Strange RH Issue

tyyy6 said:

Hello,

When doing the 4 hour test. My numbers were
Fasting:100
1 hour: 85
2 hour: 66
3 hour: 75
4 hour: 66

I have changed my diet completely, with very little carbs, no sugar, and no alcohol. While it helps a small amount, i still
feel horrific even with proteins/avocados.

After just bone broth soup i dipped to 73 on a separate test.

I was curious about possibilities. Insulin is high.
after hour 1: 44 H uIU/mL 2-27
after hour 3 :41 H uIU/mL 2-27
after hour 4: 9 uIU/mL 2-27

Is there a way to reduce insulin?
With my glucose numbers not going up, is glucose not releasing properly?

Thank You

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Hi and welcome to the forum

I do believe you are correct, high circulating insulin, high background insulin and the glucose levels in or under normal levels will be giving you these numbers.

How to get rid of high circulating insulin?
It seems that your fasting levels is in normal range. So what happens when you don't eat is your blood glucose levels return to normal. As soon as you eat, the insulin response is triggered, by whatever your intolerance is.
It would have been interesting what your half hour reading was.
There is something called glucose dumping and also flat line hypoglycaemia. But I'm not sure.
When do you see your specialist?
Do you keep a food diary?
Do you know your food intolerance?
What treatment have you been advised?
Have you had a definitive diagnosis?

Sorry for all the questions, but knowledge is key to getting control.

Best wishes

Hi, Tyyy6 -- Is it possible you spiked really early and crashed within that first hour? The 3 hour coming up and the 4 hour down again sounds like a second spike.

Hi again,

If you want to, you could test and try yourself to find your spike, it is kinda essential to how you go about which foods you can and can't eat.
Test pre meal, if you are in normal levels (4-6mmols) then eat a carby meal.
Then test after every fifteen minutes.

In the long run, this sort of experimental process, will give you the knowledge of how to control your dietary intake, it will tell you so much about how your blood glucose levels react to certain types of foods. Keeping a food diary will give you information on how the protein, fats, and how much carbs you can tolerate. It will show the trends as you progress through the initial stages of treatment.

Hopefully you will get an endocrinologist who is clued up on hypoglycaemia and you get the tests which will help with diagnosis.

I found that most carbs had an effect on me.

Let us know how you get on and keep asking questions.

Best wishes