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<blockquote data-quote="TriciaWs" data-source="post: 2059467" data-attributes="member: 475901"><p>Central advice is not to provide meters and strips for type 2s, but a few GPs will prescribe them. I have to buy my own but I'm glad I did. </p><p>I used it to check how low I needed to go to get my blood sugars under 5.7, which foods triggered spikes and how much carb I can eat in one meal. At first I did a fasting blood and before and 2hrs after meals, then less often but did one every time I ate more carbs or added back a food I'd not had since starting low carb.</p><p>I was lucky - my blood sugar went down while on 85g of carbs a day as long as I never ate more than 30g in one meal. However, I found strawberries raised my BS more than the same amount of carbs in raspberries.</p><p></p><p>Now I usually test once a week to make sure my BS is still under 5.5.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TriciaWs, post: 2059467, member: 475901"] Central advice is not to provide meters and strips for type 2s, but a few GPs will prescribe them. I have to buy my own but I'm glad I did. I used it to check how low I needed to go to get my blood sugars under 5.7, which foods triggered spikes and how much carb I can eat in one meal. At first I did a fasting blood and before and 2hrs after meals, then less often but did one every time I ate more carbs or added back a food I'd not had since starting low carb. I was lucky - my blood sugar went down while on 85g of carbs a day as long as I never ate more than 30g in one meal. However, I found strawberries raised my BS more than the same amount of carbs in raspberries. Now I usually test once a week to make sure my BS is still under 5.5. [/QUOTE]
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