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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BravoKilo" data-source="post: 2470050" data-attributes="member: 548600">Some early Christmas cheer! Just got my (private) blood tests back.  My HbA1c is down to 35 after 4 months of  moderate low-carb diet, exercise and no medication.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Minimal weight loss (2kg, BMI 21.7) -  have always had normal BMI.Low-carb as in around 50 to 70g Carbs a day, with as large a variety of food as possible within that - flexitarian.  (No bread, pasta, rice, oats, barley etc but a few legumes, e.g. chickpeas & lentils).Will keep on keeping on!  There is still a way to go: My fasting BG is typically in prediabetic range, but fluctuates a lot - this looks to be a common theme with low-Carb?  Daily average BG is around 6.5 to 6.7  (from Libre & finger pricking), and BG never goes below 5 so was surprised by the 35  HbA1c. Libre readings posted in <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/posts/2459895/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/posts/2459895/</a>Oh, and LDL Cholesterol is up @ 3.1 with   HDL OK @ 1.5.Comments & feedback welcome.(Background: was not diagnosed T2D (by reluctant GP) until 2018, despite having 2 hr OGTT readings of  15.2 & 11.1 in 2014.    Never been on medication).</blockquote>

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