Is it possible I may just be prediabetic?

[AndBreathe]

The NIH site says:

Pulse [lentils] consumption has been shown to confer beneficial
effects on blood glucose and insulin levels. Lentil consumption, in
particular, consistently lowers acute blood glucose and insulin
response when compared to starchy control foods.

What do the NIH consider to be "starchy control foods"?

 

[Deleted member 596235]

[The] four starchy control foods, included frozen corn, or creamed
corn; macaroni; instant white potato flakes; and long-grain white
rice.

[The NHS] study examined the minimum effective dose of the
six most commonly consumed beans required to significantly
attenuate PBGR [postprandial blood glucose response] compared
to commonly consumed starchy foods. The minimum effective
dose of beans to lower the glycemic response compared to corn
is ≥½ cup.

However, since the differences between beans and macaroni, corn
and potato were larger than that between beans and corn, there was
enough power in the ¼ cup studies to demonstrate statistically
significant differences.

Thus, the minimum effective dose of beans to lower the glycemic
response compared to macaroni, rice or potato is ≤¼ cup.

 

[Enquiring Mind]

I wish someone had told me, when I was starting out, to forget everything I thought I knew about what a "healthy diet" is. Sure, lentils are lower in carbs than some things which are very high in carb, but lentils are still high carb items of themselves, and when eaten, we tend to eat them in some quantity. Probably OK for many people but not for those of us with a metabolic syndrome issue.

One of the things you need to unpick is that certain foods have been given a "healthy" (or "unhealthy") aura, largely by the media printing press handouts, and it simply usually doesn't get questioned.

Friends of mine were horrified that I was eating butter, red meat, cooking with lard, and not eating bread, oatmeal, fruit, etc. and were sure I would become very sick indeed. Bit sheepish now. I had a discussion with a family member (recently) who has just been told he has high blood glucose - he claims to have forgotten what the actual figure is. Despite seeing me normalise my BG levels and lose more than six stone in the last five years, he will not accept that what he eats is anything to do with his problem. He's determined to go on eating what he's told is "healthy food", full of carbs.

Oh, it's great to have a group of people more knowledgeable than I am on the subject. I am grateful. I am going that route myself: a high-protein, low-carb diet. I actually enjoy feeling light on my feet, if that makes sense, and not stuffed from eating all the carbs that I used to. I know it's a long road ahead in regards to getting my weight, Bad Cholesterol, and BC levels under control, but I am more determined than ever to do it. I am going to consider this my wake-up call.

 

[Enquiring Mind]

To be honest I was never a lover of lentils, so at nearly 50% carbs I was happy to not eat them. I’ve never tested them myself, just test and see what they do to your levels @Enquiring Mind

Ah, I get you. Yeah, I will get myself a BC meter and see what is good for me and what is not. I have a feeling that I am leaning more toward high protein and low carbs, things will start to come right.