How long to see BG changes

dingdong

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #1

Hi,
Have been on LCHF and metformin 2000mg for about 3 weeks but no change in BG.
Whatever I eat it's the same, e.g. before food 7.8 after tuna salad 20.1
It seems to me that the process of just digesting any food sends my BG up.
Am I being impatient or what

 

AndBreathe

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11,592

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I reversed my Type 2

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Diet only

• Mar 31, 2015

• #2

dingdong said:

Hi,
Have been on LCHF and metformin 2000mg for about 3 weeks but no change in BG.
Whatever I eat it's the same, e.g. before food 7.8 after tuna salad 20.1
It seems to me that the process of just digesting any food sends my BG up.
Am I being impatient or what

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What are your bloods actually scoring, and exactly what is on the plate for your tuna salad? That's not mean to be insulting, but I made some real bloopers in my early days. (Hopefully, it's something simple......)

 

dingdong

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #3

Hi,
Not sure what you mean by what are they actually scoring.

 

Paul59

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #4

What is a typical days food intake ?

 

Robbity

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Type 2

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #5

Is your tuna salad from a ready made pack? Have a look at the carbohydrate content - some are quite high. A spike like you've seen sounds as though there's high carb content somewhere.

Robbity

 

dingdong

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #6

Tuna salad was only an example but for the record it was tinned tuna and salad was lettuce cucumber celery spring onions and tom.
Following strict LCHF with no carbs, no sugar.
This happens every meal whatever. This morning, egg bacon mushrooms. Before 8.1 after 19.2

 

jack412

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #7

I have trouble seeing it as a liver dump.
I'd go back to the DR, I see no food explanation for that. I would take a reading every hour till they come back down and take the result with me. so he has a good idea of what's your bloods doing. there are other tests he can order, to chase the symptoms. c-pep and gad

it's possible that it may be a lack of insulin
if I'd have gut pains, feel sick or start throwing up, I'd need to get to A&E

 

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dingdong

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• Mar 31, 2015

• #8

Had those tests and ok. Waiting for an appointment for pancreas scan.