stuffedolive
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
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- Daily Mail, you know the sort
Firstly, I was diagnosed T2 in 2004 but didn't get my first Hba1c until 2007 (49) by which time I had lost 10kgs and got my BMI to 22 as it is now. I'm not on meds, just diet & exercise, and I don't test.
I was threatened with Metformin 4 years ago when, having put a few kilos on, my Hba1c crept back upto 48, but then I got it down to 40 by losing a stone on a VLCHF diet. Since then, I've put on 2 kilos. I am still LCHF but am a bit naughty occasionally.
My diet is usually:
breakfast (10.00am) = egg,bacon,beans or 2x boiled egg or porridge if I had an early morning run
some snacks during the day = (typically) yoghurt + prunes + walnuts, slice of ryebread with hummus, handful of nuts, carrot + hummus, left-over meat .
dinner (7pm) = cider vinegar, meat or fish with lots of vegetables (steamed or fried) and a cheese/mushroom sauce, salad & dressing, glass of red wine
supper = ryvita + cheese, clove of garlic washed down with benecol drink
I might have a slice of cake or flapkack and a pint of beer after a running race. Any naughtiness is usually tied to exercise.
Now my Hba1c bumbles around the 42-44 range I still have a BMI of 22, I run 3x a week, cycle 2x a week and do 3x weights sessions to try to counteract age-related muscle wastage and to improve my insulin resistance.
The point is, should I be satisfied with maintain a Hba1c in this range (ie 42-44) or should I be trying to lower it still? If so, what changes would people recommend?
Ta
I was threatened with Metformin 4 years ago when, having put a few kilos on, my Hba1c crept back upto 48, but then I got it down to 40 by losing a stone on a VLCHF diet. Since then, I've put on 2 kilos. I am still LCHF but am a bit naughty occasionally.
My diet is usually:
breakfast (10.00am) = egg,bacon,beans or 2x boiled egg or porridge if I had an early morning run
some snacks during the day = (typically) yoghurt + prunes + walnuts, slice of ryebread with hummus, handful of nuts, carrot + hummus, left-over meat .
dinner (7pm) = cider vinegar, meat or fish with lots of vegetables (steamed or fried) and a cheese/mushroom sauce, salad & dressing, glass of red wine
supper = ryvita + cheese, clove of garlic washed down with benecol drink
I might have a slice of cake or flapkack and a pint of beer after a running race. Any naughtiness is usually tied to exercise.
Now my Hba1c bumbles around the 42-44 range I still have a BMI of 22, I run 3x a week, cycle 2x a week and do 3x weights sessions to try to counteract age-related muscle wastage and to improve my insulin resistance.
The point is, should I be satisfied with maintain a Hba1c in this range (ie 42-44) or should I be trying to lower it still? If so, what changes would people recommend?
Ta