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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robnas" data-source="post: 2739665" data-attributes="member: 594601">Hi all,I have recently been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, back in January I had a HbA1c reading of 41 which was borderline pre-diabetes. I gave up all sugary foods and eat much better, this continued for around 6 months until the death of my mum and I consequently fell off the wagon a little, no where near as much as what I was already doing through prior to having the result of 41, I had always had a sweet tooth and was a vegetarian for 10 years so eating carbs a lot to help fill me up.Fast forward to last week when I had bloods done and I’ve moved up to 45 HbA1c so I have pre-diabetes now! Ever since hearing this news I’ve been very confused and feeling down. I have cut out all sugar again and also have cut out simple carbs almost fully along with starting swimming again, I have also got a Freestyle Libre 2 to show me where I’m going wrong, whist this technology is amazing and very useful it’s driving me crazy with worry and obsession with the figures and reports! One thing I wasn’t ready for was the fact I have been eating shredded wheat for 20 years in the belief that it’s the healthiest breakfast you can have but in-fact this spikes me more than a lot of other foods!I have a few questions if anyone can help me please, it’ll help put my mind at rest!1. Shredded wheat spikes my blood sugars quickly to around 10.5 mmol/L, this does drop quite fast afterwards and within a couple of hours of eating I’m back down to a normal range (often having a crash), is that ok? Is that what should happen when eating foods? Spike and then drop quickly? 2. I’m not sure what spikes should be when eating certain foods, obviously the challenge is to keep sugar levels down and consistent, but what would be a ’normal’ range, and is this range for pre-diabetics or non-diabetics too?3. How does spiking work for non-diabetes? Do they have a spike if they eat a cake like us, is it just the time it takes for the spike to go down for us that makes it bad? Many thanks</blockquote>

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