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<blockquote data-quote="badcat" data-source="post: 1506947"><p>Hi</p><p>If it was me, id eat a balanced diet when testing i.e. variety of foods you normally eat and see your blood sugar response to each, rather than specifically choosing high or low carb for the whole period - you need inforation on your bodies response to both.</p><p>In terms of your symptoms im not a medic so cant really offer much advice - they could indicate something diabetes related, they could relate to the body reacting to a sudden change in the carb load it was being challenged with or it could be completely unrelated - you and your gp would need more info to assess what is happening</p><p>In term of the advice to go to gp and request an hba1c immediately, thats always an option. Personally my distrust of most medics combined with a scientific training means that, apart from medical emergencies, I like to spend a Week or two gathering a meaningful data set which I can use to inform the discussion with the medic. In the world of diabetes, a delay of week or two is rarely of any significance ( the exceptions being if you are running massively high sugars, which your first test would tell you anyway). The danger of going immediately is that your gp just does a random finger prick test that can be useful in identirying high sugars or give reassurance by showing a number in the normal range but apart from that tells you nothing and can give false reassurance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="badcat, post: 1506947"] Hi If it was me, id eat a balanced diet when testing i.e. variety of foods you normally eat and see your blood sugar response to each, rather than specifically choosing high or low carb for the whole period - you need inforation on your bodies response to both. In terms of your symptoms im not a medic so cant really offer much advice - they could indicate something diabetes related, they could relate to the body reacting to a sudden change in the carb load it was being challenged with or it could be completely unrelated - you and your gp would need more info to assess what is happening In term of the advice to go to gp and request an hba1c immediately, thats always an option. Personally my distrust of most medics combined with a scientific training means that, apart from medical emergencies, I like to spend a Week or two gathering a meaningful data set which I can use to inform the discussion with the medic. In the world of diabetes, a delay of week or two is rarely of any significance ( the exceptions being if you are running massively high sugars, which your first test would tell you anyway). The danger of going immediately is that your gp just does a random finger prick test that can be useful in identirying high sugars or give reassurance by showing a number in the normal range but apart from that tells you nothing and can give false reassurance [/QUOTE]
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