You're not masking anything, you're treating. Look at it that way. The intermittent fasting and lowering carbs brings your blood glucose down, which is excellent and prevents damage from prolonged high blood sugars. So basically, you're staving off a type 2 diagnosis for as long as you can, and who knows how long that will be? Maybe until you're 70, or well beyond. The fasting month will have had an affect on your HbA1c results, but from what I gather, Iftar meals tend to be carb-heavy, so might not be so much out of true: as it is an indicator for the past 3 months, it's still of value. Your current readings look okay to me, and if you keep going like this, I think your next HbA1c will be fairly good also. I do have to ask, when you say "(after meal)", how long after the first bite are we talking? We tend to test before the meal and 2 hours after the first bite. Has it been two hours, or longer? As the bun in that (even half a) burger, and possibly the burger itself, depending what it was made of, could've driven numbers up higher at the 2 hour mark than a 6.4. But if it was 2 hours after, then at 6,4 sound pretty good... Except for the fact that half a burger isn't very filling. You might want to look into nutrition dense foods, if you haven't already.Hello,
I've been diagnosed with prediabetes after a routine blood test last month. This was during Ramadan so I'd been fasting.
At the end of Ramadan and start of this month I started a 18/6 Intermittent fasting and keto/low carbs diet.
I'm also doing some exercise (treadmill and cross trainer) and weights at home.
Weight at the doctors: 89 kilos
Weight now: 85.1kilos.
I've never lost 4 kilos in my life - so this is a big deal for me. My aim is to be 78 kilos.
My goal is to try and reverse prediabetes if possible.
I was wondering if I could get some help with some readings. What do they mean and what should I be aiming for?
My home readings are as follows:
Morning (fasting): 4.9-5.2
Evening (after meal): 5.0-5.5
Yesterday, we had a takeaway and I was careful but had half a veg burger with my meal.
Evening (after meal): 6.4
How do I assess if my condition is improving?
Am I masking my prediabetes by making the diet changes?
If I eat a "normal" meal with carbs, it seems that my readings are higher - should lowering this reading be my goal?
Thank you.
You're off to an excellent start, that's for sure!Hello,
Thank you so much for the helpful advice and encouragements.
@JoKalsbeek
Ramadan - yes iftars can be carb heavy but we as a family tend to eat healthy even in Ramadan. Saying that though, if you're not looking for carbs then they can easily add up for example, I love my fruit and I would open my fast with lots of fruit (water melon, strawberry,
I am not too sure how long after the first bite I tested. I believe it was 2.5hrs.
I'll take a reading today before eating and 2hrs after the first bite (I've learnt something already) .
Hi. Most non-diabetic people have an HbA1c somewhere between 36 and 41 mmol/mol inclusive. Most of those are clustered around 38 - have a look at the graph attached.Hello,
I've been diagnosed with prediabetes after a routine blood test last month. This was during Ramadan so I'd been fasting.
At the end of Ramadan and start of this month I started a 18/6 Intermittent fasting and keto/low carbs diet.
I'm also doing some exercise (treadmill and cross trainer) and weights at home.
Weight at the doctors: 89 kilos
Weight now: 85.1kilos.
I've never lost 4 kilos in my life - so this is a big deal for me. My aim is to be 78 kilos.
My goal is to try and reverse prediabetes if possible.
I was wondering if I could get some help with some readings. What do they mean and what should I be aiming for?
My home readings are as follows:
Morning (fasting): 4.9-5.2
Evening (after meal): 5.0-5.5
Yesterday, we had a takeaway and I was careful but had half a veg burger with my meal.
Evening (after meal): 6.4
How do I assess if my condition is improving?
Am I masking my prediabetes by making the diet changes?
If I eat a "normal" meal with carbs, it seems that my readings are higher - should lowering this reading be my goal?
Thank you.
Seems that meal was absolutely perfect for youThank you for the advice.
@KennyA
So today I did the test as follows:
Fasting: 5.2
Right Before food: 4.7
After food (2hr): 5.1
So that is a 0.4 difference, which from your information suggests a good result.
My question is:
My food only had a content of 20g carbs (Salmon, avacado, lettuce, orange and strawberries).
Should I check with a larger content of carbs?
That's a decent result, and you should take from it that you can currently manage that meal. The only thing with any substantial carb is the orange.Thank you for the advice.
@KennyA
So today I did the test as follows:
Fasting: 5.2
Right Before food: 4.7
After food (2hr): 5.1
So that is a 0.4 difference, which from your information suggests a good result.
My question is:
My food only had a content of 20g carbs (Salmon, avacado, lettuce, orange and strawberries).
Should I check with a larger content of carbs?
I heard a muslim say that it was usual to break your fast in the evening during Ramadan with dates. She said that by the end of Ramadan people were sick of dates! Is that your experience? If so, I'm wondering if the high bgs caused by consuming dates might have influenced your A1c. If you have been looking at Diet Dr you will realise how high carb dates are.I've been diagnosed with prediabetes after a routine blood test last month. This was during Ramadan so I'd been fasting.
Hi @Alexandra100I heard a muslim say that it was usual to break your fast in the evening during Ramadan with dates. She said that by the end of Ramadan people were sick of dates! Is that your experience? If so, I'm wondering if the high bgs caused by consuming dates might have influenced your A1c. If you have been looking at Diet Dr you will realise how high carb dates are.
A lot of doctors teaching about diabetes consider the glycemic index a mistake. At all events I suggest you experiment by eating one or two dates and testing afterwards. It should make a difference whether you eat the dates alone or with protein and fat. It has been suggested that you can reduce the effect of carbs by consuming the carbohydrate part of your meal last, but I suspect you ate the dates first? I see that 100g carbs gives 67-69g carbs. Of course you were not eating 100g carbs. Googling one date I find that it will give you about 4.7g net carbs, so 2 will give nearly 10g - which is the whole of my daily carb allowance!have also heard that they have a low glycemic index (GI) and hence do not significantly spike blood sugar
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