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How I knocked 0.7% off my HbA1c by doing almost nothing
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<blockquote data-quote="Klang180" data-source="post: 337215" data-attributes="member: 47794"><p>Well done, sounds like you have found out another thing in the step to better control, good on you.</p><p></p><p>However i would take exception to teh idea that going up to 7 after meals is particularly bad. I would say your consultant is running a fine line between recommending targets that are obtainable for a broad range of people. I personally would not be too concerned with a "spike" going up to 7 one hour after a meal but to each their own and if you have found a way not to then mores the better.</p><p></p><p>I think that for most people a 1 hour reading of 7 and returnign to 5 two hours later would be considered a sucess. I also low GI but i tell you what if i found myself pre-meal level 2 hours later i would be going low later on. I think the key here is there is no magical rule for anyone person.</p><p></p><p>I think you also have to be careful comparing yourself to T2. IMHO T1 and T2 are so different they shouldn't even be called diabetes. For a T2 a spike to 7 is unacceptable as they have resistance to insluin and so it will be more difficult to bring it down. For a T1 7 is a very manageable level from which to come down because T1s have, in most cases, near normal sensitivity and so insulin does the job.</p><p></p><p>In short, well done to you but be careful about your assertions of what is reasonable and what is not, it can be both missleading and disheartening for newly diagnosed people to see 7 as a failure when they are struggling with double figures!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klang180, post: 337215, member: 47794"] Well done, sounds like you have found out another thing in the step to better control, good on you. However i would take exception to teh idea that going up to 7 after meals is particularly bad. I would say your consultant is running a fine line between recommending targets that are obtainable for a broad range of people. I personally would not be too concerned with a "spike" going up to 7 one hour after a meal but to each their own and if you have found a way not to then mores the better. I think that for most people a 1 hour reading of 7 and returnign to 5 two hours later would be considered a sucess. I also low GI but i tell you what if i found myself pre-meal level 2 hours later i would be going low later on. I think the key here is there is no magical rule for anyone person. I think you also have to be careful comparing yourself to T2. IMHO T1 and T2 are so different they shouldn't even be called diabetes. For a T2 a spike to 7 is unacceptable as they have resistance to insluin and so it will be more difficult to bring it down. For a T1 7 is a very manageable level from which to come down because T1s have, in most cases, near normal sensitivity and so insulin does the job. In short, well done to you but be careful about your assertions of what is reasonable and what is not, it can be both missleading and disheartening for newly diagnosed people to see 7 as a failure when they are struggling with double figures! [/QUOTE]
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