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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 2620597" data-attributes="member: 88961">I've said this a million times and I'll say it again.What works for YOU is what matters.  What works for another person is irrelevant if it doesn't suit you for some reason, so our personal quest is finding what works for ourselves.  For me, the enabling tools to do that were a blood glucose meter, a means of recording results and notes, some time invested reading, some fora, some clinical papers and some listening to my body.I was diagnosed almost 10 years ago, on a single A1c result, but it was at 73, so pretty free from doubt, but since then, my results have been in the low 30s.  I eat reduced carb, with as much fat as I consider sensible on any day.  I am not driven by metrics, or consider that something "naughty" will ruin my life in any way (provided that "naughty" isn't every day.One thing I will say though is that our bodies like routines - whether that is adequate sleep or credible levels of exercise (by that I mean, moving about a bit, but not expecting to run a marathon any time we feel like it, without preparation), eating and drinking.In terms of our digestive systems, it gets used to the sorts of things we eat and drink.  If we then do something left field, like take in much more sugar, fat or whatever that we have been doing, it may not be able to cope.  Think Christmas dinner, and being comatose afterwards, or something very, very fatty and having indigestion; reaching for the Gavisocn.  Repeating those events would often bring improved results, because our bodies might be rather more prepared and generate the appropriate enzymes.That's all rather a ramble, but it comes down to doing your own learning, lay your bets and live your best life.</blockquote>

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