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- Type of diabetes
- Don't have diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- going to a gym
I bought myself a Codefree meter to try and see which foods would spike my blood. I'd had an NHS health check in Jan 2013 where they had focussed on hypertension and it was only months later, when I saw my medical notes online, that I realised the A1c was bumping on the upper limit of' 'normal'. My dr agreed and did it again saying that changes I'd made to diet and lifestyle for hypertension would have lowered the A1c. Unfortunately not. He told me to come back in a year and seemed convinced the numbers would rise as they hadn't reduced with all the weight I'd lost [about 3 stone] and exercise etc.
So, new to finger pricking I test first thing in the morning, then 2 hrs after my evening meal. The fasting reading today was 4.8 and 2 hrs after my evening meal it was 7.5. I don't really know how to get the best out of the meter - how often should I test and do I even need to. Are these numbers OK? I eat LCHF on the whole but am not too rigid about it. My BMI is <19.
So, new to finger pricking I test first thing in the morning, then 2 hrs after my evening meal. The fasting reading today was 4.8 and 2 hrs after my evening meal it was 7.5. I don't really know how to get the best out of the meter - how often should I test and do I even need to. Are these numbers OK? I eat LCHF on the whole but am not too rigid about it. My BMI is <19.