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louiseb

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I am pre-diabetic so bought a meter to keep an eye bg levels to try and get my levels down by excercising and diet.
well my question is what is a good bg level 2 hours after food I have been trying to eat low carb meals and have been testing my bg 2 hours after each meal to try and work out what food is best for me well my bg has been ranging between 7.8 to 10.8 are these levels ok?
I want to know what a good result would be 2 hours after a meal so I know what to aim for and can work out what foods are good for me.
 
Louise

Good links been given.

Ideally, as a T1, I'd prefer to be under 8 at two hours but without no carb (and I only eat about 30g max per time, if at all) and even with insulin I wouldnt always manage this without hypo risk. However I def dont like going over 9-not least as double figures poleaxe me.

However, if you are still getting 10.8 two hours even after eating with low carb then I think you might need to re consider the prediabetes status . Im not med trained of course but if someone with diabetes doesnt want to see 10.8 on a meter then Im sure a pre diabetic doesnt want to!I appreciate attempts at trying to avoid full blown diabetes but whats important is control of bg and whether this needs diet, meds etc then so be it.

No non diabetic (which is what they are trying to say with pre?, IMHO you either are, or are not diabetic, International Classifications be damned) would ever reach 10.8. Despite what Docs and nurses say.
 
lilibet said:
.........However, if you are still getting 10.8 two hours even after eating with low carb then I think you might need to re consider the prediabetes status . Im not med trained of course but if someone with diabetes doesnt want to see 10.8 on a meter then Im sure a pre diabetic doesnt want to!.........
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Hi Louise,

I agree with what lilibet says above. Given what you have been told about being diagnosed with pre-diabetes, I'm surprised that you are seeing readings of 10.8 two hours after eating anything - especially if the meal had been lowish in carbohydrate.

I've been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes for over nine years now and I don't ever remember having a reading like that after two hours since I started testing eighteen months ago.

My advice would be for you to discuss the readings that you've been finding with your GP.

Best wishes - John
 
chris thanks for the links they were very helpful

lillibet
No non diabetic (which is what they are trying to say with pre?, IMHO you either are, or are not diabetic, International Classifications be damned) would ever reach 10.8. Despite what Docs and nurses say.
lilibet

yes my doctor says im not diabetic he told me i have pre-daibetes which means my bg levels are not normal but not high enough to classed as daibetes he told me I would quickly develop diabetes if I did not change my lifestyle but might get it anyway de to genetic factors.
well I have been getting readings of 8 in the morning now after overnight fast im trying but my levels dont seem to be reducing and my doctor is not very helpful just says your not diabetic yet so nothing I can do just change your lifestyle.

john
I agree with what lilibet says above. Given what you have been told about being diagnosed with pre-diabetes, I'm surprised that you are seeing readings of 10.8 two hours after eating anything - especially if the meal had been lowish in carbohydrate.

I just have to trust my doctor I cant force him to give me meds so will just have to try my best to get bg levels down myself by diet and excercise

my glucose tolerance test was
fasting 6.2
2 hour mark after glucose 10.4
 
Hi again louiseb,

In my opinion, quite a lot of Type 2 diabetes diagnosis seems to be a bit hit and miss. I was diagnosed over nine years ago in the very early stages. My HbA1c slowly increased over eight years to a high of 9.4%. I have diabetes there is no question about that and we are all told over and over again that situation can never change.

However, if I went to a GP or hospital these days and they carried out the most common diagnosis tests - i.e. fasting blood glucose or HbA1c - they would tell me that I wasn't diabetic. In fact, an endocrinologist said just that to me recently despite the fact that she new full well of my history.

I'd expect that a glucose tolerance test might find out that I did have diabetes but these days I'm not even certain about that. However, I don't think this type of test is carried out too often. - certainly, I've never had such a test in the nine years that I've had diabetes.

With the benefit of hindsight, I'm fairly confident that my diabetes started several years before diagnosis. I think that diagnosis is more related to the stage that they need to start dealing with the problem rather than whether or not you have the condition.

In my opinion, diet and exercise is the way to go. In my experience diet is very powerful indeed in helping you to get things sorted out.

Best wishes - John
 
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