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analysing data from blood glucose readings

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paulholly

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i am prediabetic my reading from the doctor was 44 ? i have had the codefree kit for three weeks now and have accumulated data so how do i read it?
 
What I do is record all the levels in a food diary. The food diary needs to be detailed.
Test before you eat and 2 hours after first bite and look at the rise from before to after. Any rise needs to be under 2mmol/l. More than that and there are too many carbs in that meal for your body to cope with, so either reduce the portion size or eliminate some. Then try to keep the rise as low as you can.

There are some phone apps, but I don't use these. Others may be able to help. Personally I record everything on an Excel spreadsheet.
 
I use the MySugr app on my iPhone, where I can record bloods, meds, insulin, grams of carbs, type of food, and tags like activities, what meal it is, etc etc.

Then I use the MyFitnessPal app on both phone and iPad to keep a detailed food diary, which also works out the amounts of nutrients with everything. You can import recipes from websites too. It’s very handy!

All on my phone and iPad, I only use my computer to print off monthly MyFitnessPal reports.

I do use the paid version of both, but the free versions are perfectly functional and really good.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
What I do is record all the levels in a food diary. The food diary needs to be detailed.
Test before you eat and 2 hours after first bite and look at the rise from before to after. Any rise needs to be under 2mmol/l. More than that and there are too many carbs in that meal for your body to cope with, so either reduce the portion size or eliminate some. Then try to keep the rise as low as you can.

There are some phone apps, but I don't use these. Others may be able to help. Personally I record everything on an Excel spreadsheet.
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Very good i am doing what you and others say and i am finding when the carb has been low my readings have been "good" ie today fasting 5.8 two hours after meal 6.00 but then i have had days where after a poor meal Chinese takeaway and chips its rocketed up to 10.3 and the next day starts at 7.1 so my question is do we wander from non diabetic to diabetic over the course of a week?
 
paulholly said:
Very good i am doing what you and others say and i am finding when the carb has been low my readings have been "good" ie today fasting 5.8 two hours after meal 6.00 but then i have had days where after a poor meal Chinese takeaway and chips its rocketed up to 10.3 and the next day starts at 7.1 so my question is do we wander from non diabetic to diabetic over the course of a week?
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there is no cure for diabetes now, so carbs will ALLWAYS do their job.

To remain in “non-diabetes” state means to do life-long diet change. Sorry.
 
paulholly said:
Very good i am doing what you and others say and i am finding when the carb has been low my readings have been "good" ie today fasting 5.8 two hours after meal 6.00 but then i have had days where after a poor meal Chinese takeaway and chips its rocketed up to 10.3 and the next day starts at 7.1 so my question is do we wander from non diabetic to diabetic over the course of a week?
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No .. what you have found out is that high carb meals like chinese takeway and chips cause your blood sugars to spike. That's why we recommend that you avoid eating high carb foods to keep your blood sugars at reasonable levels to avoid progression to full Type 2 and the inherent health disasters that can bring.
 
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rom35 said:
there is no cure for diabetes now, so carbs will ALLWAYS do their job.

To remain in “non-diabetes” state means to do life-long diet change. Sorry.
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Thats the most important statement i have heard from this site a wonderful realistic statement that just makes so much sense
thank you phh
 
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