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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 241507" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>I have never mentioned experts I was just referring to the diabetics who have gained good control <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>As to which is better high readings or high readings well neither IMO. Let me explain what I mean when I say the the postprandial readings are the most important.</p><p></p><p>A fasting reading and to some extent a pre meal reading will tell you at what level your at at that moment in time and there is nothing you can do about it unless you are using insulin and are able to take a correction dose, postprandial readings however can be used to work out what foods are causing them and by reducing those foods in our diets we can bring those postprandial readings down. Now as they come down so will the fasting and pre meal readings, so the only readings that we as T2 can use to reduce our HbA1c's are postprandial readings.</p><p></p><p>My postprandial readings are rarely over 6.5 mmol/L consequently I can not have higher pre meal readings as the two hour postprandial are (generally) always higher than pre meal readings. Then as a further consequence of reducing pre meal readings - by reducing postprandial readings - our fasting readings come down.</p><p></p><p>Therefore postprandial readings are the most important, I rarely test now a days as I have good control but when I do I test the occasional postprandial reading just to check that my metabolism has not changed, if either I was to become more insulin resistant again or if my pancreatic function was to become more impaired then it would show up first in my postprandial readings.</p><p></p><p>In other words all readings are directly related to and dependant on our postprandial levels <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>I hope that explains my point of view clearer than my previous quick answer :thumbup:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 241507, member: 19121"] I have never mentioned experts I was just referring to the diabetics who have gained good control :D As to which is better high readings or high readings well neither IMO. Let me explain what I mean when I say the the postprandial readings are the most important. A fasting reading and to some extent a pre meal reading will tell you at what level your at at that moment in time and there is nothing you can do about it unless you are using insulin and are able to take a correction dose, postprandial readings however can be used to work out what foods are causing them and by reducing those foods in our diets we can bring those postprandial readings down. Now as they come down so will the fasting and pre meal readings, so the only readings that we as T2 can use to reduce our HbA1c's are postprandial readings. My postprandial readings are rarely over 6.5 mmol/L consequently I can not have higher pre meal readings as the two hour postprandial are (generally) always higher than pre meal readings. Then as a further consequence of reducing pre meal readings - by reducing postprandial readings - our fasting readings come down. Therefore postprandial readings are the most important, I rarely test now a days as I have good control but when I do I test the occasional postprandial reading just to check that my metabolism has not changed, if either I was to become more insulin resistant again or if my pancreatic function was to become more impaired then it would show up first in my postprandial readings. In other words all readings are directly related to and dependant on our postprandial levels :D I hope that explains my point of view clearer than my previous quick answer :thumbup: [/QUOTE]
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