spinningwoman
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Dear all,
I've posted before about how my husband has been told he is 'pre-diabetic' and that in the process of persuading him to self-test, I discovered that my own levels shoot up if I eat carbs. (Post meal of about 8-9 on a meal with a significant rice or noodle content.) This didn't worry me too much because I feel better when I low-carb anyway, and had been working my way back into it after a gradual increase in carbs since I stopped trying to lose weight. When I eat low-carb I get post-meal levels well down in the normal range.
However, I've just the last couple of days been testing my fasting level - first thing in the morning and before meals, and it has been a little higher than the recommended level from the bloodsugar101 website - not much, just 5.6 5.7 5.8 rather than 5.5 or below. But I don't really understand whether improved diet can improve this? It isn't like I've got huge improvements to make - I've been kind of 'lax low carb' anyway, rather than high carb. And I can see, obviously, how not eating carbs can control post meal BS but not really how it can improve fasting BS - after all, fasting is the ultimate low carb<g>. Or will being stricter about the meal levels help the fasting levels somehow?
Another improvement I do need to make is more exercise - I did really well last year in replacing a huge chunk of my daily travel by cycling but this year the weather has been so abysmal I've fallen out of the habit.
I haven't been to the doctor since the one we are with at the moment has not been helpful to my husband and we are moving shortly.
Thanks
I've posted before about how my husband has been told he is 'pre-diabetic' and that in the process of persuading him to self-test, I discovered that my own levels shoot up if I eat carbs. (Post meal of about 8-9 on a meal with a significant rice or noodle content.) This didn't worry me too much because I feel better when I low-carb anyway, and had been working my way back into it after a gradual increase in carbs since I stopped trying to lose weight. When I eat low-carb I get post-meal levels well down in the normal range.
However, I've just the last couple of days been testing my fasting level - first thing in the morning and before meals, and it has been a little higher than the recommended level from the bloodsugar101 website - not much, just 5.6 5.7 5.8 rather than 5.5 or below. But I don't really understand whether improved diet can improve this? It isn't like I've got huge improvements to make - I've been kind of 'lax low carb' anyway, rather than high carb. And I can see, obviously, how not eating carbs can control post meal BS but not really how it can improve fasting BS - after all, fasting is the ultimate low carb<g>. Or will being stricter about the meal levels help the fasting levels somehow?
Another improvement I do need to make is more exercise - I did really well last year in replacing a huge chunk of my daily travel by cycling but this year the weather has been so abysmal I've fallen out of the habit.
I haven't been to the doctor since the one we are with at the moment has not been helpful to my husband and we are moving shortly.
Thanks