High blood sugar

[Sarahf]

I'm type 2 and I've been following Michael Moseleys blood sugar diet since Feb. I've lost a stone and a half and feel really good. My gliclazide has been dropped to a quarter of what it was but I am still taking 1000mg metformin twice a day. My bloods have come down a fair bit, hba1c recently was 7.3 down from 8.1 two months ago. My problem is the last couple of days my blood sugar has been higher after lunch and evening meal. Before it was quite often a bit low in the afternoon and I'd have to have something to bring it up. The funny thing is when it goes up I feel like it's gone down! I get shakey, dizzy and feel tired. Can anyone relate to this?

 

[Goonergal]

Could you be coming down with a bug? If you haven’t changed what you’re eating, that could explain both the rise and why you’re feeling a bit rubbish.

 

[Daibell]

Hi. I can't explain the feelings you are having but be aware that you may want to consider moving more towards a low-carb diet rather the Moseley's blood sugar diet. Mosley's diet is good but based on calorie count rather than carb count and the latter is more important for us as we are carb intolerant. You may be able to get to the point where you can stop the Gliclazide. which can cause hypos. Metformin is a god safe drug and worth keeping.

 

[Mete90]

I'm type 2 and I've been following Michael Moseleys blood sugar diet since Feb. I've lost a stone and a half and feel really good. My gliclazide has been dropped to a quarter of what it was but I am still taking 1000mg metformin twice a day. My bloods have come down a fair bit, hba1c recently was 7.3 down from 8.1 two months ago. My problem is the last couple of days my blood sugar has been higher after lunch and evening meal. Before it was quite often a bit low in the afternoon and I'd have to have something to bring it up. The funny thing is when it goes up I feel like it's gone down! I get shakey, dizzy and feel tired. Can anyone relate to this?

Hi I can relate as I get hypos every lunch time no matter what I eat light or heavy I need to take sweet stuff to get the normal levels but sadly this has caused my hbac1 to go up

 

[HSSS]

I'm type 2 and I've been following Michael Moseleys blood sugar diet since Feb. I've lost a stone and a half and feel really good. My gliclazide has been dropped to a quarter of what it was but I am still taking 1000mg metformin twice a day. My bloods have come down a fair bit, hba1c recently was 7.3 down from 8.1 two months ago. My problem is the last couple of days my blood sugar has been higher after lunch and evening meal. Before it was quite often a bit low in the afternoon and I'd have to have something to bring it up. The funny thing is when it goes up I feel like it's gone down! I get shakey, dizzy and feel tired. Can anyone relate to this?

How long have you been diagnosed/had diabetes? Sometimes if diet is unable to control it and it hasn’t been too many years it could be slow onset type 1 (LADA).
I’d agree about swapping to a low carb diet rather than this low calorie one. The blood sugar diet is designed to be an 8 week kick start not a long term thing. You may simply be consuming more carbs than you can cope with.

 

[HSSS]

Hi I can relate as I get hypos every lunch time no matter what I eat light or heavy I need to take sweet stuff to get the normal levels but sadly this has caused my hbac1 to go up

Perhaps too much sweet stuff and over compensating ? I see you have just started another thread re this so will respond on that rather than distract this one.