Type 2 diabetic for 12 years, have recently been unwell and lost 10% of my weight, GP & diabetes nurse suggested I stop Metformin (and Lisinopril for high blood pressure) and self-check my progress.
Now not taken Metformin or Lisinopril for a month:
Blood pressure hasn't changed, typically 130/80
Blood glucose readings haven't changed, Fasting still between 6 and 7, 2 hour Post-Prandial between 7 and 9.
Bread, potato, pasta, rice, cake, all of which I LOVE are evil; indulgence pushes the 2 hour PP to perhaps 11, so I avoid them as much as I can - no brainer!
BUT if I breakfast on just a coffee with (full-fat) milk and 2 grams of sugar, my 2 hour post-prandial reading goes down:
If Fasting BG was 6.0, 2 hour PP falls typically to 5.5;
If Fasting BG was 7, PP falls typically to 6.5
We are all different and respond differently, but this is decidedly odd; I've asked about it before but nothing seemed to explain it.
Can anybody suggest what might be going on?
Now not taken Metformin or Lisinopril for a month:
Blood pressure hasn't changed, typically 130/80
Blood glucose readings haven't changed, Fasting still between 6 and 7, 2 hour Post-Prandial between 7 and 9.
Bread, potato, pasta, rice, cake, all of which I LOVE are evil; indulgence pushes the 2 hour PP to perhaps 11, so I avoid them as much as I can - no brainer!
BUT if I breakfast on just a coffee with (full-fat) milk and 2 grams of sugar, my 2 hour post-prandial reading goes down:
If Fasting BG was 6.0, 2 hour PP falls typically to 5.5;
If Fasting BG was 7, PP falls typically to 6.5
We are all different and respond differently, but this is decidedly odd; I've asked about it before but nothing seemed to explain it.
Can anybody suggest what might be going on?