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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2755696" data-attributes="member: 517579">Hi LoriR and welcomeI had the same "prediabetic" message once. Nobody explained to me what that meant.  It would have helped if someone had pointed out that my BG was some way out of normal range, was rising, and was causing the numerous symptoms I was having.  But no - it was just "pre-diabetic means you're not diabetic".  I could have saved myself some years of pain. When you say "keto diet" what do you mean by that? I would mean a diet which is low enough in carbohydrate to induce ketosis - the state you're in when using bodyfat from fuel  - which for me is around a maximum of 20-25g carb per day. For reference, that's about one apple.  So I think your earier understanding was correct. I'd therefore disagree with your nurse - wholemeal anything makes little difference to the carb content of food and eating bread, pasta, rice, root veg etc certainly won't put you in ketosis, and might well take you out of the "low-carb" range.  When you were cutting your carbs, were you upping (natural) fats to compensate for the carb reduction?  I guess you have an additional dietary consideration with the IBS and diverticulitis. I don't have any experience of that, so maybe some forum members who do will be able to comment.</blockquote>

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