Charis1213
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Have you reversed diabetes on low carb high fat or keto ?
Have you reversed diabetes on low carb high fat or keto ?I think the thing about all of that is many of those values vary during the day, never mind on a day to day basis, and how do we know when we're healthy?
I do agree a fasting insulin/insulin resistance test would be incredibly valuable at the point of diagnosis.
Have you reversed diabetes on low carb high fat or keto ?
@Brunneria I am in awe at your ability to fill 2 vials (even smallish ones) with finger prick blood. I can't even make my blood spots drip, even using the highest settings on my jabber. I just get a blob that is just about big enough to do a meter test. No way could I even do do 2 tests from the same blob.
So T2Ds, say before a meal, your BSL is 8 or 9 mmol/l, do you still eat the same number of carbs or do you modify your intake of carbs? (assuming also that you are not taking insulin).??
I am not going to keep testing that many times, going to just test up to four times a day and wait for my Ac1 result then just test mornings and after evening meals cos don't want to get too obsessive with it as I have panic disorder and anxiety and it can become habit forming for me .Sometimes, inconveniently, it takes more than 2 hours for bg to peak and come down. If you can bear to use the strips, it is worthwhile testing at 1 hour, 2 hours, and even 3 and maybe even 4 if your bg has not settled back down at 3. In my case, I normally only start testing at 1hr30m because my bg is very slow to rise and can even fall for quite a while after meals. Once you get to know your patterns you can be more economical with strips (and time! and finger tips!)
Yes @bulkbiker
I use Thriva for my private blood tests.
Two things:
Firstly, each vial holds (I am guessing) less than 1mm of blood and I filled two vials in less than 10 mins with blood drops. No hassle.
They supply 3 stabbers, so you can use multiple stabs (as it were) and they are significantly more stabby than a glucometer’s stabber. So the drops are bigger too.
No problem at all for me, and I am confident I won’t need to get a nurse to do it in future.
Secondly,
This last set of tests Thriva offered a few optional extras. One of them was a fasting Insulin for a mere £8.
What a bargain!
Kind of makes a mockery of NHS where most docs don’t even know that fasting insulin is available, and then I have read of people being refused on the grounds of cost.
I think I will be getting the following list done for around £70 with 2-3ml of blood, through the post. Results in 48 hrs or so
Test kit arriving next week, I think.
Because of malabsorption issues, I am highly motivated to monitor several of those, and my bg dysregulation makes the rest v useful.
- B12
- Ferritin
- Folate
- HbA1c
- Lipid Profile
- Liver Function
- Vitamin D
- Thyroid Profile
- CRP
- Fasting Insulin
My doc doesn’t monitor any of them, since he doesn’t consider me even prediabetic nowadays.
Amazing what Low Carbing can achieve, eh?
I didn't mean test that often all the time, just as an experiment to see the pattern of your bg rises and drops. Even once could be educational. I do agree, diabetes and testing can take over far too much of one's life, even without any tendency to anxiety etc. (Although who hasn't got a tendency to anxiety, especially faced with diabetes.)I am not going to keep testing that many times, going to just test up to four times a day and wait for my Ac1 result then just test mornings and after evening meals cos don't want to get too obsessive with it as I have panic disorder and anxiety and it can become habit forming for me .
I've had a look at the Thriva site but can't find the optional extras. I did however find a 50% off your first test code: STEDAVIESThis last set of tests Thriva offered a few optional extras. One of them was a fasting Insulin for a mere £8.
What a bargain!
I've had a look at the Thriva site but can't find the optional extras. I did however find a 50% off your first test code: STEDAVIES
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