Random glucose - non diabetic husband

[Brunneria]

Interestingly, my many attempts to stab Mr B purely in the interests of science have never had a result higher than 6.6. No matter how many cinnamon raisin bagels he has just inhaled - also for science, you understand.

Since my sample pool of victims is small, I had always assumed that was the top of 'normal', but threads like this prove my data is inadequate

However, despite normal BG, I wouldn't describe Mr B's reaction to carbs as a good thing.

He craves them like a hardened junkie, suffers withdrawal if he can't get them, and is incapable of portion control if unsupervised. He knows all this, hates the resulting weight gain and is happy to low carb with me simply to control his waistline and avoid the addiction.

We are both hoping that he won't move into prediabetes, as time goes on...

 

[Sue 571]

Hi,

My husband is not diabetic. His fasting glucose tests taken annually at the surgery (venous) are always around 4.5, never higher. I was looking at his print outs just now and noticed that 2 years ago he had a random glucose test along with some other blood tests. It was 8.6mmol/l. Taken in the afternoon, probably about an hour after lunch. He is in good health. This just shows that non-diabetics do spike above the levels quoted by experts.

Just thought I'd let you know.

 

[shivles]

Just wanted to say thanks for this post, makes me feel better about my daughters high 1hr readings

 

[Lamont D]

As a non diabetic, (ahem!)
I would like to point out that achieving a normal blood glucose level in the fives permanently is possible. I am there, and I know when my levels are slightly higher.

And as a non d, my levels would rocket to the mid teens, even on a low GI diet, from being in the normal range before the meal. However, after two hours I would be in high single numbers, then by three into normal range. By four hours, I would be really hypo. Weirdness!

To me your Hba1c is what most doctors go by. And this is the basis along with fasting % glucose is the norm by how T2 is diagnosed.

Depending on your insulin resistance and how susceptible you are to certain foods dictates your treatment. The amount of insulin and other hormones is ignored in determining diagnosis. This is not only totally wrong but ignorance in the medical industry.

As everyone on here knows, diet is the key to getting your blood glucose levels and your insulin resistance down, which has a huge effect on weight loss and control of diabetes.

Getting your bloods in the normal range as often as possible, will lead to better health management.

So to generalise, is to err for those, who have sharp spikes and assume we are diabetic because of high numbers after two hours. It again depends on how we tolerate foods and how slowly we digest and of course get our bloods down