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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2143191" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I would urge you not to take that as gospel. Is this the same person who told you to increase carbs?</p><p></p><p>The body is very good at coping and coping and coping right up until it doesn't any more, and things can go pear shaped very quickly after that.</p><p></p><p>From what you say, with bread, starter, main with carbs and a pud, every day, for years, you have been putting your body under a lot of pressure, for a long time, and sooner or later, there is a straw that breaks the camel's back.</p><p></p><p>I would urge you to have a good look around the <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a> website</p><p>There is plenty of useful information on there about how T2 develops, and how fast, and in what ways, and when the evidence is actually examined (in a way that your nurse is very unlikely to have the time or the interest to do), you will see that different people develop T2 in different ways and at very different speeds.</p><p></p><p>Simply put: doing an occasional HbA1c may give the impression that things are worsening gradually, but sometimes the deterioration is in sharp steps downwards - sometimes very large steps downwards.</p><p></p><p>As for your unexplained weight loss... I am very surprised that your nurse if puzzled by this.</p><p>She should know that there is a point where the level of blood glucose triggers the body to filter glucose out through the kidneys - in an emergency attempt to get rid of the damaging glucose. The blood glucose level at which this happens is slightly variable from person to person, but is usually around 10-11mmol/l <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/glucose-test-urine#diabetes" target="_blank">https://www.healthline.com/health/glucose-test-urine#diabetes</a></p><p></p><p>All it would take would be for your one, large, carby meal to raise your blood glucose above that level for a few hours, and you would be peeing glucose - which is effectively reducing the amount of energy you get from that meal - which may be causing the gradual weight loss. Of course, this isn't good. It places strain on the kidneys, and increases the chance of thrush and other urinary tract infections because some infections thrive on glucose. It is also a powerful sign that the body is under sufficient strain that it has fallen back on an emergency coping mechanism, because the usual methods are failing.</p><p></p><p>When you get your glucometer, be sure to eat one of your old style carby blowouts, and test every 15 mins for 3-4 hours. If the readings go over 10 at any point, then you have strong evidence of the peeing-out-glucose-weightloss theory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2143191, member: 41816"] I would urge you not to take that as gospel. Is this the same person who told you to increase carbs? The body is very good at coping and coping and coping right up until it doesn't any more, and things can go pear shaped very quickly after that. From what you say, with bread, starter, main with carbs and a pud, every day, for years, you have been putting your body under a lot of pressure, for a long time, and sooner or later, there is a straw that breaks the camel's back. I would urge you to have a good look around the [URL="http://www.bloodsugar101.com"]www.bloodsugar101.com[/URL] website There is plenty of useful information on there about how T2 develops, and how fast, and in what ways, and when the evidence is actually examined (in a way that your nurse is very unlikely to have the time or the interest to do), you will see that different people develop T2 in different ways and at very different speeds. Simply put: doing an occasional HbA1c may give the impression that things are worsening gradually, but sometimes the deterioration is in sharp steps downwards - sometimes very large steps downwards. As for your unexplained weight loss... I am very surprised that your nurse if puzzled by this. She should know that there is a point where the level of blood glucose triggers the body to filter glucose out through the kidneys - in an emergency attempt to get rid of the damaging glucose. The blood glucose level at which this happens is slightly variable from person to person, but is usually around 10-11mmol/l [URL]https://www.healthline.com/health/glucose-test-urine#diabetes[/URL] All it would take would be for your one, large, carby meal to raise your blood glucose above that level for a few hours, and you would be peeing glucose - which is effectively reducing the amount of energy you get from that meal - which may be causing the gradual weight loss. Of course, this isn't good. It places strain on the kidneys, and increases the chance of thrush and other urinary tract infections because some infections thrive on glucose. It is also a powerful sign that the body is under sufficient strain that it has fallen back on an emergency coping mechanism, because the usual methods are failing. When you get your glucometer, be sure to eat one of your old style carby blowouts, and test every 15 mins for 3-4 hours. If the readings go over 10 at any point, then you have strong evidence of the peeing-out-glucose-weightloss theory. [/QUOTE]
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