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<blockquote data-quote="BarbaraG" data-source="post: 1451967" data-attributes="member: 47277"><p>Testing: I profoundly disagree with the advice not to test your blood glucose. It is the only way you will find out how different foods affect you. The suggestion to test urine is very puzzling, because by the time glucose spills into urine, your BG is over 10. Unless she was referring to ketone testing?</p><p></p><p>It is not surprising that your BG is high in the morning, it's called dawn phenomenon and affects most of us. Keep track of morning readings, but don't worry about them for now. </p><p></p><p>Pay more attention to the difference between your level before you eat compared to 1 and 2 hours after. Ultimate goal is to be between 4-6 before eating, No more than 8 after 1 hour and no more than 6 after 2 hours. You will probably be a long way from that to start, but if you make the right choices with what you eat, it will get a lot better very quickly.</p><p></p><p>Diet: my suggestion is to throw that plate model in the bin and instead adopt a lower carb diet. The more carbs you eat, the higher your BG will rise. The more you limit carbs, the quicker your BG will fall.</p><p></p><p>Your blood test that was 67 is called an HbA1C. Mine in August was 62. 3 months later it was 40, which is normal. The difference? Three months of low carb high fat eating.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! Ask questions. I'm tagging [USER=9546]@daisy[/USER] for the newbies information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarbaraG, post: 1451967, member: 47277"] Testing: I profoundly disagree with the advice not to test your blood glucose. It is the only way you will find out how different foods affect you. The suggestion to test urine is very puzzling, because by the time glucose spills into urine, your BG is over 10. Unless she was referring to ketone testing? It is not surprising that your BG is high in the morning, it's called dawn phenomenon and affects most of us. Keep track of morning readings, but don't worry about them for now. Pay more attention to the difference between your level before you eat compared to 1 and 2 hours after. Ultimate goal is to be between 4-6 before eating, No more than 8 after 1 hour and no more than 6 after 2 hours. You will probably be a long way from that to start, but if you make the right choices with what you eat, it will get a lot better very quickly. Diet: my suggestion is to throw that plate model in the bin and instead adopt a lower carb diet. The more carbs you eat, the higher your BG will rise. The more you limit carbs, the quicker your BG will fall. Your blood test that was 67 is called an HbA1C. Mine in August was 62. 3 months later it was 40, which is normal. The difference? Three months of low carb high fat eating. Good luck! Ask questions. I'm tagging [USER=9546]@daisy[/USER] for the newbies information. [/QUOTE]
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