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Thanks bluetit and Jo everyone on here are so inspirational and non-judgemental well in my first week I've lost lb5 after weighing my self which is a start in the right direction
 
Iand62 said:
Thanks bluetit and Jo everyone on here are so inspirational and non-judgemental well in my first week I've lost lb5 after weighing my self which is a start in the right direction
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There's nothing to be judgemental about, and you're doing really well. And you're quite welcome. :)
 
Iand62 said:
At the moment it seems the safer option I'm still trying to come to terms with it but Im determined not to on insulin if I can help it
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Safest option is meat if you are a meat eater..little effect on blood sugar and the most nutritious food you can eat. Just don't stuff it into any form of carb like bread or burger buns for example.
 
bulkbiker said:
Safest option is meat if you are a meat eater..little effect on blood sugar and the most nutritious food you can eat. Just don't stuff it into any form of carb like bread or burger buns for example.
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Meat is fine, as are eggs and cheese, but depending on the quorn product you use the carbs can be as low as 1.4 per 100 grams, which is perfectly fine too.
 
Antje77 said:
Meat is fine, as are eggs and cheese, but depending on the quorn product you use the carbs can be as low as 1.4 per 100 grams, which is perfectly fine too.
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Really? I didn't know that! (Thought about 10 grams of carbs were standard). Learning all the time. Thanks! :)
 
Not eating first thing means that my BG just goes on up - I eat breakfast with about 10gm of carbs and my liver stops throwing out the glucose.
I tried eating late and early, fasting for most of the day - but eating two meals well spaced out seems to give the most stable results.
Try various strategies and testing to see how you react to them.
 
When eating low carb, how long does it usually take for fasting blood sugar to drop significantly? (Most say fasting blood sugar is the last thing to drop.)
 
Sapien said:
When eating low carb, how long does it usually take for fasting blood sugar to drop significantly? (Most say fasting blood sugar is the last thing to drop.)
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That all depends on the severity of any insulin resistance. It is because of IR that we have higher than acceptable fasting levels that take an age to come back down again. The liver is fatty and this hampers the hormones that trigger it to stop dumping.
There is no standard time. Everyone is different. Personally I never had high fasting levels - always in the 5s right from the start, although I do rise by about a mmol/l for a couple of hours after getting up and starting my day.
 
Just a warning, fasting morning blood sugars won't necessarily change. DP is a hormone signal and while some people might have gotten rid of DP going low carb, I know several people that have been low carb for years and years that still have an issue, one of which maintains a 4.9 A1C with under 30 carbs a day and he still deals with bad DP. I do not low carb and I have DP. I do not have a fatty liver, I have been a vegan for over 30 years and they run extra tests on me all the time because heart disease is so prevalent in my family.
 
Sapien said:
When eating low carb, how long does it usually take for fasting blood sugar to drop significantly? (Most say fasting blood sugar is the last thing to drop.)
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Depends on a bunch of things, so.... I have no answer for you. I only know that for me it took about a year, and even now, if I have slept badly, my numbers will rise until I cave and eat. (Normally I skip breakfast and just have some tea)
 
Sapien said:
When eating low carb, how long does it usually take for fasting blood sugar to drop significantly? (Most say fasting blood sugar is the last thing to drop.)
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It took my fasting glucose four weeks to stabilize at 125 mg/dl. It took a year for my fasting glucose to stabilize at 110 mg/dl. I stayed the course. It paid off. :)
 
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