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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2146684" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Yes there is some improvement. Well done on your efforts. Im just trying to help you focus those efforts in the most productive direction. I’m sorry but you’ve confused me a bit. I haven’t specified just 3 tests a day.</p><p></p><p>Randomly taken numbers don’t show a great deal in isolation. You need to understand what causes them, good and not so good.</p><p></p><p>So the starting point is the fasting morning test. This typically is the last number to get where you want it. It can be higher due to dawn phenomenon (something else to investigate later maybe. Basically it’s the liver feeding you glucose to help you start the day. We all get it to some degree but in normal circumstances would only have the right amount for the right amount of time. It goes wrong for some of us). Metformin has most of its usefulness here as it limits the amount of glucose the liver dumps, but it does next to nothing for the glucose you eat.</p><p></p><p>Next is the before a meal reading. (Or even before exercise). Simple. Knowing your starting point is important so you know how much an event changes your levels. </p><p></p><p>Then after meals (or exercise as an example of another event that can affect readings). This shows how you responded. A lot of foods will reach their peak around 45 to 60 mins and then hopefully drop somewhere closer to the baseline within 2 hrs. This is the goal. Some foods, especially fattier meals and for some people grains can take longer to rise and longer to fall and if we only look for the 2 hour reading we can miss the late spikes. This is where the apparently random readings mid way between meals might be useful, so long as you have done the others to put it into context. If you don’t come back down it’s likely because there are too many carbs so adjust accordingly next time you have the meal.</p><p></p><p>When your body has been much higher for a while it gets used to it. Then when you drop levels down it behaves like a toddler and has a tantrum about you taking the sugar away. It’s known as a false hypo. False because the numbers are not actually a hypo (usually seen as below 4 for insulin users) even though the symptoms feel pretty much identical. It’s only danger, other than feeling horrible, is the risk of accidents or falls due to dizziness etc. The blood levels themselves won’t hurt you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2146684, member: 480869"] Yes there is some improvement. Well done on your efforts. Im just trying to help you focus those efforts in the most productive direction. I’m sorry but you’ve confused me a bit. I haven’t specified just 3 tests a day. Randomly taken numbers don’t show a great deal in isolation. You need to understand what causes them, good and not so good. So the starting point is the fasting morning test. This typically is the last number to get where you want it. It can be higher due to dawn phenomenon (something else to investigate later maybe. Basically it’s the liver feeding you glucose to help you start the day. We all get it to some degree but in normal circumstances would only have the right amount for the right amount of time. It goes wrong for some of us). Metformin has most of its usefulness here as it limits the amount of glucose the liver dumps, but it does next to nothing for the glucose you eat. Next is the before a meal reading. (Or even before exercise). Simple. Knowing your starting point is important so you know how much an event changes your levels. Then after meals (or exercise as an example of another event that can affect readings). This shows how you responded. A lot of foods will reach their peak around 45 to 60 mins and then hopefully drop somewhere closer to the baseline within 2 hrs. This is the goal. Some foods, especially fattier meals and for some people grains can take longer to rise and longer to fall and if we only look for the 2 hour reading we can miss the late spikes. This is where the apparently random readings mid way between meals might be useful, so long as you have done the others to put it into context. If you don’t come back down it’s likely because there are too many carbs so adjust accordingly next time you have the meal. When your body has been much higher for a while it gets used to it. Then when you drop levels down it behaves like a toddler and has a tantrum about you taking the sugar away. It’s known as a false hypo. False because the numbers are not actually a hypo (usually seen as below 4 for insulin users) even though the symptoms feel pretty much identical. It’s only danger, other than feeling horrible, is the risk of accidents or falls due to dizziness etc. The blood levels themselves won’t hurt you. [/QUOTE]
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