Thoughts on these readings

douglas99 said:

The GTT is good as well, as a low carb diet will cause an false high, if you don't re-introduce carbs for 3 or 4 days beforehand.

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When I had the test I was still eating carbs, though had cut down. I did eat more carbs the 3 days prior as directed by the doctor. Also I was every stressed when I had the test the it's possible this affected the resulted to some degree.

zand said:

Well I would just concentrate on having a good diet and exercise and losing the 10kg. This will help your health generally. I really don't think you need to worry about diabetes right now. (I have far more weight than that to lose, so I'm not judging you!)

edit: By 'good diet', I mean a healthy eating plan, not a 'lose weight quick' diet.

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Definitely agree and am trying to do that.

This forum has been a great source of information to help me.

I stopped the chips & coke snacks each morning, cut out sugary foods, except for the very occasional treat and stick to lots of seafood, veggies (no potato or sweet potato, limited pumpkin) and only a maximum of 2 pieces of fruit a day (nothing tropical).

Also no rice, pasta or bread, though I treat myself to a slice of Burgen Soy-Lin bread on the weekend.

douglas99 said:

Stress can affect fasting tests, not normally HbA1c though.

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I suppose a HbALc result can be affected if one was suffering from stress in the months that proceeded the test.

I had the test in mid July and had been very stressed from early May. That probably increased that result a little.