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I find that if I run on an extra stomach that my blood sugar will sometimes go up a little and sometimes down a little. E.g. starting 5.5 it might go to 6.0 or to 5.0. If I run after eating carbs, my blood sugar usually drops a fair amount. E.g. starting at 7.2 it might drop to 4.4 while...

It is good that your doctor had a 2-hour post prandial test done along with fasting glucose. That is a real world result. The standard OGTT has a sample taken fasting, at one hour and another a two hours. If any reading is abnormal, it signifies impaired glucose metabolism. My readings tend...

Hi Muster, I think you mean you test glucose (rather than insulin) at 2 hr after eating. My experience is that when eating carbs with little fat that the highest reading comes between 30 min and 1 hour. When eating a fatty meal the highest reading is usually lower but doesn’t come down as...

I had a HOMA-IR and my result was 0.8 (BG 83, insulin 4.1). That is supposedly insulin sensitive and the insulin is quite normal fasting. I don’t know how beta cell function would be estimated from two static figures of fasting BG and fasting insulin. Have you checked your blood sugar after...

My fasting blood sugar started to rise about a week before I was diagnosed with a bacterial infection. I hadn't changed anything with diet or exercise so I didn't understand why my fasting readings were rising. Then I woke up in the night with fever and chills and that morning my blood sugar was...

Info on K2 and recommend dosage from Chris Masterjohn: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/blog/2016/12/09/the-ultimate-vitamin-k2-resource/ Another article on K2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566462/

A vitamin D level of 23.4 is very low especially if in mmol/L. Here is a link to general information from the vitamin D council. https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/for-health-professionals-position-statement-on-supplementation-blood-levels-and-sun-exposure/#.XaNCxrplDYU And a study which...

The benefit of statins is not that they lower cholesterol, but that they can reduce vascular inflammation and stabilize soft plaques which are vulnerable to rupture and clot formation. Unfortunately, all the focus is on cholesterol.

I get a higher blood glucose rise in the morning than in the evening. Generally, anything I eat, except pure fat, makes my blood glucose rise in the morning. I have tried eating the same meal in the evening and then in the morning. A meal after which my blood glucose would fall in the evening...

What does HOMA-IR really tell us regarding carbohydrate intolerance? If resistance is low, must carbohydrate intolerance be due to weak insulin production? My HOMA-IR is 0.8 (fasting glucose 4.6, fasting insulin 4.1) - not in ketosis. Below 1.0 is supposedly insulin sensitive but I definitely...

Was your fasting insulin tested when you were misdiagnosed? If so, low low was it?

Non fasting glucose over 100 mg/dL may signal dysglycemia. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/889614

I more or less stopped eating things which I have seen cause spikes. Anything made with refined wheat flour is the worst- although I seem to do fine with a truly whole grain/seed bread. I have figured out that I can generally eat a half cup of beans, sweet potato, and similar carbs in one meal...

I was sick last night (chills, night sweats, back pain) and it hasn’t much improved yet today. I don’t know what I have come down with, but I was shocked when I tested my blood glucose this morning. It had been running about 4.8 to 5.1 lately. This morning it was 6.4 which is highest fasting...

In the US, pre-diabetes is usually classified as a fasting glucose over 99 mg/dL (5.5 mmo) and under 126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol). Alternatively, HbA1C of 5.7 to 6.4. Frequently fasting glucose over 99 mg/dL is referred to as impaired fasting glucose. Most doctors test fasting glucose and a standard...

I tested my carb tolerance last night. I ate a gyro (lamb) sandwich which was in a giant piece of pita bread plus four large falafel. Result was: 1 hr 8.0 :-( 2 hr 7.2 :-( 3 hr 4.8. :-) I am not sure what that delayed drop says about the state of my pancreas. Based on experience from...

Thanks. I had read it a few months ago. I especially like: “It is interesting to note that although individuals respond differently to different foods, there are some foods that result in elevated glucose in the majority of adults. A standardized meal of cornflakes and milk caused glucose...

Same meter and strip type. I have a new package of strips but was still getting lower reading when I first opened the package. I have another meter that I sometimes check my regular meter against. The readings on both meters aren’t the same but the trend seems consistent. (First was down and now...

Do you ever find that your fasting blood sugar goes up without real reason that you can find? (e.g. no change in carbs, exercise, etc.) I had been getting readings in the low to mid 80s mg/dL consistently for several weeks but this week I am back up to the low 90s. No dietary changes and same...

I have heard of many statin side effects but this is new. Which statin and how high a dosage?