time), 100g Brussels sprouts and 125g spinach all liberally bathed in butter. Followed by 100g warm berries (blackberries/raspberries/red & black currants and 100g lactose-free proper...

Yours is an interesting story. I am wondering why if you ate low carb for decades you still became diabetic? Your current HbA1c numbers over three years indicate pre-diabetic now though? Were you strict about low carb over the decades, did you do low carb as we do it today or did you allow...

Thanks so much for all your insights Resurgam, it's so good to get the low down from forum members. My HbA1c is 40 and I haven't been given a formal diagnosis so no nurses or clinics involved! I just need to stick with the low carb plan and hope to remain stable. Hee hee, I am not playing the...

Many thanks for sending me the table Robbity, I appreciate it. My numbers to date are in the non-diabetic range with my low-carb eating but I've yet to test out any high carb beige food! Not that I will return to bread/pasta/rice/pastries/sugar/high starch veg etc., I'm just curious to know...

Hi Brunneria. I was happy to read your reply and will take what you say onboard given all your experience. I guess as a newbie tester I'm taking it all too seriously and narrowly; I had already wondered if I was doing that given my 'good' numbers but just had to ask the mangetout question! I...

Thanks for your reply. Peppers (a half) are always a part of my roast veggies except for green which repeat on me! On day 3 I did change up to a yellow pepper instead of red but I don't think that would make any difference to BG.

Many thanks for your reply. I don't eat any type of lentil or dried/canned beans like kidney/haricot/cannellini etc. simply because they bloat me to 9-months pregnant state! Although green/string beans are a legume (eg French beans) opinion seems to differ about their characteristics as a...

Thanks for your reply. Here in the UK sugar snap peas are different to mangetout - sugar snaps are rounder with a bigger pea whereas mangetout is flat with a very small pea - also known as snow peas.

I eat roasted low carb veggies for dinner almost every evening (usually asaparagus/courgettes/aubergine/peppers/cherry tomatoes/broccoli/preserved lemon or olives/olive oil). Three days ago I started testing my BG to see what foods could spike it. For evening meals, day one's pre-reading was...

Many thanks for your feedback Robbity, it's very helpful. Can you give me some examples of your typical breakfast and evening meals when only eating 20-25g carbs per day please?

Thanks for your reply xfieldok. Ha ha, you're welcome to mine for a low-carb fest! I enjoy cooking. I enjoy low-carb, not sure I could do keto on 20g carb/day - my personal way of low-carb means I will stick to it for the long haul. Thanks for the meter information, I will check that out - I...

On 1.4.19 routine annual blood tests showed my HbA1c level to be 50. My GP said she would not label me diabetic just yet, no medication, and gave me a month to get it down to 48. After much reading I decided to go low carb 60-70g/day. A month later my HbA1c was 46, by 1.8.19 it was 39 and on...