viviennem
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These are the figures recommended by NICE (National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence):
Blood glucose levels in non-diabetics:
Fasting/before meals: 3.5 to 5.5
2 hours after eating: less than 8
For Type 2s:
Fasting/before meals: 4 to 7
2 hours after eating: less than 8.5
All in millimols per litre (mmol/l).
Jenny Ruhl (USA), a Type 2 low-carber and author of the book and website "bloodsugar101", gives non-diabetic figures of not above 6.6 mmol/l, 2 hours after eating. Also an HbA1c of between 4.6 and 5.4%.
My GP is very happy with a Type 2 HbA1c of 6.0. I prefer mine in the mid-low 5s (5.4 last time), and am aiming to join the 4% Club - HbA1c below 5. I fear I am too weak-willed to get that low, but it's a goal!
Hope this helps
Viv 8)
PS suehatton, I only have to cook for myself, so I eat very plainly. For my main meal I have a good helping of the protein, and double-up on the allowed veggies instead of the carbohydrate. Not so easy when cooking for a family, I know, or on a budget. Look out for things like very-low-carb sausages - several brands are available with 2g carb or less per sausage. A bit more expensive, but very filling. Mince is good, spiced up or used in Bolognese sauce - cook cauliflower for yourself instead of pasta, a few minutes in the microwave while everyone else's pasta is cooking. Or use the Hairy Bikers' trick of splitting leeks into sheets, blanching them and using them instead of lasagne. The odd low-carb meal won't hurt your family - getting used to the idea might save them from Type 2 later in life.
I have a 2-egg omelette every morning, and still haven't tired of it after 3 years! Or sometimes for lunch with cheese or mushrooms. I eat lots of salad, too, with cold chicken or tinned tuna. I do eat an awful lot of chicken :wink: . Also, at Christmas I buy up turkey legs for the freezer from our local butcher (spare from all those turkey crowns, and cheap) and eat those over the year.
I buy Atkins "Daybreak" bars for those occasions when I have to eat on the run. Not often, 'cos they are very expensive!
Have a look at the recipe section on the Low-carb section of the forum - lots of very good ideas.
V 8)
Blood glucose levels in non-diabetics:
Fasting/before meals: 3.5 to 5.5
2 hours after eating: less than 8
For Type 2s:
Fasting/before meals: 4 to 7
2 hours after eating: less than 8.5
All in millimols per litre (mmol/l).
Jenny Ruhl (USA), a Type 2 low-carber and author of the book and website "bloodsugar101", gives non-diabetic figures of not above 6.6 mmol/l, 2 hours after eating. Also an HbA1c of between 4.6 and 5.4%.
My GP is very happy with a Type 2 HbA1c of 6.0. I prefer mine in the mid-low 5s (5.4 last time), and am aiming to join the 4% Club - HbA1c below 5. I fear I am too weak-willed to get that low, but it's a goal!
Hope this helps
Viv 8)
PS suehatton, I only have to cook for myself, so I eat very plainly. For my main meal I have a good helping of the protein, and double-up on the allowed veggies instead of the carbohydrate. Not so easy when cooking for a family, I know, or on a budget. Look out for things like very-low-carb sausages - several brands are available with 2g carb or less per sausage. A bit more expensive, but very filling. Mince is good, spiced up or used in Bolognese sauce - cook cauliflower for yourself instead of pasta, a few minutes in the microwave while everyone else's pasta is cooking. Or use the Hairy Bikers' trick of splitting leeks into sheets, blanching them and using them instead of lasagne. The odd low-carb meal won't hurt your family - getting used to the idea might save them from Type 2 later in life.
I have a 2-egg omelette every morning, and still haven't tired of it after 3 years! Or sometimes for lunch with cheese or mushrooms. I eat lots of salad, too, with cold chicken or tinned tuna. I do eat an awful lot of chicken :wink: . Also, at Christmas I buy up turkey legs for the freezer from our local butcher (spare from all those turkey crowns, and cheap) and eat those over the year.
I buy Atkins "Daybreak" bars for those occasions when I have to eat on the run. Not often, 'cos they are very expensive!
Have a look at the recipe section on the Low-carb section of the forum - lots of very good ideas.
V 8)