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arsenal2

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Having tried the diet for 2 months or so, I lost a stone - down to 9st 4 and my Hb1Ac reading has improved from mid 50s to 37. Have been T2 for 6 years - so good outcome - but I find that BG fasting readings are still pre-diabetic in the morning (between 6 and 7), but reduce to below 5,6 some 2 hours after a good breakfast and a 30 min walk . After main meal at night - usually normal below 7.8 (2 hours later) - but don't usually fall below 6 overnight. Not sure what I can do about this - still taking metformin (but 50% less). Already doing a lot of exercise and cut carbs and alcohol to low levels. Weird that my average readings are below the fasting readings. Any advice?
 
If you low carb, you can get physiological insulin resistance, which will give you raised BG levels.

How do you handle carbs after the Newcastle diet.
I found I could eat them again, and appeared to have reversed my type 2.
 
arsenal2 said:
Having tried the diet for 2 months or so, I lost a stone - down to 9st 4 and my Hb1Ac reading has improved from mid 50s to 37. Have been T2 for 6 years - so good outcome - but I find that BG fasting readings are still pre-diabetic in the morning (between 6 and 7), but reduce to below 5,6 some 2 hours after a good breakfast and a 30 min walk . After main meal at night - usually normal below 7.8 (2 hours later) - but don't usually fall below 6 overnight. Not sure what I can do about this - still taking metformin (but 50% less). Already doing a lot of exercise and cut carbs and alcohol to low levels. Weird that my average readings are below the fasting readings. Any advice?
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Well done on trying the Newcastle Diet. It takes a great deal of application, I'm sure.

If I could ask a couple of question:
How do you know you don't go below 6 during the night? Is it because your fasting levels are always 6 or above?
Secondly, have you heard or Dawn Phenomenon, whereby, for many people, their livers release glucose into their bloodstream some time prior to waking to fuel the waking process? That's incredibly simplistic, and I apologise if you're already familiar with it.

Fasting is often such a fragile number, due to so many factors. These days, I tend to think the fasting level is interesting, but not really a great benchmark of anything, unless it is very elevated.
 
is there a lot of carbs in that newcasttle diet ? I Wonder why you don´t get even lover being on a 800 a day calorie diet...

how much carbs do you eat a day in grams all in all ?
 
Freema said:
is there a lot of carbs in that newcasttle diet ? I Wonder why you don´t get even lover being on a 800 a day calorie diet...

how much carbs do you eat a day in grams all in all ?
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The op has cut carbs now, that's when physiological insulin resistance kicks in.
 
:cool: yes but still not being lower than 6mmols most hours of the day on a 800 calorie diet seems high to me.. unless of cause it is a diet of 150 grams of carbs a day .

And being a male too, it looks to me like menin average are better at getting their numbers really down on fasting and very low diets , maybe due to a higher body percentage of muscles...
 
douglas99 said:
The op has cut carbs now, that's when physiological insulin resistance kicks in.
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It sure does and it's a b*tch. Caused me no end of anxiety because I couldn't work out why I get lower fasting numbers by some margin if I eat more carbs.
 
douglas99 said:
The op has cut carbs now, that's when physiological insulin resistance kicks in.
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maybe you are right about that, the Op has not told how low he has gone carb wise.. many consider less than usual being really low and not like under 20 grams of carbs a day like being the nessesary aproach
 
bulkbiker said:
Really?.. I'd love to see the science behind that Douglas...
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You reversed your on zero carb?

if not I'm just going on accredited published facts behind the Newcastle diet, if you have other credible studies for low carb, we've be delighted to read them, if you put up the links.
 
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