pre-diabetes, fasting blood sugars.

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eddye88

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Not eating chips anymore.
5.8 this morning. Really hoping to see low 5s or high 4s in the future.
Just going back over the thread, it seems you've already made some good progress!


Yesterday I tried some methods I'd seen online to keep your blood sugar from spiking after carbs and I'm at a 4.4 this morning.
 

Parnassus

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
Just going back over the thread, it seems you've already made some good progress!


Yesterday I tried some methods I'd seen online to keep your blood sugar from spiking after carbs and I'm at a 4.4 this morning.
Which methods are those? Do you have a link?
 

eddye88

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Not eating chips anymore.
Which methods are those? Do you have a link?
I saw them both mentioned by people in either YouTube or reddit comments on other overall topics so I don't have a link, sorry.

One was about the impact of apple cider vinegar before meals, the other was on eating fat and protein first in a meal so the carbs sit on top of the other stuff in your stomach, so it doesn't spike your blood sugar so much.

When I looked into it, the apple cider seems to be extrapolated from any kind of vinegar, so I started eating way more pickled things - I like them so it's much easier then drinking vinegar mixed with water everyday

When I posted this for example, I'd had a huge spinach and tuna salad, with egg, grated cheese, gherkins and pickled beetroot. When I'd eaten most of the pickled stuff and had about a 3rd left overall, I added two big pieces of granary bread with butter on and the combo of both tactics worked for me.

Its worked for me with pasta too - I bring a jar of gherkins with me if I'm eating at someone else's house now, which probably does seem weird.