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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2035374" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>As a newly diagnosed type 2 I’d agree test before and 2 hrs after a meal. See what it does to the levels. </p><p></p><p>The goal is for it to not rise more than 2mmol, hopefully even less. If it rises by more then there were too many carbs for you. Try it again without the carbs or at least fewer of them. Once you’ve had the same meal a couple of times with acceptable results then it’s probably ok. There are other factors like time of day, amount of fat and preceding meals and others but for now I’d stick to that. Also you want the after food reading to be under 7.8 if possible. </p><p></p><p>As you drop carbs I’d also ditch the low fat foods (full of sugars and chemicals often) for full fat ones and if you’re still hungry then add a few more fats, butter, cream, nuts, olive oil - just not vegetable and seed oils. You still need fuel and energy and if you look at carbs and fats as a seesaw as you decrease one the other increases. Fats don’t affect blood sugars and keep you full for longer than carbs do and don’t create cravings the way carbs do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2035374, member: 480869"] As a newly diagnosed type 2 I’d agree test before and 2 hrs after a meal. See what it does to the levels. The goal is for it to not rise more than 2mmol, hopefully even less. If it rises by more then there were too many carbs for you. Try it again without the carbs or at least fewer of them. Once you’ve had the same meal a couple of times with acceptable results then it’s probably ok. There are other factors like time of day, amount of fat and preceding meals and others but for now I’d stick to that. Also you want the after food reading to be under 7.8 if possible. As you drop carbs I’d also ditch the low fat foods (full of sugars and chemicals often) for full fat ones and if you’re still hungry then add a few more fats, butter, cream, nuts, olive oil - just not vegetable and seed oils. You still need fuel and energy and if you look at carbs and fats as a seesaw as you decrease one the other increases. Fats don’t affect blood sugars and keep you full for longer than carbs do and don’t create cravings the way carbs do. [/QUOTE]
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