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<blockquote data-quote="Krystyna23040" data-source="post: 2074281" data-attributes="member: 374421"><p>[USER=193971]@ianpspurs[/USER] after I read your comment last night I began to think about why are my fasting BS really low at the moment with no dawn phenomenon. They were 4.8 last night and 5 this morning.</p><p></p><p>Looked at my records which showed 3 things I changed at the same time:-</p><p>(1) Instead of aiming for 20g carbs and sometimes hitting 25g - I have absolutely kept to 18g</p><p>(2) Have lowered stress levels significantly with meditation </p><p>(3) Added 3000mg of vitamin C.</p><p></p><p>I was going to add that the first two would have helped - especially the meditation because I feel so relaxed now and cortisol levels must have dropped significantly which would have a big impact on blood sugars.. Although maybe the small drop in carbs wouldn't have done that much to fbs - but who know - it could be really important for me to stay under 20g carbs..</p><p></p><p>I was then going to add that the vitamin C would have had absolutely no impact on BS but thought I had better check that my assumption was 100% correct and came across an article on this website about some research on Vitamin C lowering post meal spikes by sugar by 36%.</p><p></p><p>I copied an extract from the article:-</p><p>'The findings indicate that vitamin C provides significant health benefit, but as the researchers say, the significance is that vitamin C is used as an "effective additional therapy", such as a healthy diet. </p><p></p><p>For many people, eating a real-food diet such as that recommended on our award-winning <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/lowcarb/?utm_source=top&utm_medium=dd&utm_campaign=dd" target="_blank">Low Carb Program</a> can help people lose weight, reduce their blood glucose levels and even <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/reversing-diabetes.html" target="_blank">put type 2 diabetes into remission</a>.'</p><p></p><p>So - very interesting reading and I completely agree that the mainstay of my fight against diabetes is keto/low carb but that there is still room to add additional therapies so I will be continuing with meditation and vitamin C.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krystyna23040, post: 2074281, member: 374421"] [USER=193971]@ianpspurs[/USER] after I read your comment last night I began to think about why are my fasting BS really low at the moment with no dawn phenomenon. They were 4.8 last night and 5 this morning. Looked at my records which showed 3 things I changed at the same time:- (1) Instead of aiming for 20g carbs and sometimes hitting 25g - I have absolutely kept to 18g (2) Have lowered stress levels significantly with meditation (3) Added 3000mg of vitamin C. I was going to add that the first two would have helped - especially the meditation because I feel so relaxed now and cortisol levels must have dropped significantly which would have a big impact on blood sugars.. Although maybe the small drop in carbs wouldn't have done that much to fbs - but who know - it could be really important for me to stay under 20g carbs.. I was then going to add that the vitamin C would have had absolutely no impact on BS but thought I had better check that my assumption was 100% correct and came across an article on this website about some research on Vitamin C lowering post meal spikes by sugar by 36%. I copied an extract from the article:- 'The findings indicate that vitamin C provides significant health benefit, but as the researchers say, the significance is that vitamin C is used as an "effective additional therapy", such as a healthy diet. For many people, eating a real-food diet such as that recommended on our award-winning [URL='https://www.diabetes.co.uk/lowcarb/?utm_source=top&utm_medium=dd&utm_campaign=dd']Low Carb Program[/URL] can help people lose weight, reduce their blood glucose levels and even [URL='https://www.diabetes.co.uk/reversing-diabetes.html']put type 2 diabetes into remission[/URL].' So - very interesting reading and I completely agree that the mainstay of my fight against diabetes is keto/low carb but that there is still room to add additional therapies so I will be continuing with meditation and vitamin C. [/QUOTE]
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