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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CW84" data-source="post: 2622757" data-attributes="member: 576106">I started a keto lifestyle 3 years ago, initially to lose weight but kept it up as I experienced such drastic health benefits. So many niggling problems I had experienced for years, disappeared.I do not know what my hba1c was before I started, as it hadn't been tested, but I think I must have been prediabetic, if not diabetic. However, seven months of eating 20g net carbs a day my hba1c was 5.1%. After a year or so I became a little less strict and would eat around 30g a day. Hba1c remained at 5.1%. After 2 years, I experimented and tried restricting carbs to a near carnivore diet for a couple of months. My hba1c remained at 5.1%. although 5.1% is perfectly fine, it seems strange that even on a diet of virtually no carbs, it could still be a fair bit lower.Here is the main part of my question:About 8 months ago I started running and going to the gym 5 days a week. As I had been pretty strict keto for so long and was now adding in exercise, I thought my body must be healthy enough to be slightly more liberal with carbs. I added in about 15-20g extra most days in the form of berries, nuts and extra servings of veggies. My hba1c shot up to 5.7%, which is classed as prediabetic.How is it possible that I can be prediabetic on 50g carbs a day, whilst also getting a good amount of exercise?</blockquote>

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