I test around six times a day before and after meals which include the fasting bgl.Am just curious - How many times do you measure each day?
Secondly, i am also curious if “30 day / 90 day average BG level” etc. are any useful?
New foods I understand bit i am lost on how one reads into insulin resistance/gluconeoSomethingSis (ignorant me.... something to do with protein to glucose??) using strip???
And 10-15%???? I didn’t realize meters have such an error range... i use ehat is called AccuCheck Active... should I assume they have errors (and do what??? Check more times???)
just focus on not to get too many carbs in a day in total maybe try only eating 50 grams in total in a day, if your numbers are not normal then go lower
type 2 diabetics do usually not get hypos ... (when they don't take insulin stimulating drugs or inject insulin)
type 1 and type 2 are two totally different diseases.
how much insulin resistance one has is different in everybody, and of cause it is good to use one's muscles every day and get fit then, but not all get rid of diabetes that way anyway.
the easiest way to get a fine control is to count ones daily level of carbs and share these carbs maybe leveled out on the 3 meals or two meals, like 50 grams of carbs with maybe 10 grams in the morning meal, 20 at lunch and then 20 grams for dinner
I live 380 klms south of the Tropic of Capricorn here in Australia, I eat fats included in cheese, butter, yoghurt, meat and bacon fat etc. with no problems.Too much fat, while in a tropical country on equator sounds like not suitable...
I live 380 klms south of the Tropic of Capricorn here in Australia, I eat fats included in cheese, butter, yoghurt, meat and bacon fat etc. with no problems.
I understand @Tipetoo... I guess i just need to get out of old mental barriers. Even with the slight increase in fat that i have done, I already keep wondering if it is ok or not... is it too much... ???
Then i read the daily food diaries of some members here and realize my fat intake must be significantly low in comparison. And Doctors’ advice as we all know scares us away from almost all fat
I guess taking that leap of faith is what i need...
To be honest I would never ask a doctor for diet advice, not bashing doctors, but diet seems to get very little focus in med school and gets over looked. There are of course some who really know their craft....
Edit... forgot to mention. I test a lot, some insulin use and being a transplant recipient I take prednesalone every single day and have done for the last 21 years as part of the treatment for lung transplants. This drug makes life very difficult, apart from inducing diabetes it also plays havoc with bg control and as a result has to be monitored as it it is constantly wanting to push the level up. I don't even know how many times a day I test. Anyway, still maintain a hba1c below 6, usually around 5.8, sometimes as low 5.5. It's just a lot of work to keep it that low. If I didn't have to take prednesalone, life would be so much easier, I hate the frequent testing, but I prefer living.