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<blockquote data-quote="andromache" data-source="post: 2050941" data-attributes="member: 495186"><p>I am ashamed to say that I don't know what my score was when they were sending me to scamper about in the hospital garden to get my BG down enough for them to be able to give me steroids. Or what the result of the subsequent OGT that the GP made me have and that came back with a result of (if memory serves) 'not great - but technically just OK.' I didn't take much interest, I'm afraid, because I was never formally dx with pre-diabetes, although I was obviously headed that way. It was unexplained hypertension and a lousy family history of CVD and T2D that made me take my nutrition in hand. I began to take the importance of insulin sensitivity and metabolic health a lot more seriously, particularly in the context of keeping as well as possible (I have multiple sclerosis)</p><p></p><p>After 6 months or so of L(ish)CHF the GP did some blood tests at my request and blood lipids and HbA1C were good rather than just OK, so I'm doing something right, but I never did see what my baseline was. On the carbs front, I find I must have 100/125g carbs daily - otherwise I cannot keep the weight on no matter how much fat and protein I eat (and I eat lots.) I feel better with fewer carbs than that, quite honestly, and have not yet resolved my BP issues, so would rather persevere with fewer carbs in the hope of improvement, but needs must. It's all about health, and being underweight is damned unhealthy, as well as being a bad look. One thing's for sure - I am firmly convinced that LCHF is very good for general health and minimizing chronic inflammation, which can only be a good thing for the MS too. Sorry for this over-long outpouring in reply to your simple question- I really ought to have put all this in the 'Introductions' section, but didn't know it was there when I started. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andromache, post: 2050941, member: 495186"] I am ashamed to say that I don't know what my score was when they were sending me to scamper about in the hospital garden to get my BG down enough for them to be able to give me steroids. Or what the result of the subsequent OGT that the GP made me have and that came back with a result of (if memory serves) 'not great - but technically just OK.' I didn't take much interest, I'm afraid, because I was never formally dx with pre-diabetes, although I was obviously headed that way. It was unexplained hypertension and a lousy family history of CVD and T2D that made me take my nutrition in hand. I began to take the importance of insulin sensitivity and metabolic health a lot more seriously, particularly in the context of keeping as well as possible (I have multiple sclerosis) After 6 months or so of L(ish)CHF the GP did some blood tests at my request and blood lipids and HbA1C were good rather than just OK, so I'm doing something right, but I never did see what my baseline was. On the carbs front, I find I must have 100/125g carbs daily - otherwise I cannot keep the weight on no matter how much fat and protein I eat (and I eat lots.) I feel better with fewer carbs than that, quite honestly, and have not yet resolved my BP issues, so would rather persevere with fewer carbs in the hope of improvement, but needs must. It's all about health, and being underweight is damned unhealthy, as well as being a bad look. One thing's for sure - I am firmly convinced that LCHF is very good for general health and minimizing chronic inflammation, which can only be a good thing for the MS too. Sorry for this over-long outpouring in reply to your simple question- I really ought to have put all this in the 'Introductions' section, but didn't know it was there when I started. :-) [/QUOTE]
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