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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krystyna23040" data-source="post: 2397210" data-attributes="member: 374421">I am so pleased that you thought my reply makes sense.  When I finished the post I got up to start preparing my lunch and my hands and arms started shaking and I felt weird.  Did a quick blood test and it was 2.9.  Checked again and it was lower.  Decided not to panic and try to raise it artificially with glucose as I am not driving this afternoon nor do I take insulin  - so ate half an enormous avocado a felt a bit less shaky.Will have my planned meal of the rest of the avocado and some smoked mackeral.  Then mascarpone cheese with 20g of raspberries then a top up of protein powder and psyllium husks.Nutrient dense to me is just those types of foods.  Ribeye steak, shoulder of lamb, eggs, cheeses, nuts, seeds, berries, Greek yoghurt, kefir, veggies (mainly above ground but others like garlic and onions are very nutritious).  All as you say are very good for you.I don't personally try to avoid a raise after meals and count a spike as going up more than 2 after a meal.  For me to have no rise after a meal I would have to avoid my yoghurt, kefir, seeds, nuts and a small amount of berries that I really enjoy and that would make my diet absolutely unenjoyable and not sustainable long term.  So I am aiming for good enough to reverse the neuropathy and improve eye health (which it has done) but not perfection if that means no rise at all after a meal.I am sure that cutting down drastically on cream and increasing protein is doing some interesting things to liver and pancreas at the moment.  Wouldn't it be lovely to have X-Ray eyes so I could know what exactly is going on.Update:  have now had lunch and coffee and don't feel so weird and shaky.</blockquote>

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