Type 2 Hb1c reading

[jayne1966]

Hi there
I'm currently on metformin. I have an hb1c of 63 and worried. Any help would be appreciated

 

[lovinglife]

Hi @jayne1966 welcome to the forum

Your HbA1c is a bit high but try not to worry as first of all worry and stress can have an effect on our BG, As you’ve posted in the T2 forum and say you are on Metformin I’m going to assume you are T2

what kind of foods do you eat? Many of us here have found that reducing our carbs even as low as keto (20g a day or less) has reduced our BG significantly. All carbs turn to sugar so counting carbs not just sugars

So basically vastly reducing or cutting out altogether anything that has carbs such as, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, flour based products below ground veg apart from celeriac and swede, cereals, wheat and grains. Processed foods too

Eating more protein in the form of red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, above ground veggies, and fats to keep you satisfied such as butter, cheese, olive oil and nut oils, fresh cream, avocado, mayonnaise fattier cuts of meat, skin on chicken etc

Do you test your meals immediately before and 2 hrs after to see what you eat is affecting your BG? If so what are your numbers like?

Have a read around the forum and take your time to absorb it, it’s a lot to take in if your going to make a big change but we have many experienced members who will only be happy to help and explain and give their experiences so feel free to ask any questions you have.

 

[jayne1966]

Hi @jayne1966 welcome to the forum

Your HbA1c is a bit high but try not to worry as first of all worry and stress can have an effect on our BG, As you’ve posted in the T2 forum and say you are on Metformin I’m going to assume you are T2

what kind of foods do you eat? Many of us here have found that reducing our carbs even as low as keto (20g a day or less) has reduced our BG significantly. All carbs turn to sugar so counting carbs not just sugars

So basically vastly reducing or cutting out altogether anything that has carbs such as, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, flour based products below ground veg apart from celeriac and swede, cereals, wheat and grains. Processed foods too

Eating more protein in the form of red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, above ground veggies, and fats to keep you satisfied such as butter, cheese, olive oil and nut oils, fresh cream, avocado, mayonnaise fattier cuts of meat, skin on chicken etc

Do you test your meals immediately before and 2 hrs after to see what you eat is affecting your BG? If so what are your numbers like?

Have a read around the forum and take your time to absorb it, it’s a lot to take in if your going to make a big change but we have many experienced members who will only be happy to help and explain and give their experiences so feel free to ask any questions you have.

Thank you for replying. It's so much appreciated. I just don't want to go down the road of insulin.

 

[KennyA]

Thank you for replying. It's so much appreciated. I just don't want to go down the road of insulin.

You may be told a lot about how Type 2 is a progressive disease and all you can do is slow the inevitable decline. There are indeed a lot of bad things that might happen if you have T2 and you do nothing about it.

The good news is that it is relatively easy to take control of your situation and start doing something that will improve your health and your life. The issue with blood glucose is that high blood glucose levels over time can cause physical damage to capillaries and nerves, and that can cause things like painful neuropathy or retinopathy.

High blood glucose is a symptom of the basic problem which is that we tend to be insulin resistant - that means we have plenty of our own insulin but the cells that should respond to it have stopped doing so. If the insulin doesn't move glucose from the blood and put it in cells for use as fuel, the glucose both gets converted to bodyfat and hangs around in the blood, leading to higher blood glucose indicators.

While we may never overcome insulin resistance completely, we can do something to limit the amount of glucose we put into the blood in the first place. Lowering blood glucose (in my experience) removes or reduces diabetic-related symptoms.

So that's why, as lovinglife says, the aim of the low-carb approach is to restrict taking in glucose in all its pre-digested forms as much as is needed.

 

[ianf0ster]

Here is a link to the information that helped me into T2D remission:

The Nutritional Thingy

There’s a few things you should know. 1. Practically all carbs turn to glucose once ingested , so not just straight sugars, but starches...

josekalsbeek.blogspot.com

Once I read this, discovered the results that Dr David Unwin has with Low Carb for his T2D patients and got a Blood Glucose meter to test my own meals, there was no looking back.