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<blockquote data-quote="TriciaWs" data-source="post: 2434991" data-attributes="member: 475901"><p>I found I was better off eating 2 meals plus one or two snacks a day, because testing showed I could have at least 85g of carbs (later 100+g) a day as longer as I never had more than 30g in a single meal.</p><p>The only way you will know how this works for you is to get a meter and test, before and then 2hrs after every meal.</p><p></p><p>GPs prefer the HbA1c rather than a single snapshot as you could just eaten an unusually high carb meal or be stressed or getting sick. But because the HbA1c test is an average over several weeks it can mask highs that still do damage even if the average number looks good so I preferred to do regular testing at home and use the 3mnth/6mnth test by my GP to check my meter was ok.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TriciaWs, post: 2434991, member: 475901"] I found I was better off eating 2 meals plus one or two snacks a day, because testing showed I could have at least 85g of carbs (later 100+g) a day as longer as I never had more than 30g in a single meal. The only way you will know how this works for you is to get a meter and test, before and then 2hrs after every meal. GPs prefer the HbA1c rather than a single snapshot as you could just eaten an unusually high carb meal or be stressed or getting sick. But because the HbA1c test is an average over several weeks it can mask highs that still do damage even if the average number looks good so I preferred to do regular testing at home and use the 3mnth/6mnth test by my GP to check my meter was ok. [/QUOTE]
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