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Constant BG level during the 15 hours of living

Chen_Cal

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Due to my hunger/ constant nibbing, my BG is at 7-9 level (with some postprandial peaks) through the awake hours (8a-11p); my Libreview reports 7.3 average; Estimated A1c 6.2‎%‎ or 44 mmol/mol
Is it a concern?

 
Well it’s in the prediabetic range so certainly could be worse if it is accurate. The more relevant issue is why are you constantly hungry and nibbling. Address this and you’ll likely improve the numbers.
Are you cutting carbs? Fats? Calories? portion size? Doing it all will likely cause hunger and failure to achieve goals. Carbs are the thing to cut and increase fats to balance this out and fill you up.
 
I've not been able to shop as easily or regularly as pre-coronavirus events but here is advice around snacking/grazing controls:

* Drink more water
* Have a very consistent eating schedule
* Don't buy things from the store that would be bad snacks or too much of a temptation
* Buy an abundance of snacks that are 0 or very low net carbs - cheese sticks, high fiber nuts, olives, Atkins bars, boiled eggs, salad bags, carrots
* Pre-make some egg + almond flour keto bread and keep in the fridge - for more substantial snack you can toast those and spread some flavored cream cheese on them
* Game-ify your eating to be around your testing. Meaning, since you don't want to be testing your levels until 2-3 hours after eating, the ritual becomes that you don't want to taint your testing and therefore will always test before a meal and 2-3 hours after the first bit of a meal (my methodology is either 3 hours after first bite or 2 hours after last bite). This helps me to control snacking.
* The lower carbs your diet contains overall, the less you will feel hungry anyway, so once your diet is controlled this will be less of an issue.
* Keep in mind that a lot of low carb options, particularly in the snack variety, will end up having higher cholesterol added to your diet (due to being cheese or egg based) and thus your triglycerides will probably go up even if your other "bad" cholesterol numbers go down from having a low carb diet mixed with regular exercise.
 
Keep in mind that a lot of low carb options, particularly in the snack variety, will end up having higher cholesterol added to your diet (due to being cheese or egg based) and thus your triglycerides will probably go up even if your other "bad" cholesterol numbers go down from having a low carb diet mixed with regular exercise.
Most low carbers find their triglycerides significantly drop as it’s the carbs that raise them not the fats!

Ldl may rise but even this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it’s usually protective large buoyant particles not damaging small dense ones but most drs don’t test which it is either.

hdl usually increases.

Ratios typically improve noticeably

eggs were disproved as a cholesterol raiser years ago.
 
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