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I had an HbA1c done last Thursday and it was 7.0%, down from 7.7% last time. I'm really chuffed as that's the lowest its been in years. My HbA1c's have always been higher than expected as I keep a record of before and after every meal and before and after exercise, so know my sugars have been fairly decent. So I decided to do some hunting for the hidden highs. I found that my sugar levels were going up by 7 mmol/l an hour after eating, but then returning to pre meal levels two hours after eating (which was when I normally did my post meal test).
I decided to switch to low GI carbs. Morrison's wholewheat muesli (had quick cook porridge before which has a really high GI by the look of it), Hovis seeded wholemeal bread (before I switched between white & brown bread) and brown pasta/rice (before I always had "white" rice/pasta). Eating these carbs causes a maximum of 1-2 mmol/l rise 1 hour after. I also inject 20 mins before eating. Doing this one small change reduced my HbA1c by 0.7%. Easy!
I know I'm probably a bit stupid only having figured this out (8 years of T1), but I also find it staggering as a diabetic that no-one has ever discussed my diet with me!
I decided to switch to low GI carbs. Morrison's wholewheat muesli (had quick cook porridge before which has a really high GI by the look of it), Hovis seeded wholemeal bread (before I switched between white & brown bread) and brown pasta/rice (before I always had "white" rice/pasta). Eating these carbs causes a maximum of 1-2 mmol/l rise 1 hour after. I also inject 20 mins before eating. Doing this one small change reduced my HbA1c by 0.7%. Easy!
I know I'm probably a bit stupid only having figured this out (8 years of T1), but I also find it staggering as a diabetic that no-one has ever discussed my diet with me!