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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 1871678" data-attributes="member: 85785">Hi again, I'm going to ask [USER=41816]@Brunneria[/USER] to move these couple of posts to the RH forum.Fire of all I have been where you are now, going from doctor to doctor, dsn to dietician, dietary advice from a dietician is not the best if they don't understand what or why you always feel awful after eating. The standard advice from many a dietary health care advocates, had me gaining weight even though my calorie intake was much lower than what you would call normal. My body just couldn't cope with the high insulin, high insulin resistance and high glucose levels, the fluctuations in blood sugar levels had me constantly struggling with my health and life.So I talked to my current endocrinologist and between us, we decided to cut my carbs and fruit levels right down, only eating and testing, recording everything that I was eating and trying very low carb alternatives to the dietary advice I had received for over a decade. I found out that the staple so called healthy foods were responsible for the majority of my condition, my symptoms and my poor health.I am going to say that I'm totally carb intolerant, because that is near impossible, but I have been known to say, that I truly am carb intolerant, because I do eat only as few carbs that are in good fresh meat, protein, vegetables, fish, my average carb intake must be under 20g per day, and that is unintentional. I just don't risk my health on having a treat, when my life and health has been so good in the last few years.It's by no mean easy and the constant temptation is always there. But having seen the difference it has made and how my health has improved since diagnosis and eating healthy for me. Not what my dieticians, dsns, doctors or even my endocrinologist, who has supported my decisions on how I conduct my eating and how I live my life, and I cannot go back to that hypo hell, I was extremely ill and I didn't know.Surprisingly, I am 5ft 8", hovering at twelve stone, I would love to lose a couple more stone, but since I was nearly eighteen stone five years ago, I can't complain (much!)Ok hypos for rh, and I'm quoting from my endocrinologist, is 3.5. But that doesn't mean that anyone else doesn't have a hypo at 3.9. I believe that if you get a reading in the high threes, just eat a couple of bites to stop it going lower. If you go below have a couple of bites of something like plain biscuit or cookies, to nudge your levels up in the normal range, and have a meal fifteen minutes later, and test, test test constantly to give you a clue what is happening through it all. A food diary is a great idea.A hyper is in my opinion anything above 6, and again it's individual. I know because of my awareness if my blood sugar levels rise of fall. Me and my body knows now that I get higher than six.Hope that helpsBest wishes</blockquote>

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