Hello Everyone
Im Pre-Pre Diabetes and Celiac. My last A1c was 5.4, previously up from 5.3, 5.2 and 5.1. With each test my readings are rising. I eat very low carb, fish, chicken, meat, veg, salad, legumes etc. I have no bread, pasta, sweets, chocolate, sugary drinks etc. Very little alcohol. In all honesty I do not know how I can further improve my diet. I move when I can but am restricted due to disability. I started wearing a blood glucose monitor back in January due to being disqualified from the ZOE study (due to being celiac) and wishing to know how my body responds to food. Back in January my readings were tickety boo. Fasting numbers between 4.5 - 5.5; however I was getting severe spikes up to 13 after most meals. Hence I’ve either removed or severely restricted potatoes, rice, gf bread and gf pasta from my diet. That said my diet hasn’t ever really been carb heavy but clearly my body didnt like carby foods.
I eat twice a day and rarely snack. At 12:00 today I had lunch which was the first time I ate in 20 hours having last ate at 16:00 yesterday. My lunch today was spicy mackerel stuffed pepper, avocado and a salad. 440 calories, 9.8g carbs, 25g protein and 4g fibre.
Now my blood glucose readings are generally higher averaging 6.5 during the day with a spike after any food.
Todays Readings:-
08:00 - 6.8mmol/L
08:30 - 7.2mmol/L
12:00 - 6.6mmol/L - Lunch.
13:00 - 8.4mmol/L - 1hr post lunch
14:00 - 8.1mmol/L - 2hr post lunch
15:00 - 6.3mmol/L
Im trying to work out if the problem is impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, impaired glucose regulation or non-diabetic hyperglycaemia
My question is has anyone else had a similar experience? How can I help myself? Any advice or shared experience would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
PS I have a Health Check coming up and I will discuss there.
Im Pre-Pre Diabetes and Celiac. My last A1c was 5.4, previously up from 5.3, 5.2 and 5.1. With each test my readings are rising. I eat very low carb, fish, chicken, meat, veg, salad, legumes etc. I have no bread, pasta, sweets, chocolate, sugary drinks etc. Very little alcohol. In all honesty I do not know how I can further improve my diet. I move when I can but am restricted due to disability. I started wearing a blood glucose monitor back in January due to being disqualified from the ZOE study (due to being celiac) and wishing to know how my body responds to food. Back in January my readings were tickety boo. Fasting numbers between 4.5 - 5.5; however I was getting severe spikes up to 13 after most meals. Hence I’ve either removed or severely restricted potatoes, rice, gf bread and gf pasta from my diet. That said my diet hasn’t ever really been carb heavy but clearly my body didnt like carby foods.
I eat twice a day and rarely snack. At 12:00 today I had lunch which was the first time I ate in 20 hours having last ate at 16:00 yesterday. My lunch today was spicy mackerel stuffed pepper, avocado and a salad. 440 calories, 9.8g carbs, 25g protein and 4g fibre.
Now my blood glucose readings are generally higher averaging 6.5 during the day with a spike after any food.
Todays Readings:-
08:00 - 6.8mmol/L
08:30 - 7.2mmol/L
12:00 - 6.6mmol/L - Lunch.
13:00 - 8.4mmol/L - 1hr post lunch
14:00 - 8.1mmol/L - 2hr post lunch
15:00 - 6.3mmol/L
Im trying to work out if the problem is impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, impaired glucose regulation or non-diabetic hyperglycaemia
My question is has anyone else had a similar experience? How can I help myself? Any advice or shared experience would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
PS I have a Health Check coming up and I will discuss there.