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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2083655" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>It really depends on how long your blood sugars are that high. If it's just a morning spike for a couple of hours and your blood sugars were low overnight then it's not so bad. Is the 17 was just a spike immediately after eating and it came down to below 7.8 mmol/l two hours later?</p><p></p><p>Myself, I've never been happy with my readings unless they were under 7.8 mmol/l two hours after eating (or with spikes over 8), or above 5.7 wakings as I was worried about keeping my HbA1c at or below 6.5%. In Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution he says to avoid diabetes complications you need a normal HbA1c in the low 5's.) I changed my diet to LCHF and exercise in order to try to achieve this.</p><p>(Sadly, I'm now on insulin, just this week. But it means I can raise the goal posts. No more than a 0.5 mmol/l increase in BS after eating. Wakings under 5. This is from Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Not that I'm achieving this yet. I'm being very cautious.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2083655, member: 504712"] It really depends on how long your blood sugars are that high. If it's just a morning spike for a couple of hours and your blood sugars were low overnight then it's not so bad. Is the 17 was just a spike immediately after eating and it came down to below 7.8 mmol/l two hours later? Myself, I've never been happy with my readings unless they were under 7.8 mmol/l two hours after eating (or with spikes over 8), or above 5.7 wakings as I was worried about keeping my HbA1c at or below 6.5%. In Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution he says to avoid diabetes complications you need a normal HbA1c in the low 5's.) I changed my diet to LCHF and exercise in order to try to achieve this. (Sadly, I'm now on insulin, just this week. But it means I can raise the goal posts. No more than a 0.5 mmol/l increase in BS after eating. Wakings under 5. This is from Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Not that I'm achieving this yet. I'm being very cautious.) [/QUOTE]
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