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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2117933" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>My comments would be:</p><p></p><p>A one off reading of 8+ for a T2 or pre-diabetic is no cause for any alarm whatsoever, for most of the reasons mentioned above.</p><p></p><p>However, PLEASE do not compare yourself with T1 blood glucose management and levels.</p><p></p><p>T2s still have functioning beta cells that produce insulin. EMost T1s do not have functioning beta cells (or have so few that they need the insulin to supplement what insulin production they have left).</p><p></p><p>One of the goals for most T2s is to preserve beta cell function, and that means keeping blood glucose low enough that the high glucose levels doesn’t kill the beta cells. See <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a> for references to studies showing that the extent and duration that blood glucose is above (I think) 7.8mmol/l is <strong><em>directly linked</em></strong> to the number of beta cells that die from glucose ‘poisoning’.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, this is not a concern for T1s once they have gone through their honeymoon period.</p><p></p><p>So while I am delighted that T1s can endure greater bg fluctuations and avoid diabetic complications, the same levels will not help a T2 to preserve their failing beta cells or keep their insulin resistance down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2117933, member: 41816"] My comments would be: A one off reading of 8+ for a T2 or pre-diabetic is no cause for any alarm whatsoever, for most of the reasons mentioned above. However, PLEASE do not compare yourself with T1 blood glucose management and levels. T2s still have functioning beta cells that produce insulin. EMost T1s do not have functioning beta cells (or have so few that they need the insulin to supplement what insulin production they have left). One of the goals for most T2s is to preserve beta cell function, and that means keeping blood glucose low enough that the high glucose levels doesn’t kill the beta cells. See [URL='http://www.bloodsugar101.com']www.bloodsugar101.com[/URL] for references to studies showing that the extent and duration that blood glucose is above (I think) 7.8mmol/l is [B][I]directly linked[/I][/B] to the number of beta cells that die from glucose ‘poisoning’. Obviously, this is not a concern for T1s once they have gone through their honeymoon period. So while I am delighted that T1s can endure greater bg fluctuations and avoid diabetic complications, the same levels will not help a T2 to preserve their failing beta cells or keep their insulin resistance down. [/QUOTE]
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