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I had my annual blood tests last week at local hospital, and phoned surgery for my HbA1c result this afternoon. I wasn't sure what to expect as for a while my annual results have tended to be up slightly, mainly due to various non-diabetic health reasons. However, a few months back I started to drink green tea - which was supposed to help with my recent arthritis - but this just seems to have lowered my usual glucose levels if nothing else... Even so I was still a little surprised to be presented with my lowest ever HbA1c of 38.
I'm a long-term and dedicated low carber: I was told to avoid sugar on diagnosis at the end of November 2013, and dropped from my initial HbA1cs of 61-62 to a pre-diabetic 47 by Feb 2014. Since then I've refined my regular low carb normal full fat/ketogenic style diet, and indulge in some irregular fasting (known to me over 60 years ago in my teenage days as a rather frowned upon behaviour of "skipping breakfast"
I'm a long-term and dedicated low carber: I was told to avoid sugar on diagnosis at the end of November 2013, and dropped from my initial HbA1cs of 61-62 to a pre-diabetic 47 by Feb 2014. Since then I've refined my regular low carb normal full fat/ketogenic style diet, and indulge in some irregular fasting (known to me over 60 years ago in my teenage days as a rather frowned upon behaviour of "skipping breakfast"