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

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Yes, disgrace......

Interesting predictive text there Kimbo! :p

5.7, beginning to think it really is the red wine (been off alcohol for a few days) ;). Off to check my stats to see if there's anything significant in it.
 
well done everybody mine was 14.4 this morning down from 16.2 yesterday kept my carbs to below 25% but it took 2200 calories to do so, not as good as you guys but down nether the less
 
That's absolutely wonderful @kimbo1962 . Well done you. Great results in a very short time. You've been such a faithful and enthusiastic convert:)

This forum, and the confidence it has given me to make brave changes in my eating habits and lifestyle is responsible for me now being totally drug free for rheumatoid arthritis, since in the last 6 days , I've now taken myself off co-codomol as well, with only mildly uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms after 2 years of taking twice daily doses to manage joint pain.

My current higher than usual bs may be a knock on effect from of the withdrawal symptoms. Time will tell. From being someone on heavy doses of nasty drugs - (one weekly injection was so nasty that my pharmacist refused to take my sharps box over the counter, after explaining to me the dangers of handling them and told me to take them to the hospital) . Other medications were needed to protect my body against the injection, and others to complement it, yet after just 5 months since finding this forum, I'm now managing quite severe RA with LCHF alone, plus recommended food supplements and Vitamin D.

So along with deliberately addressing my T2, I've unintentionally also addressed my RA. The only medication I now take is metformin, and yes, that's my next target!

Sorry to have hijacked your post, @kimbo1962 but our responses to LCHF have been identical - no cravings, no hunger, more alive, more energy. I'm so pleased for you and have been enjoying your upbeat, positive daily posts. Keep up the good work :)

Diana
Hey.....Diana, you haven't hijacked me - this is a team effort!! Just lets all keep going and being positive!! You have done amazing too!
 
Interesting predictive text there Kimbo! :p

5.7, beginning to think it really is the red wine (been off alcohol for a few days) ;). Off to check my stats to see if there's anything significant in it.
Predictive really annoys me rod!!
 
5.7, beginning to think it really is the red wine (been off alcohol for a few days) ;). Off to check my stats to see if there's anything significant in it.

Checked my fasting levels for the last 5 weeks or so - since I started the potentially suspect batch of strips, so that's one variable removed - and my average the morning after some alcohol is 5.9, and with no alcohol it's 6.0. So no significant difference.
 
Checked my fasting levels for the last 5 weeks or so - since I started the potentially suspect batch of strips, so that's one variable removed - and my average the morning after some alcohol is 5.9, and with no alcohol it's 6.0. So no significant difference.

It's the same with me. Red wine doesn't seem to make any difference to my morning figures. In fact I can't see what difference it makes to anything, post dinner, bedtime, fasting. Anyone know what difference it is "supposed" to make? I'm talking 200 to 300ml here, not a bottle!
 
I think wine (or alcohol in general) is supposed to engage the liver in alcohol-processing activities and stops it thinking all the time about producing glucose. I've just tried confirming that with mine but he's too pi$$ed to give a coherent answer at the moment ... :hungover:
 
I think wine (or alcohol in general) is supposed to engage the liver in alcohol-processing activities and stops it thinking all the time about producing glucose. I've just tried confirming that with mine but he's too pi$$ed to give a coherent answer at the moment ... :hungover:

:eek: But that is only when it's in your system. Once it goes it isn't doing anything, so a moderate amount with evening meal has surely gone by morning. One unit on average takes one hour to clear according to the NHS, so about 3 hours for 250ml of wine.
 
:eek: But that is only when it's in your system. Once it goes it isn't doing anything, so a moderate amount with evening meal has surely gone by morning. One unit on average takes one hour to clear according to the NHS, so about 3 hours for 250ml of wine.

It's OK I was joking - neither my liver nor the rest of me are hungover, we just shared a bottle of red last night (that's me and Mrs Sanguine, not me and my liver)!

If there was a relationship between moderate wine drinking and lower BGs it would probably be due to the stress-reducing properties rather than trying to outfox the liver - which would never work of course ...
 
It's OK I was joking - neither my liver nor the rest of me are hungover, we just shared a bottle of red last night (that's me and Mrs Sanguine, not me and my liver)!

If there was a relationship between moderate wine drinking and lower BGs it would probably be due to the stress-reducing properties rather than trying to outfox the liver - which would never work of course ...

I knew that ;) I was musing that wine can't be the cause of morning fasting rises/falls. 'Ecky thump, red wine is one of the "foods" I've added back to increase my calories. :joyful:
 
'Ecky thump, red wine is one of the "foods" I've added back to increase my calories. :joyful:

LOL what grape does that use? Can you get it in Sainsbury's?
 
5.7 this morning after going to bed on 5.8.
 
5.3 again, three days straight with the same numbers. Not moved above 5.6 on any reading for weeks. Had my first carbs yesterday in 6 weeks. 2 papadoms with a spicy chilli beef stirfry. 2 hrs post and I was 5.2. I am really tempted to do an ultimate test with a pint of Stella that's been sitting in the fridge winking at me for 6 weeks since I have been alcohol free but I have vowed not to drink at least until I go on holiday is another 3 and half weeks!
 
8.5 and that was because I had a tomato sandwich for my supper ....the seeded bread too much I guess
 
what will the stella do? I thought alcohol was supposed to lower blood sugars :blackeye:
 
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