Hi everyone,
Some Background: I feel very lucky that I caught sight of my increasing blood glucose levels early, my FBG at my November physical was 105 which the doctor ignored, I didn’t and I started testing. In the following six weeks I saw my FBG in the range of 114 to 135 so I went to see an Endo., she said test, test, test and come back in two months! So I started testing five times a day and I soon realized that something needed to be done, I stopped all starch, bread, rice and potato and decided I would eat nothing higher than a GI 50. I played around with salads and combinations of things and pretty soon my numbers looked like (about) this:
Fasting – was 114/135. Now – 110/118
Breakfast 2hr PP – was/is 135/120. Lunch 2hr PP – was/is 135/118. Dinner 2hr PP – was/is 130/115.
I set myself targets for 1 hour of <140 and a 2 hour target of <130, so far I’ve been able to meet those targets 98% of the time, previously I had seen spikes up to 200!
My Questions: Now we come to the problem areas, since I went low carb my FBG levels are consistently around 115, I don’t have any spikes and I occasionally drop down to 110 but then always quickly revert, my question is, are the higher FBG levels a function of low carb diets and is there any way to improve them apart from medication?
My second question is about diet: whilst I have been religious in what I eat, I have tried to add back in some carbohydrates from time to time but always with disastrous results. My favorite long term breakfast of Muselli and Prunes recently sent me into the 180’s after three hours despite having eaten them on most days prior to a month before. My question is, once I decide to give up on such foods, is that them on the no-go list for life? It seems to me that the body learns from the things that you feed it to some degree and changes accordingly,
My third and final question: during the past six weeks I’ve been suffering from really itchy eyebrows and searches on the web say diabetes is a primary cause. But I’ve not seen anything anywhere on this subject and I’ve yet to come across a single mention of it in discussion forums, is it really that unique or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Finally, I had an A1C test on 1 and 15 December which showed 5.9 and 5.7 respectively, I calculate my current AIC is around 6.2. And finally finally: I exercise at the gym about three days a week but this doesn’t seem to have any impact on my numbers.
Many thanks in advance for any feedback.
Some Background: I feel very lucky that I caught sight of my increasing blood glucose levels early, my FBG at my November physical was 105 which the doctor ignored, I didn’t and I started testing. In the following six weeks I saw my FBG in the range of 114 to 135 so I went to see an Endo., she said test, test, test and come back in two months! So I started testing five times a day and I soon realized that something needed to be done, I stopped all starch, bread, rice and potato and decided I would eat nothing higher than a GI 50. I played around with salads and combinations of things and pretty soon my numbers looked like (about) this:
Fasting – was 114/135. Now – 110/118
Breakfast 2hr PP – was/is 135/120. Lunch 2hr PP – was/is 135/118. Dinner 2hr PP – was/is 130/115.
I set myself targets for 1 hour of <140 and a 2 hour target of <130, so far I’ve been able to meet those targets 98% of the time, previously I had seen spikes up to 200!
My Questions: Now we come to the problem areas, since I went low carb my FBG levels are consistently around 115, I don’t have any spikes and I occasionally drop down to 110 but then always quickly revert, my question is, are the higher FBG levels a function of low carb diets and is there any way to improve them apart from medication?
My second question is about diet: whilst I have been religious in what I eat, I have tried to add back in some carbohydrates from time to time but always with disastrous results. My favorite long term breakfast of Muselli and Prunes recently sent me into the 180’s after three hours despite having eaten them on most days prior to a month before. My question is, once I decide to give up on such foods, is that them on the no-go list for life? It seems to me that the body learns from the things that you feed it to some degree and changes accordingly,
My third and final question: during the past six weeks I’ve been suffering from really itchy eyebrows and searches on the web say diabetes is a primary cause. But I’ve not seen anything anywhere on this subject and I’ve yet to come across a single mention of it in discussion forums, is it really that unique or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Finally, I had an A1C test on 1 and 15 December which showed 5.9 and 5.7 respectively, I calculate my current AIC is around 6.2. And finally finally: I exercise at the gym about three days a week but this doesn’t seem to have any impact on my numbers.
Many thanks in advance for any feedback.
