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Erratic Bloods - is this normal for type 2?

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Bolouswki

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Hi

I've been testing for about a month now and my numbers are

fasting average 6.1
after eating average 7.5

obviously I would like to get these down by about 1.5 for both readings

BUT

I get weird readings very often - like today I had bacon and eggs for breakfast (with a teaspoon of brown sauce) after a fasting reading of 6.6 - and two hours later I had a BG of 8.2?

Yesterday i had porridge - which normally does nothing to my levels - and had the same spike.

Then today (1 hour after the 8.2 reading) i had my lunch of roast lamb and roast new potatoes (4 or 5 small ones) and 2 hours after my blood was 4.2?? What gives? Am i producing insulin on the sly or being less IR some days than others? Any ideas? I'm type 2, pretty newly diagnosed.

Thanks for any advice.
 
It is possible that you are producing some insulin and also possible that you may be becoming less insulin resistant. This can happen when your body gets a rest from the higher sugar circulating in your blood.
It is one of the reasons that restricted calorie intake can make significant changes to the way your body handles sugar.

So, you might be on the road to some remission so keep it up!

However, it might just be that your body responds differently to certain foods, as has been said many times "we all vary". I have found that I can eat quite a few chips and not have a big spike. But I can't eat boiled or mashed potatoes, I can eat 3 small new potatoes.

That's why we all need to test around food, if there was a standard diet that worked for all T2s you can bet the NHS would have us all on it.

The way your body handles the carbs input will also vary depending on the time of day, I cannot eat porridge in the morning but I can eat a small portion in the evening without any spike. Spooky hey!

8.2 two hours after a meal is not so bad, better if it was less than 8 but remember your meter could easily be out by that .2, trouble is it could be up or down.

If you get a high reading after certain food eaten at a particular time of day, either don't eat it or reduce the portion size. If you can eat roast spuds and roast meat then eat it, might be OK for breakfast? :-)

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Bolouswki said:
Then today (1 hour after the 8.2 reading) i had my lunch of roast lamb and roast new potatoes (4 or 5 small ones) and 2 hours after my blood was 4.2?? What gives?
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Hiya!

Next time you have your roast lamb and spuds, try to do another test at the 3.5 to 4 hour mark. Potato definitely spikes my BGs about 4 hours after I eat them - I miss this with a 2 hour test. I should say that I'm LADA, so it might be very different for Type 2s - also, I know you probably have to justify every test strip you use, but if you can, do the test once just to check.

Smidge
 
Did you have anything to drink before the roast lamb and spuds? Alcohol wise I mean? I have a roast on sundays and ALWAYS get lovely low sugar readings because I have a drink or three before Sunday Lunch! Alcohol reduces the body's ability to convert carbs into sugar. There's a posh name for it, but I can't remeber it. Red wine works really well, as does any pure spirit (whisky, gin, vodka etc) because the more distilled it is the less carbs it has - all the sugar has been turned into alcohol. Not an excuse to be permanently pxxxxx this, but it does affect you!
Malc
 
yes that 4 hour business is a good idea - i will try that thanks I'm cool on the strips - got millions

No alcohol Malc - can safely rule that one out!
 
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