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What was in your fishcakes apart from fish? Potato? Were they breadcrumbed? If so, and with the high carb corn, you were very lucky to have a level of 5.7.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
What was in your fishcakes apart from fish? Potato? Were they breadcrumbed? If so, and with the high carb corn, you were very lucky to have a level of 5.7.
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Mixed with flour paste and steamed
 
I took a slow walk after my dinner so that could have helped improve my bs reading.

First thing this morning, my bs is 6.9 from a 5.7 with an in between 3 ounce of plain tuna.
 
I was concerned about having a hypo during my sleep at 5.7 if i haven't had anything to eat.
 
What about serving sizes-
I mean I had a small serving of oats with milk after 2 hours my bg was 98 mg/dl on the other hand double the serving 165 at 2 hrs.
 
gilbertsweet said:
Oh, I wouldn't. I thought anyone with diabetes could run into it.
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Typically the risk of hypo < 3.5 mmol are relatively low for Type 2 who are not on insulin or sulfonylurea. It is the overdosage that causes the hypo.

Our liver tends to over compensate by releasing a huge amount of glucose when it sense that our glucose level is low. Hence the dawn phenomenon of elevated glucose level that is frequently observed.

Even on a multi day fast (>72hours), which will exhaust the glycogen store, my glucose level remains stable around 4.5 mmol. The only time that I will experience readings below 4 mmol is when I take strong tea or had a very high carb meal which triggers a reactive hypo.
 
I was told by doctor to not eat after 10 pm and if bs is 8ish should be okay.
 
gilbertsweet said:
I was told by doctor to not eat after 10 pm and if bs is 8ish should be okay.
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If you are happy with fasting glucose around 8 mmol, then there is no need to make any more changes. You are already within that range. And HbA1c will remain around 6.5% or higher.

Changes are needed only if you have considered and think it may be beneficial to achieve a lower HbA1c level and fasting glucose level.

Because so few T2D actually return to normal HbA1c levels of < 5.5%, haven't really come across long term comparative studies that can show you the risks/benefits of T2D with HbA1c around 6.5% vs < 5.5% in terms of all the known complication end-points.

I do it because it seems logical that from a systemic point of view, maintaining a normal blood glucose level like maintaining stable body temperature is how we were designed and that is what we should be targeting for. And from various CGM studies, 4.5-5.0 mmol seems to be the norm. Especially helpful was this article by Jenny Ruhl

What is a Normal Blood Sugar?
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php
 
Thanks. 5 years ago, my A1c was 5.8 and this Jan it was 6.5.
 
I was 6.1 before bed but took 35 g of plain cheese and woke up with a 7.7 reading. Any thoughts about the bs rise?
 
The rise is nothing to worry about, most people experience a rise in the mornings and that was not excessisve.
 
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