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IF and higher BS levels - help!

Mongolia

Mongolia

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Ok, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. For the past 2 weeks I have been following the 16:8 diet - food fasting for 16 hours and eating normal LCHF meals in an 8 hour window. Yesterday I had a 24 hour food fast (not intentional) and was interested to see what my BS levels would be before I had my evening meal. Was surprised that it was as high as 6.7. Today I had a coffee with dollop of cream for breakfast (having not eaten since 7pm yesterday), 3 chicken chipolata sausages (Heck) with some guacamole for lunch and then did a pilates class after school. I tested BS when I got home and it is 7.3! Where am I going wrong?
 
Sounds like your liver is simply clearing out its glycogen store.

Don't think you are doing anything wrong..
 
I tried 16:8 for 3 months and my HbA1c increased. Obviously there may be other factors but I've stopped doing it and am back to 3 meals a day.
 
kokhongw said:
Sounds like your liver is simply clearing out its glycogen store.

Don't think you are doing anything wrong..
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Thank you for this. Do you have any idea how long it will possibly take for BS to drop again? Should I keep up the 16:8? I find it easy to do and don't feel at all hungry, just hoping to see some benefits at some point!
 
Mongolia said:
Thank you for this. Do you have any idea how long it will possibly take for BS to drop again? Should I keep up the 16:8? I find it easy to do and don't feel at all hungry, just hoping to see some benefits at some point!
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It really depends on the individual condition. If there is more fats around the liver/pancreas, that it would require a much longer time to clear up and stabilize the fasting glucose. I was fortunate. After about 2 months of low carbing, it took me only 2 sessions of 16:8 (skip 2 dinner in my case) to get my fasting glucose down to the 5.5 mmol range. It was stuck between 7-8 mmol during the initial 2 months of low carbing.

Since then I have maintained my fasting BG around 5.5-6.0 mmol for the last 30+ months. Whenever FBG exceeds 6.5 mmol, I will skip dinner for a couple of days to bring it back down below 6.0 mmol. No exercise, no medication...no will power...
 
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