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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2546562" data-attributes="member: 85785">With good control, the first phase insulin response should improve from the time when you were uncontrolled and your hba1c and fasting bloods are in diabetic range. This is a supposition that your first phase insulin response has not become worse, obviously. But there are many other factors involved, one of them is other hormones that respond to eating, the imbalance may not be insulin, it is known that if your thyroid is hyper or hypo, could impact on your blood glucose levels.it does follow, if you do have low insulin response the spike is higher, if you still have insulin resistance, if your first phase is ineffective that is why the need for low carb is necessary but still have the odd treat.Because the overriding priority with T2, is to avoid the continuous spikes from morning to night. Avoiding the spikes will in time lower your hba1c and fasting levels even if you have the imbalance in your hormonal response.After the initial response, the pancreas could produce enough insulin to cope with the lower spikes.But with everyone no two people are the same. A nd because it works for me, it might not work for you!If you lower your carbs, it will lower your spikes, which will over time lower your hba1c. That is what works for the majority but not all.And because spuds are high carbs, it is a sensible idea to eat very small portions. And for some of us, we prefer to avoid because of the intolerance to high carbs.I have an intolerance to a lot of carbs and sugars. And it is better for my blood glucose levels and my health to avoid them. No spuds in over ten years now!</blockquote>

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