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on a very tightly administrated type 2 diabetic Facebook group they are advocating testing after 1 hour and seeing no more than 20mg (1.1mmol) rise and being back where you started by 2 hrs.
I’m struggling to understand where they get this regime from (no one seems to have an answer when I ask) and I wonder if there’s a “guru” out there that advocates this.
In here and in most other places it’s 2mmol (36mg) or less after 2 hrs.
I like to rise less than this if possible and sometimes I’m even close to the starting point at 2hrs and rarely have tested after an hour.
Is 1.1mmol after an hour realistic for those used to achieving the 2mmol in 2hours advice? Guess maybe I need to do a few 1 hour tests and see what I get....
I’m wondering if even non diabetics would manage just this tiny rise or is it more likely the reasoning is that is the only way we get back to the starting point after 2hrs the way a non diabetic would regardless of how much higher they might be at 1 hour.
I’m struggling to understand where they get this regime from (no one seems to have an answer when I ask) and I wonder if there’s a “guru” out there that advocates this.
In here and in most other places it’s 2mmol (36mg) or less after 2 hrs.
I like to rise less than this if possible and sometimes I’m even close to the starting point at 2hrs and rarely have tested after an hour.
Is 1.1mmol after an hour realistic for those used to achieving the 2mmol in 2hours advice? Guess maybe I need to do a few 1 hour tests and see what I get....
I’m wondering if even non diabetics would manage just this tiny rise or is it more likely the reasoning is that is the only way we get back to the starting point after 2hrs the way a non diabetic would regardless of how much higher they might be at 1 hour.
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