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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2194271" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Good morning Ian,</p><p></p><p>6,5 Doesn't actually tell us anything, so can't say whether you should be worried or not. Why? Because it is a completely random reading: we don't know when you took it, what you ate and when, etc... The Contour is a perfectly fine meter, but the strips are rather dear: I don't know whether you self-fund or not, but you might want to look into getting another one with cheaper strips, as you'll be using them rather a lot if you want to test in a manner that'll give you some actual information. [USER=400972]@Rachox[/USER] will have more info on that, so I'm tagging her in. If the Contour strips are funded though, no problem. </p><p></p><p>So what is useful testing? Before a meal, and 2 hours after the first bite. Forget fasting blood glucose in the morning for now, because that's the very last number to come down: you can check and tackle the other ones first, then that will follow. You're looking for a rise of no more than 2.0 mmol/l between the start of the meal and the 2 hour mark. If it is more, it contained more carbs than you could process back out again. Practically all carbs turn to sugar/glucose once ingested, so not just sugars, but starches too, as in bread, cereal, rice, corn, pasta, spuds.... (And "natural" sugars like honey, dates and other fruit etc are still sugar too, so best avoided, with a few exceptions.). All in all... If you change your diet you could well be back into the normal, non-diabetic range pretty soon.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html" target="_blank">https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html</a> <-- is as good a place as any to get started for information on T2 nutrition, but there's so much more out there.... This forum's website, <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk" target="_blank">www.diabetes.co.uk</a> , <a href="http://www.dietdoctor.com" target="_blank">www.dietdoctor.com</a> , and for instance. Dr. Jason Fung's The Diabetes Code. (Lifesaver, that one). It's a steep learning curve so take your time to absorb it, it doesn't all have to be 100% right overnight. But especially on the road, and with heart issues already in place, you want to keep from further damaging your organs and arteries. </p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2194271, member: 401801"] Good morning Ian, 6,5 Doesn't actually tell us anything, so can't say whether you should be worried or not. Why? Because it is a completely random reading: we don't know when you took it, what you ate and when, etc... The Contour is a perfectly fine meter, but the strips are rather dear: I don't know whether you self-fund or not, but you might want to look into getting another one with cheaper strips, as you'll be using them rather a lot if you want to test in a manner that'll give you some actual information. [USER=400972]@Rachox[/USER] will have more info on that, so I'm tagging her in. If the Contour strips are funded though, no problem. So what is useful testing? Before a meal, and 2 hours after the first bite. Forget fasting blood glucose in the morning for now, because that's the very last number to come down: you can check and tackle the other ones first, then that will follow. You're looking for a rise of no more than 2.0 mmol/l between the start of the meal and the 2 hour mark. If it is more, it contained more carbs than you could process back out again. Practically all carbs turn to sugar/glucose once ingested, so not just sugars, but starches too, as in bread, cereal, rice, corn, pasta, spuds.... (And "natural" sugars like honey, dates and other fruit etc are still sugar too, so best avoided, with a few exceptions.). All in all... If you change your diet you could well be back into the normal, non-diabetic range pretty soon. [URL]https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html[/URL] <-- is as good a place as any to get started for information on T2 nutrition, but there's so much more out there.... This forum's website, [URL="http://www.diabetes.co.uk"]www.diabetes.co.uk[/URL] , [URL="http://www.dietdoctor.com"]www.dietdoctor.com[/URL] , and for instance. Dr. Jason Fung's The Diabetes Code. (Lifesaver, that one). It's a steep learning curve so take your time to absorb it, it doesn't all have to be 100% right overnight. But especially on the road, and with heart issues already in place, you want to keep from further damaging your organs and arteries. Good luck! Jo [/QUOTE]
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