sue.cassie
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
I have type 2 do you recommend testing if so when is a god time I have been getting different opinions I am only on diet and exercise I also need to lose weight would you reccomed low carb.
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Blood testing
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Lazybones
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Dear Sue.Cassie,
I read your recent post with intrest. Well if you ask 100 diabetics this question you would probably get 100 differing answers.
From my own point of view, I'm incidentally a Type 2 diabetic (when I could test regularly and the test strips were freely available) I used to test first thing in the morning before breakfast, occasionally at midday, before my main evening meal and last thing at night. I would also test 2 hours after eating a meal and over a period of several weeks I refined all of this testing down to just twice a week, when I would test both before and 2 hours after eating a main meal which I knew from previous results was likely to give me an elevated B/G 2 hour responce.
I used the results that I obtained to refine my diet so that all the regular testing wasn't then required, and eventually only tested myself on the rare occasion. These days I never test, as the NHS in their decision to cut costs have decided that FREE Test strips are now only availabe to Type 1 diabetics, Type 2 on specific diabetic medication (possibly going hypo) or diabetics with brittle forms of diabetes.
I suggest you make careful note of the reading just before eating and also 2 hours afterwards (together with the type of foods that you've eaten) and if necessiary fine 'tune' your diet so that and high peaks in Glucose levels are minumised (use GL food tables as a basis to work from).
Remember also that exercise, stress, anxiety, depression and being under the weather can all infulence B/G levels, and follow the good advise that this site suggests for appropriate B/G levels both before/after eating.
Hope this is of some use - Best regards - Lazybones
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I read your recent post with intrest. Well if you ask 100 diabetics this question you would probably get 100 differing answers.
From my own point of view, I'm incidentally a Type 2 diabetic (when I could test regularly and the test strips were freely available) I used to test first thing in the morning before breakfast, occasionally at midday, before my main evening meal and last thing at night. I would also test 2 hours after eating a meal and over a period of several weeks I refined all of this testing down to just twice a week, when I would test both before and 2 hours after eating a main meal which I knew from previous results was likely to give me an elevated B/G 2 hour responce.
I used the results that I obtained to refine my diet so that all the regular testing wasn't then required, and eventually only tested myself on the rare occasion. These days I never test, as the NHS in their decision to cut costs have decided that FREE Test strips are now only availabe to Type 1 diabetics, Type 2 on specific diabetic medication (possibly going hypo) or diabetics with brittle forms of diabetes.
I suggest you make careful note of the reading just before eating and also 2 hours afterwards (together with the type of foods that you've eaten) and if necessiary fine 'tune' your diet so that and high peaks in Glucose levels are minumised (use GL food tables as a basis to work from).
Remember also that exercise, stress, anxiety, depression and being under the weather can all infulence B/G levels, and follow the good advise that this site suggests for appropriate B/G levels both before/after eating.
Hope this is of some use - Best regards - Lazybones
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