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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2130485" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>So I'll assume that my pancreas is still functioning then. You are right because I have done 3 tests in a row with my metre and the difference can easily be half a mmol. So I guess that could be in either direction and it doesn't mean anything much if it's only 0.2 mmols. </p><p></p><p></p><p>So I've looked at this link and I see:</p><p></p><p>For the majority of healthy individuals, normal blood sugar levels are as follows:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Between</strong> 4.0 to 5.4 mmol/L (72 to 99 mg/dL) when fasting </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Up to</strong> 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL) 2 hours after eating<br /> </li> </ul><p>In Australia they won't even diagnose prediabetes until your fasting hits 6.0 mmol. I'm wondering how it is in Europe and the USA. Probably similar to the UK, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>I also wonder if I'm getting 8+mmol 2 hours after a meal with a small amount of carbs (I say small because I could have had a lot more of the sweet potato and rye pancakes that contributed to a one-hour spike of 11mmol that left me still in the 8s at 2 hours), even if I won't be diagnosed officially using a home metre, I should probably just assume I have a problem. </p><p></p><p>I would like a proper diagnosis but I'm probably not going to do another GTT anytime soon and if I stick with low carb eating, my HbA1c won't reflect how glucose intolerant I actually am. </p><p></p><p>I just imagine that before people develop insulin resistance, they can eat carbs, only spike to about 6 mmol, and probably return to base or fasting (in the 4s) within 2 hours. Is that how it works or does it take 3 or 4 hours for everyone to return to base?</p><p></p><p>Am I right to assume that if you sit 2 or 3 mmol above your starting point at 2 hours postprandial that you probably already have some level of insulin resistance?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2130485, member: 501623"] So I'll assume that my pancreas is still functioning then. You are right because I have done 3 tests in a row with my metre and the difference can easily be half a mmol. So I guess that could be in either direction and it doesn't mean anything much if it's only 0.2 mmols. So I've looked at this link and I see: For the majority of healthy individuals, normal blood sugar levels are as follows: [LIST] [*][B]Between[/B] 4.0 to 5.4 mmol/L (72 to 99 mg/dL) when fasting [*][B]Up to[/B] 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL) 2 hours after eating [/LIST] In Australia they won't even diagnose prediabetes until your fasting hits 6.0 mmol. I'm wondering how it is in Europe and the USA. Probably similar to the UK, isn't it? I also wonder if I'm getting 8+mmol 2 hours after a meal with a small amount of carbs (I say small because I could have had a lot more of the sweet potato and rye pancakes that contributed to a one-hour spike of 11mmol that left me still in the 8s at 2 hours), even if I won't be diagnosed officially using a home metre, I should probably just assume I have a problem. I would like a proper diagnosis but I'm probably not going to do another GTT anytime soon and if I stick with low carb eating, my HbA1c won't reflect how glucose intolerant I actually am. I just imagine that before people develop insulin resistance, they can eat carbs, only spike to about 6 mmol, and probably return to base or fasting (in the 4s) within 2 hours. Is that how it works or does it take 3 or 4 hours for everyone to return to base? Am I right to assume that if you sit 2 or 3 mmol above your starting point at 2 hours postprandial that you probably already have some level of insulin resistance? [/QUOTE]
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