I recently got diognosed diagnosed with Type 2 about a week or so ago and at the moment I'm in the transition of changing my diet to be as carb free as I can. As advised by my doctor, he has said not to completely cut carbs out right now as it will set me up to fail.
My question is, I have been eating 2 Weetabix in the morning with 125ml of Semi Skimmed Milk. Nothing else, I would have expected this to spike my blood sugar, but it actually lowers it into the hypo range. Sitting at about 3.5 mmol/l
Does anyone know why? I am still very, very new to everything so any advice would be great.
That's... Low. And not what I'd expect after something as carb-heavy as Weetabix.
@lovinglife is right, we can't say much of anything without more information on your medication.
My specialist told me I couldn't do low carb, as
I didn't have the spine for it. Literally what she said. I was already feeling very low, and that did not help, I can tell you... Low and behold, 8 years further on, I only fell off the wagon once, and that was under circumstances that won't repeat themselves. She insisted I stay on gliclazide, as I was going to fail anyway, spineless thing that I was, and as a result I had a whole bunch of hypo's. Not pleasant. My GP took me off the glic entirely, and said she'd help me along by testing regularly or whenever I wanted to, and I could always go back on medication if something went awry. Now THAT is support! So far, so good, still medication-free. Basically, what I'm saying is this: It's your diabetes. You decide how you treat it, but before you mix treatments that can clash and make you hypo, find out what most likely works for you, and what you need. Diet only might be an option, diet
and medication, or just meds. Nothing you have to decide right now nor on your own, as futher discussion with your GP might be in order, but just, you know... Do be careful. Hypo's are NOT fun and especially in traffic, quite dangerous. If you keep up the low carbing, or intend go lower with it than you have been, your dosage of whatever you're taking might need adjusting or nixing all together. And that's always done best with a GP or someone in your corner, not on your own.
Good luck,
Jo