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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2382907" data-attributes="member: 480869">Well it’s good that she’s booked you in for the additional tests. How long do you have to wait?Has she, or even can she, explain why you should avoid lower carb eating when your levels are so high?  I could understand a little better if they were single figures levels and on heavy meds but not this. I strongly suspect she thinks it will induce dka because she doesn’t understand low carb and nutritional ketosis and mixes the two up. I also suspect she considers them essential. And if she doesn’t know carbs raise bgl she is in desperate need of education.  I’d be asking her for an explanation even if only to put your mind at rest (or to decide she doesn’t know why either). If she quotes dka at you ask her how? How lowering levels by eating fewer carbs will cause it? One of you will learn something from the conversation. The only legitimate explanation I can think of could be to avoid giving false results on the tests that are required.  And if you are low carb it could artificially (?) make the demand for insulin lower therefore c peptide appear lower than its actually capable of being.  In which case you’d need a few days of normal carbs before the tests (and either be high or on insulin) to avoid this.  Perhaps someone that has had this test can confirm if this is accurate.</blockquote>

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