Can you just clarify? Do you mean self testing of cholesterol or blood sugars? Assuming you mean blood sugars then yes, many of us Type 2s here self test. We can advise if you want to buy a blood glucose meter.
The Wellion LUNA duo tests glucose and cholesterol I believe but strips for cholesterol are quite expensive and for me that is rather prohibitive of self testing for cholesterol levels.
Theres no problem with eating lots of eggs as dietary cholesterol has very little impact on the cholesterol our livers make so we can survive.I use an SD Codefree meter for testing my glucose and wondered if I should be testing my cholesterol level as I eat a lot of eggs.
Theres no problem with eating lots of eggs as dietary cholesterol has very little impact on the cholesterol our livers make so we can survive.
Last August it was 4:4 with no statins. I have changed my diet to include eggs which is why I asked if I should be self testing cholesterol levels.How is your cholesterol (lipid) panel looking?
Last August it was 4:4 with no statins. I have changed my diet to include eggs which is why I asked if I should be self testing cholesterol levels.
Your total cholesterol number tells you little about how your lipids are made up. To get a clearer picture you need to look at the breakdown of the numbers so that means LDL, HDL and Triglycerides. It is the ratio of HDL to Triglycerides that is the most useful marker in terms of Diabetes and cardiovascular health.
Had you fasted for 12 hours before the blood was taken? If not then they probably didn't do a full lipid panel anyway so they wouldn't have the breakdown. This makes the test not worth doing in my opinion.I did ask the nurse for the breakdown but she was unable to give them to me. I will be more determined next time.
Ingested cholesterol should not affect your blood cholesterol results.as I eat a lot of eggs.
David the last link in that article seems to suggest while eggs are fine for the general population they can be bad for Diabetics. Confused though I dont plan to stop eating eggs. I currently average around 8 a week.Ingested cholesterol should not affect your blood cholesterol results.
There's a good article here https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/dietary-cholesterol-does-not-matter#section3. If you Google Dietary Cholesterol, there's loads more articles.
Confused though I dont plan to stop eating eggs.
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