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FBS Normal, 2hpp High...What's happening?

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ThinOne

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
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Diet only
Hi everyone, i don't use any drugs, just a newbe...
Here is the thing: My FBS is normal, but my after meal bs is high, around 170 or more, but it gets back to normal 3 hour later..
Every year I do check up , for years everything is normal, cholestrol, fbs, triglyceride... everything, apparently. fbs around 90, 95 for years.
My uncle has a home blood sugar test kit, one day he took an after meal test of me and we found out i have high blood sugar after meals!
question one: What's wrong with me?! t1 ? t2? nothing?
I am 40 , bmi 22 and my a1c was 5.8 as i tested last week. thank you for helping me.
And another question:
I am trying to eat low carb diet, but isn't it dangerous to eat very low carbs? i feel the pancreas get lazy. plus, i'm thin already.

Thank you in advance.
 
I wouldn't pretend to diagnose what is wrong with you, but you might find the following information about BG control and why it works/stops working properly of help: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046621.php

The Blood Sugar 101 site is a great resource for all information related to Diabetes.

Edited to add: Low carb is not dangerous and if you are eating enough calories, you won't necessarily lose weight following that eating plan.
 
Thank you for this wonderful and informative link!

Indy51 said:
I wouldn't pretend to diagnose what is wrong with you, but you might find the following information about BG control and why it works/stops working properly of help: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046621.php

The Blood Sugar 101 site is a great resource for all information related to Diabetes.

Edited to add: Low carb is not dangerous and if you are eating enough calories, you won't necessarily lose weight following that eating plan.
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I am the same. No one took my concern for bg seriously as the fbg was normal. It took some effort and a lot of time to get my GP to do an OGTT that came back at 20,6 at one hour and 13.8 at two hours. My fbg is still normal.

BMI 23, low blood pressure, low most things, normal cholesterol with a good breakdown, HbA1c of 46 at diagnosis, 51 y old, active life style, heavy diabetes inheritance though. No antibodies so assume it is some kind of type two.

As I grew up with a diabetic parent who in his turn grew up with a diabetic parent I never got into the habit of eating sweets and desserts nor any sweet stuff. We never had rice or pizza or any such things in my childhood home as dad was diabetic.

And I have been low carbing in a gentle way for years.
 
Thank you for the link Indy51. Just had a quick look at the Blood Sugar 101 site and learnt such a lot in such a short time. I can see I will be visiting there again.
 
Your 2 hour after meal reading is an indicator of diabetes rather than fasting blood sugar readings. Your HBa1C is extremely good and wouldn't indicate diabetes so without further tests and readings any diagnosis would be difficult. If you do have diabetes as you are slim and only 40, then Late onset T1 becomes a possibility as well as T2. It looks like you need further tests and GAD and c-peptide for LADA (Late onset T1) could be useful. It isn't dangerous to have low-carb despite the food industry lobby putting out propaganda to the contrary. You can survive fairly well without any carbs but they do contribute some nutrients; just reduce them and have proteins and fats as well as veg to make up your meals
 
Peaking to 170 at 2 the 2 hour point tells you nothing really without knowing what you ate and what you normally eat. Some foods with a slow release of glucose cause a rise at 2 hours and not the normal 1 hour, for example, I see this with ice cream, roast potatoes and many other foods. So what I would say is that I expect you have nothing wrong with you but if you are worried go and see your doctor.
 
I agree with Andrew, depending what you ate, this value (under 9 mmol/L) at +2 hours could be within or near the normal range, or possibly "prediabetic". You are most unlikely to be Type 1 diabetic though possibly at risk of Type 3.
 
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