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Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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vit90 said:
Somogyi is most relevant to Type 1s but does happen more rarely with some Type 2s.

This site is a bit lukewarm on MCT oil http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/mct-oil-vs-coconut-oil-the-truth-exposed/

I am cautious when there is no scientific association in the text and related to the author, but it's an interesting read.
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Yeah, I know what you mean! Here's a good counter post to the one you linked to.

The MCTs that are biologically available are C6, C8, and C10.

C12 (Lauric Acid) is not a true MCT as it's not biologically available and is processed via the liver more slowly. There's a lot more C12 in Coconut oil than the other three MCTs.
 
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Type 2, no meds, diet and supplements, bloods in the morning range between 7 & 9, but will be down to mid 5's to mid 6's generally by lunch..
Found out that munching peanuts at night is not good for my fasting bloods, were as high as 10, so stopped eating them, took a couple of days, but fasting bloods back to what they were.. so I'm happy about that, but sad aboout the peanuts..
 
comfort said:
Hi all. Haven't been here for a while. Was getting levels In 6s few weeks ago. Then like,a bolt from the blue was diagnosed with cancer. Had a big operation 6 weeks,ago and have taken that long to start feeling ok again. Have not been low carbing but havn't gone mad. Level this morning was over 12. Need a bit of encouragement to get back to it. Any help gratefully received.
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So sorry to hear of your news Comfort, it will take time to take everything in that has happened to you but you can do it, you've done it before, small steps, take time out for yourself and good luck.
 
6.8 this morning but skeot in till 8:40, medd were due at 7am so not too worried. Was out with 3 lovely friends last night, gad greek food and ate later than norm but bs before bed at 11:50 was 5.8 so very happy with that.
 
6.0 this morning. Late with meds as completely knackered & slept in. @loulou99782 May I ask...what is a "false hypo" as talked about in above posts. I experience bad headaches when my bg drops below 5.0 & as it gets nearer to 4.0, the headaches are unbearableness.

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Alisonjane10 said:
6.0 this morning. Late with meds as completely knackered & slept in. @loulou99782 May I ask...what is a "false hypo" as talked about in above posts. I experience bad headaches when my bg drops below 5.0 & as it gets nearer to 4.0, the headaches are unbearableness.

Alison X
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In essence - a false hypo is hypo symptoms at a level above 4.0 mmol / L. Often experienced when someone starts being consistently lower - blood glucose wise- than their body is used to. It disappears after a period of stability.
 
Alisonjane10 said:
6.0 this morning. Late with meds as completely knackered & slept in. @loulou99782 May I ask...what is a "false hypo" as talked about in above posts. I experience bad headaches when my bg drops below 5.0 & as it gets nearer to 4.0, the headaches are unbearableness.

Alison X
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I know what you mean, absolutely horrible, it took two strong painkillers and 30 min rest to get over it.
I have read a few articles, also my clinician said that the body needs to adapt to truly normal levels, after it got used to higher levels as being "normal"...
 
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