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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1023231" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>My fasting blood tests (while on a low carb way of eating) vary from the low 6s to the mid 8s (mmol/l). It seems to be affected by a lot of variables not restricted to amount of sleep, what i have been eating, stress levels, time the test was taken and time i got up.</p><p></p><p>I know it isn't the answer you are looking for, but from my own fasting blood tests, using a home meter, i don't see that a single 7.2 is definitive proof of being diabetic.</p><p></p><p>My own surgery seem to be very disinterested in registering me as a T2 (and this after I have been monitoring my own blood glucose for 3 years, and need to stick to a very low carb diet to maintain 'normal' blood glucose).</p><p></p><p>The current culture in the NHS is to encourage newly diagnosed diabetics to manage with diet and exercise (no meds) until their blood tests show a higher average reading (HbA1c test).</p><p></p><p>If you anticipate developing diabetes in the near future, you may be able to delay it, (possibly indefinitely) using diet and exercise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1023231, member: 41816"] My fasting blood tests (while on a low carb way of eating) vary from the low 6s to the mid 8s (mmol/l). It seems to be affected by a lot of variables not restricted to amount of sleep, what i have been eating, stress levels, time the test was taken and time i got up. I know it isn't the answer you are looking for, but from my own fasting blood tests, using a home meter, i don't see that a single 7.2 is definitive proof of being diabetic. My own surgery seem to be very disinterested in registering me as a T2 (and this after I have been monitoring my own blood glucose for 3 years, and need to stick to a very low carb diet to maintain 'normal' blood glucose). The current culture in the NHS is to encourage newly diagnosed diabetics to manage with diet and exercise (no meds) until their blood tests show a higher average reading (HbA1c test). If you anticipate developing diabetes in the near future, you may be able to delay it, (possibly indefinitely) using diet and exercise. [/QUOTE]
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