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<blockquote data-quote="mm93fm" data-source="post: 2222326" data-attributes="member: 514091"><p>The reason you won't get a straight answer (I suspect) is because: no-one knows. There is no research or data on this. The majority of the research dealing with long-term complications (which is the thing we are all trying to avoid) looks at HbA1c, not Libre readings.</p><p></p><p>However, common sense would suggest that avoiding spikes would be a good thing, and a low carbohydrate diet would be good.</p><p></p><p>Going forwards, it might help you to keep a detailed log of Libre readings (spikes and all) and see how this correlates with HbA1c in 2-3 months' time.</p><p></p><p>It <em><strong>might</strong></em> be (for your body) that one big meal and one big spike a day does not really affect the HbA1c, in which case I wouldn't worry too much about it. However, if you are having 5 smaller meals and 5 small spikes a day, this may represent an overall greater exposure to sugar and cause the HbA1c to rise, and this would clearly be riskier for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm93fm, post: 2222326, member: 514091"] The reason you won't get a straight answer (I suspect) is because: no-one knows. There is no research or data on this. The majority of the research dealing with long-term complications (which is the thing we are all trying to avoid) looks at HbA1c, not Libre readings. However, common sense would suggest that avoiding spikes would be a good thing, and a low carbohydrate diet would be good. Going forwards, it might help you to keep a detailed log of Libre readings (spikes and all) and see how this correlates with HbA1c in 2-3 months' time. It [I][B]might[/B][/I] be (for your body) that one big meal and one big spike a day does not really affect the HbA1c, in which case I wouldn't worry too much about it. However, if you are having 5 smaller meals and 5 small spikes a day, this may represent an overall greater exposure to sugar and cause the HbA1c to rise, and this would clearly be riskier for you. [/QUOTE]
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