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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2367698" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi Jennie, and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, the good news. You are at the very low end of a diabetic diagnosis and yes there are things you can do to lower your blood sugar levels to normal.</p><p></p><p>T2 diabetics have a genetic metabolic issue where their insulin doesn't process carbs properly - they are insulin resistant. This means that they typically over produce insulin in an effort to keep their blood sugar levels normal and eventually get to the point where they can't produce enough, their blood sugar goes up, and they get a T2 diagnosis. (And a side effect of high bgs and high insulin levels is weight gain, which is why so many T2s are overweight.)</p><p></p><p>Many of the T2s on here control their levels by reducing the carbs in their diets to an amount that their bodies can cope with. Here's a link to [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] 's blog which is a good intro</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/" target="_blank">JoKalsbeek's blog | Diabetes Forum • The Global Diabetes Community</a></p><p></p><p>With an hba1c of just 48 it should be quite easy to tweak your diet so as to reduce your levels to those of a non diabetic.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>ps One small proviso - a lot of GPs diagnose all diabetics over the age of 30 with T2 without checking whether they are late/slow onset T1. If you are the latter then low carbing will keep your levels normal for a while but will eventually fail because your problem is not insulin resistance but lack of insulin. However, this is not terribly likely, particularly if you have a family history of T2 and/or are overweight. Most diabetics are T2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2367698, member: 372717"] Hi Jennie, and welcome to the forums. Firstly, the good news. You are at the very low end of a diabetic diagnosis and yes there are things you can do to lower your blood sugar levels to normal. T2 diabetics have a genetic metabolic issue where their insulin doesn't process carbs properly - they are insulin resistant. This means that they typically over produce insulin in an effort to keep their blood sugar levels normal and eventually get to the point where they can't produce enough, their blood sugar goes up, and they get a T2 diagnosis. (And a side effect of high bgs and high insulin levels is weight gain, which is why so many T2s are overweight.) Many of the T2s on here control their levels by reducing the carbs in their diets to an amount that their bodies can cope with. Here's a link to [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] 's blog which is a good intro [URL='https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog/jokalsbeek.401801/']JoKalsbeek's blog | Diabetes Forum • The Global Diabetes Community[/URL] With an hba1c of just 48 it should be quite easy to tweak your diet so as to reduce your levels to those of a non diabetic. Good luck. ps One small proviso - a lot of GPs diagnose all diabetics over the age of 30 with T2 without checking whether they are late/slow onset T1. If you are the latter then low carbing will keep your levels normal for a while but will eventually fail because your problem is not insulin resistance but lack of insulin. However, this is not terribly likely, particularly if you have a family history of T2 and/or are overweight. Most diabetics are T2. [/QUOTE]
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