jingyd36
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Hello.
I'm a 36 year old female. 5ft and 116lbs. I had tests in September for diabetes due to fatigue (turns out my thyroid is subclinical hypothyroid). My hba1c was 38. In December I was unwell with stress, my son was being bullied and was suicidal. Life was hell taking care of my son crippled by panic attacks and depression. I ended up bed bound with fatigue and stress at one point. My gp ran a huge list of bloods, one being my hba1c and cholesterol. Hba1c was 40. Total cholesterol 6.9. HDL 1.6. LDL 3.9 and Triglycerides 3.0.
I didn't fast and my bloods were taken straight after a meal at 1.30 pm. I've read triglycerides would be high and I should have fasted.
My gp wasn't concerned at all he said just eat lower fat and lower carbs to reduce sugar in the diet. Now my concern is this. Is my hba1c something to worry about? My fear is it could now be higher as it went up by 2 in 3 months. Everytime i feel tired or have a dry mouth I worey if i am diabetic. It's triggered anxiety in me terribly having all these bloods being a little off.
My gp said my hba1c is normal and they will just test it annually so not to be anxious. He said my cholesterol is up but that at my age I've low risk so at this point it's just annual bloods to check it.
Both these health issues are worrying me silly. I've 3 children and I keep worrying why I have these health issues. There is high cholesterol in my mum's side throughout them. Her brother had a heart attack at 51 they say sue to a cholesterol level of 7! Mines 6.9! There's no diabetes in my family at all so my gp isn't concerned.
My fear is if I'm now in the pre diabetic range how can I get it down because I have a good diet. I'm not a meat eater but revently I've allowed fish into my diet to try and help my cholesterol. typical day for me is....
Breakfast - oats with almond milk and berries. Lemon and honey in hot water to drink.
Mid morning banana or oatcakes with homemade red pepper hummus.
Lunch is mackerel with vegetables. seeded toast or veggie sausages with veggies.
Afternoon snack is fruit or rice cakes.
Dinner - salmon with veggies and new potatoes or sweet potato. Quorn chilli with homemade guacamole. That kind of thing.
I am trying to have 1 meal a day low carb to see if it helps bring my hba1c down. I was having carbs at each meal until recently.
I've cut out all biscuits since december test that showed my hba1c was 40. I eat a square or 2 of dark choc ever other day. I never ate bad before but I'd have a biscuit a day and maybe oven chips, cheese, coconut milk, coconut oil eggs. Now I've cut out eggs. I rarely eat dairy as I was told to cut down on it and go half fat dairy but that's loaded with sugar. No butter or coconut oil. I drink a plant sterol drink daily.
So with these 2 issues I'm puzzled. I have to cut fat to lower the cholesterol but lower carbs to lower the hba1c. I can't because if I lower my carbs I need to increase fats for energy and I can't do that because of my cholesterol being high. Any advice? I'm puzzled as what to do diet wise. Someone suggested lchf diet but surely that would be a bad idea with my cholesterol? And can a vegetarian diet make things worse as it does include grains and beans. I have even considered going fully vegan.
Any advice appreciated.
Thank you.
JuliE
I'm a 36 year old female. 5ft and 116lbs. I had tests in September for diabetes due to fatigue (turns out my thyroid is subclinical hypothyroid). My hba1c was 38. In December I was unwell with stress, my son was being bullied and was suicidal. Life was hell taking care of my son crippled by panic attacks and depression. I ended up bed bound with fatigue and stress at one point. My gp ran a huge list of bloods, one being my hba1c and cholesterol. Hba1c was 40. Total cholesterol 6.9. HDL 1.6. LDL 3.9 and Triglycerides 3.0.
I didn't fast and my bloods were taken straight after a meal at 1.30 pm. I've read triglycerides would be high and I should have fasted.
My gp wasn't concerned at all he said just eat lower fat and lower carbs to reduce sugar in the diet. Now my concern is this. Is my hba1c something to worry about? My fear is it could now be higher as it went up by 2 in 3 months. Everytime i feel tired or have a dry mouth I worey if i am diabetic. It's triggered anxiety in me terribly having all these bloods being a little off.
My gp said my hba1c is normal and they will just test it annually so not to be anxious. He said my cholesterol is up but that at my age I've low risk so at this point it's just annual bloods to check it.
Both these health issues are worrying me silly. I've 3 children and I keep worrying why I have these health issues. There is high cholesterol in my mum's side throughout them. Her brother had a heart attack at 51 they say sue to a cholesterol level of 7! Mines 6.9! There's no diabetes in my family at all so my gp isn't concerned.
My fear is if I'm now in the pre diabetic range how can I get it down because I have a good diet. I'm not a meat eater but revently I've allowed fish into my diet to try and help my cholesterol. typical day for me is....
Breakfast - oats with almond milk and berries. Lemon and honey in hot water to drink.
Mid morning banana or oatcakes with homemade red pepper hummus.
Lunch is mackerel with vegetables. seeded toast or veggie sausages with veggies.
Afternoon snack is fruit or rice cakes.
Dinner - salmon with veggies and new potatoes or sweet potato. Quorn chilli with homemade guacamole. That kind of thing.
I am trying to have 1 meal a day low carb to see if it helps bring my hba1c down. I was having carbs at each meal until recently.
I've cut out all biscuits since december test that showed my hba1c was 40. I eat a square or 2 of dark choc ever other day. I never ate bad before but I'd have a biscuit a day and maybe oven chips, cheese, coconut milk, coconut oil eggs. Now I've cut out eggs. I rarely eat dairy as I was told to cut down on it and go half fat dairy but that's loaded with sugar. No butter or coconut oil. I drink a plant sterol drink daily.
So with these 2 issues I'm puzzled. I have to cut fat to lower the cholesterol but lower carbs to lower the hba1c. I can't because if I lower my carbs I need to increase fats for energy and I can't do that because of my cholesterol being high. Any advice? I'm puzzled as what to do diet wise. Someone suggested lchf diet but surely that would be a bad idea with my cholesterol? And can a vegetarian diet make things worse as it does include grains and beans. I have even considered going fully vegan.
Any advice appreciated.
Thank you.
JuliE
