I read this forum for a while, familiarising myself with usual causes of development of diabetes. I would like to leave my story here, and link to a user post here in the past, that sounds exactly like me.
Essentially, I went on keto to lose weight, then one day decided to snack on carbs and got really sick, seemed to pee more than I used to and went to a doctor thinking it is diabetes. I stayed on keto the whole period I am to describe. I was given a glucose tolerance test that I failed, and hence was sent to an endo. He repeated the test and I failed it. He tested for antibodies (4 of them) them being negative. He then discharged me as not having diabetes and told me to start eating carbs again because my pancreas is asleep from all the keto diet, hence my failures on GTT. I did. But I observed my BGs and how I feel for 2.5 weeks, and they shown large spikes (up to 12 mmol/l) and then it took 3-4 hours to get them down to normal range.
Here is a post from a person who had similar situation: Google "No antibodies - but low (fasting) c-peptide and insulin reddit" first link.
My c-peptide was a bit below normal range with fasting glucose of 4.5 mmol/l which I was told means nothing. Can someone share an opinion why, if I do not have diabetes, experience large glucose spikes after prolonged keto diet? They make me feel awful and I am forced to continue eating low carb with normal BMI. What is the science behind this? Or did endo just dismiss me without good reason?
Essentially, I went on keto to lose weight, then one day decided to snack on carbs and got really sick, seemed to pee more than I used to and went to a doctor thinking it is diabetes. I stayed on keto the whole period I am to describe. I was given a glucose tolerance test that I failed, and hence was sent to an endo. He repeated the test and I failed it. He tested for antibodies (4 of them) them being negative. He then discharged me as not having diabetes and told me to start eating carbs again because my pancreas is asleep from all the keto diet, hence my failures on GTT. I did. But I observed my BGs and how I feel for 2.5 weeks, and they shown large spikes (up to 12 mmol/l) and then it took 3-4 hours to get them down to normal range.
Here is a post from a person who had similar situation: Google "No antibodies - but low (fasting) c-peptide and insulin reddit" first link.
My c-peptide was a bit below normal range with fasting glucose of 4.5 mmol/l which I was told means nothing. Can someone share an opinion why, if I do not have diabetes, experience large glucose spikes after prolonged keto diet? They make me feel awful and I am forced to continue eating low carb with normal BMI. What is the science behind this? Or did endo just dismiss me without good reason?
