@artdecomum I am using diet only to try and get BG under control. I started with the blood sugar diet (8 weeks), and given I cut out potatoes, bread, pasta, and rice, it was pretty much low carb without me specifically understanding it to be. I dropped 16 KG in weight and "normalised" blood sugar. Job done...............or so I thought. :-o
The next phase was maintenance and I played about with the 5:2 diet, again eliminating starchy carbs. Looking back I was eating less than 50g of carbs a day. I maintained my blood sugar levels but noticed that my fasting levels were appearing elevated in comparison to post prandial readings. My weight remained consistent.
In the last six weeks I have experimented with low carb healthy fat alongside intermittent fasting. I still seem to have an occasional issue with fasting BG levels. (I also had my first experiment with bread for one meal - a burger - spiked my BG to 12 within two hours :-o so am now well aware that diabetes has not "gone away")
I'm going to stick to low carb (20-30g per day) and try to lose another 8KG and test before and after meals, experimenting occasionally to see the impact of certain carbs.
I have no desire to be on medication - partly because I forget to take them!!!!!
What really interests me is the impact of stress, whether that be jet lag, lack of sleep in general or work related stress on BG levels. We tend to, rightly, focus on food but the non food impact is important too.
It is all confusing and frustrating though. Last night I exercised (cross trainer for 50 mins) and within 30 minutes of completing my BG was 6.8. I had smoked trout, olives, cheese, raspberries and cream immediately after and two hours later my BG was 5.5. My fasting reading this morning is 6.5. I know this morning is the liver dump, and I am not posting these readings to demonstrate how good or bad they are, just to demonstrate how difficult diabetes is to understand. I wish the medical profession could actually diagnose the real issue causing elevated BG. :-(