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<blockquote data-quote="bulkbiker" data-source="post: 1936552" data-attributes="member: 219467"><p>It kind of depends on you and your personality.</p><p>In my case I don't like nasty surprises so monitor because I want to keep an eye on my blood sugar levels so I can be fairly confident that my HbA1c will be ok when I get my annual test. In the early days it is also very informative as to what foods cause blood sugars to spike and thus to avoid.</p><p>However I can see that for some people it could become a bit of an obsession. So it will depend on you. As your levels are quite low you'd probably gain a lot of benefit in the early days from food monitoring so I'd say go for it.</p><p>Test before first mouthful and then 2 hours after a meal and see how much your blood sugar goes up. If you want to let us know what you ate and how much your sugar goes up we can advice the likely culprits in each meal and then you'll soon get the hang of what not to eat.</p><p>It will be things like breakfast cereal, bread, pasta, rice, root veg and sweet fruits. You may be able to handle these in smaller quantities although personally I skip them altogether these days but then again my HbA1c on diagnosis was 87 mmol/m so significantly higher than yours!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bulkbiker, post: 1936552, member: 219467"] It kind of depends on you and your personality. In my case I don't like nasty surprises so monitor because I want to keep an eye on my blood sugar levels so I can be fairly confident that my HbA1c will be ok when I get my annual test. In the early days it is also very informative as to what foods cause blood sugars to spike and thus to avoid. However I can see that for some people it could become a bit of an obsession. So it will depend on you. As your levels are quite low you'd probably gain a lot of benefit in the early days from food monitoring so I'd say go for it. Test before first mouthful and then 2 hours after a meal and see how much your blood sugar goes up. If you want to let us know what you ate and how much your sugar goes up we can advice the likely culprits in each meal and then you'll soon get the hang of what not to eat. It will be things like breakfast cereal, bread, pasta, rice, root veg and sweet fruits. You may be able to handle these in smaller quantities although personally I skip them altogether these days but then again my HbA1c on diagnosis was 87 mmol/m so significantly higher than yours! [/QUOTE]
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