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    Data-Driven Fasting?

    I'm just curious if anyone here has thoughts on this program: https://optimisingnutrition.com/data-driven-fasting/ The premise is don't eat until your blood sugar drops below a personalized trigger level (for example, mine right now would be about 4.4; one of those perfectly healthy people...
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    in ketosis with high blood sugar?

    Background to my question: I have prediabetes with normal post-prandials as long as I eat well. My fasting blood sugar is stubbornly prediabetic unless I have wine in the evening (my non-prescription metformin, I call it). I had a piece of cake (shouldn't have, obviously) and blood sugar up to...
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    Dexcom GMI help?

    My Dexcom G6 reports my GMI (Glucose Management Indicator, which is their eA1C) at 5.8% (~45). However, it reports my average blood glucose at 103mg/dL (~5.5mmol/L). Do any CGM users have insight into this? I would predict my A1C to be 5.2% (~35) in this scenario. Note: My actual A1C in Nov...
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    Lower Carb than I'd ever thought I needed

    This post is just kind of an observation I'd like to jot down. When I first was diagnosed with prediabetes (Jan 2018), I reduced my carb intake significantly, but kept it moderate (50-100g). **This level made the weight drop off (I lost 15 pounds right away, then gradually have KEPT losing...
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    CGM average blood glucose doesn't match A1C

    I do not have type I diabetes, but I am posting this question here because I suspect many of you are CGM experts at this point. My A1C by blood draw was 6% (42), but my CGM is giving me an average blood glucose of 104mg/dL (5.8mmol/L)! That is WAY lower than 6% - I would think my A1C would be...
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    Your Favorite Vitamin C, and fermented foods?

    I have been fiddling with my diet quite a bit as I 'eat to the meter'. I thought I might list a few of my winner foods and ask for some suggestions from this wise and experienced group. I'm eating liver once a week - basically a superfood. eggs - ditto, superfood, I'm eating them almost...
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    Gastroparesis or Dumping Syndrome??

    I have suffered for about 10 years with occasional nocturnal diarrhea and vomiting. The episodes have gotten more intense, to the point that my husband took me to the ER a few weeks ago. Of course they just gave me fluids and told me I had a GI bug. [Rant begins here - skip if you prefer to...
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    What are your best tricks to get your fasting blood glucose down?

    My fasting blood glucose remains stubbornly between 5.5 and 6.1mmol/L (on 50 - 75 g/carb/day). My postprandials became very healthy over the past 12 months, but my baseline blood glucose between meals and at night is always around 100 (5.5mmol/L). My CGM shows that my blood glucose remains...
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    Questions about RH and suggestions

    I was diagnosed with prediabetes and chronic kidney disease about 18 months ago and so I decided to eat low carb. I lost over 20 pounds/9kg . I'm now BMI 22. My fasting blood glucose remains stubbornly pre-diabetic although my post-prandial blood sugars are now well under control. I have been...
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    "Eat to the meter" contemplation

    I definitely embrace this approach. I like to test specific meals and test at first bite, then at 30 min, 60 min, 90, 120, even up to 3 hours. I notice that most of you just do 2 hours postprandial. That would sure save me a lot of strips but I like the idea of catching my spike, which is...
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    I have blood sugar questions!!

    Hello! I am brand new here. I am a college professor; I teach Anatomy & Physiology and I have always had a particular interest in type II diabetes. Maybe I sensed something coming. :) My Grandmother had type II diabetes; I was declared "borderline" gestational diabetes with my second son...
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