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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2365579" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>On top of the health problems due to the complications of undiagnosed diabetes, I imagine many must also grapple with the emotional and physical effects of anger at a system that not just allows but promotes foods that are clearly slow poisons to humans. You've been through the wars and none of us deserve that...</p><p></p><p>I feel fortunate that I've been able to catch things early, but it's easy to take things for granted still at this stage. If only we could check our insulin levels daily as well.</p><p></p><p>This morning I took both mine and my husband's fasting levels. I was mostly back to low low carb yesterday, my husband not I don't think. He hasn't had any signs of diabetes but his father did have it so I encourage him to let me test him periodically since we are both midlife. I got 5.1 and he was 5.2 before breakfast. I checedk him at around 45 mins after his breakfast of his homemade sourdough rye and bacon and cheese. His bg was 4.8... Now knowing that I would have missed my spike altogether if I had just checked at the 1 hour mark, I think I'm going to test him again 30 mins after eating because I suspect he had an early spike that then dropped him below base levels even before the hour was up. (edited: now my husband tells me he was eating plums off our trees in the backyard at least half an hour before breakfast... so those levels are not accurate afterall. )</p><p></p><p>On the subject of sweeteners, I know maple probably isn't much better than sugar but I try not to have more than one teaspn on any given day. I've tried eryithritol but it upset my tummy enough to make me prefer a small amount of sugar instead which doesn't give me that immediate reaction. Plus when I make a cake with erythritol, I felt it gave me licence to eat larger portions so I wasn't respecting that it's still something naughty (taking things for granted, see?...)</p><p></p><p>The bodybuilding to earn extra carbs sounds like a good idea. I don't do that but when I saw 9mmol the other day, I put my shoes on and walked down the hill to the bottom of the street and back - maybe only 10 mins - and by the one hour I was back in the 6s. I think it took off at least 1 mmol. But not eating in the first place is what I need to focus on. I was to try fasting one day, longer than just skipping breakfast, which I can do now fairly easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2365579, member: 501623"] On top of the health problems due to the complications of undiagnosed diabetes, I imagine many must also grapple with the emotional and physical effects of anger at a system that not just allows but promotes foods that are clearly slow poisons to humans. You've been through the wars and none of us deserve that... I feel fortunate that I've been able to catch things early, but it's easy to take things for granted still at this stage. If only we could check our insulin levels daily as well. This morning I took both mine and my husband's fasting levels. I was mostly back to low low carb yesterday, my husband not I don't think. He hasn't had any signs of diabetes but his father did have it so I encourage him to let me test him periodically since we are both midlife. I got 5.1 and he was 5.2 before breakfast. I checedk him at around 45 mins after his breakfast of his homemade sourdough rye and bacon and cheese. His bg was 4.8... Now knowing that I would have missed my spike altogether if I had just checked at the 1 hour mark, I think I'm going to test him again 30 mins after eating because I suspect he had an early spike that then dropped him below base levels even before the hour was up. (edited: now my husband tells me he was eating plums off our trees in the backyard at least half an hour before breakfast... so those levels are not accurate afterall. ) On the subject of sweeteners, I know maple probably isn't much better than sugar but I try not to have more than one teaspn on any given day. I've tried eryithritol but it upset my tummy enough to make me prefer a small amount of sugar instead which doesn't give me that immediate reaction. Plus when I make a cake with erythritol, I felt it gave me licence to eat larger portions so I wasn't respecting that it's still something naughty (taking things for granted, see?...) The bodybuilding to earn extra carbs sounds like a good idea. I don't do that but when I saw 9mmol the other day, I put my shoes on and walked down the hill to the bottom of the street and back - maybe only 10 mins - and by the one hour I was back in the 6s. I think it took off at least 1 mmol. But not eating in the first place is what I need to focus on. I was to try fasting one day, longer than just skipping breakfast, which I can do now fairly easily. [/QUOTE]
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