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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1681435" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>These are the targets recommended here in the UK by the NHS for T2 diabetics.</p><p>Fasting/before meals 4 to 7mmol/l</p><p>At least 90 minutes after eating under 8.5</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html</a></p><p></p><p>Your fasting BS of 6.3 was good. It all went wrong after that, and it looks like it was your liver being over generous with its supply of glucose. This will always happen in the absence of sufficient glucose in the body (or what our hormones think is insufficient according to what our bodies are used to). In non-diabetics the pancreas secretes insulin which pushes this glucose into the cells and keeps the blood glucose nice and stable, at the same time telling the liver to stop dumping. This system doesn't work in T2 diabetics because although the pancreas secretes insulin, the insulin is rejected by the cells (insulin resistance) and can't get through to the liver (fatty Liver) so blood glucose levels rise and the liver continues to dump. The pancreas panics and secretes more and more insulin until eventually some of it manages to work, which can take a long time. </p><p></p><p>In addition to your liver dump, your post lunch rise from 11.9 to 17.6 was very high. (A rise of 5.7) This shows there were far too many carbs in your lunch. The aim is to keep any rise from before to after a meal under 2mmol/l and preferably less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1681435, member: 94045"] These are the targets recommended here in the UK by the NHS for T2 diabetics. Fasting/before meals 4 to 7mmol/l At least 90 minutes after eating under 8.5 [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html[/URL] Your fasting BS of 6.3 was good. It all went wrong after that, and it looks like it was your liver being over generous with its supply of glucose. This will always happen in the absence of sufficient glucose in the body (or what our hormones think is insufficient according to what our bodies are used to). In non-diabetics the pancreas secretes insulin which pushes this glucose into the cells and keeps the blood glucose nice and stable, at the same time telling the liver to stop dumping. This system doesn't work in T2 diabetics because although the pancreas secretes insulin, the insulin is rejected by the cells (insulin resistance) and can't get through to the liver (fatty Liver) so blood glucose levels rise and the liver continues to dump. The pancreas panics and secretes more and more insulin until eventually some of it manages to work, which can take a long time. In addition to your liver dump, your post lunch rise from 11.9 to 17.6 was very high. (A rise of 5.7) This shows there were far too many carbs in your lunch. The aim is to keep any rise from before to after a meal under 2mmol/l and preferably less. [/QUOTE]
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