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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

6.5 at 6AM and 7 right now. Overnight average of 7.0 as well.

@Ryhia -Thanks for sharing your experience with the protocol... you are right eating that many calories is not easy at all. My average for yesterday was a whopping 7.3. I had about 100 ml of double cream, 250g of edamame beans shallow fried with bit of onion and tomato, two eggs and a flaxseed bread, 200gms of air fried celeriac, 4 low carb protein bars and 250gms of edamame spaghetti with about 40g of cheese. All this with 4.5 litres of fluids - tea and water.

doing this feels like torturing the body. I will do it today as well though am dreading it. I think I will do a longer fast from tomorrow though possibly until Friday if I can manage that.

Have a great day everyone. :)
 
Estragon said:
Cauliflower? Why?
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I have no idea. Its probably just my body not liking cauliflower. Everytime I try anything cauliflower based it raises my BG... I have so far tried all possible variations of vegetable... fried, boiled, raw, grated, cauliflower rice and it raises my BG without fail. It does not do it for others though but it only reiterates my belief that we must test for what we eat as others experience may not repeat exactly on ourselves.
 
nutribolt said:
6.5 at 6AM and 7 right now. Overnight average of 7.0 as well.

@Ryhia -Thanks for sharing your experience with the protocol... you are right eating that many calories is not easy at all. My average for yesterday was a whopping 7.3. I had about 100 ml of double cream, 250g of edamame beans shallow fried with bit of onion and tomato, two eggs and a flaxseed bread, 200gms of air fried celeriac, 4 low carb protein bars and 250gms of edamame spaghetti with about 40g of cheese. All this with 4.5 litres of fluids - tea and water.

doing this feels like torturing the body. I will do it today as well though am dreading it. I think I will do a longer fast from tomorrow though possibly until Friday if I can manage that.

Have a great day everyone. :)
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Are you bulking up for the Paris games?;) 100 mls double cream:yuck::yuck::yuck::yuck:
 
ianpspurs said:
Are you bulking up for the Paris games?;) 100 mls double cream:yuck::yuck::yuck::yuck:
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Haha... nah its just to test the feldman protocol which suggests having a high intake of calories 2.5 days before blood tests should result in lowering LDL and trigs while improving HDL.

100ml double cream is easy calories and I love double cream :)
 
Ryhia said:
Well done on the run of 6's if your bloods go lower during the day as well you should look forward to a good HbA1c result at your next test. Did they put you on any meds?
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I'm on 500mg Sukkarto AM and PM, and I'm aware that I am not likely going to be able to beat this with only 6's, but to be still losing weight, and keeping things at least consistent is a good starting point.
 
A nice 5.3 for me this morning.

Diet is going well and helping the glucose levels (to think I was on 6 bolas with each meal plus 24 basal and 2 x Metformin, now it's no bolas, 10 basal a day, and those same 2 metformin) with an added bonus that my resting heart rate that was in the high 70's is now in the low 60s. :)
 
DisFanJen said:
A nice 5.3 for me this morning.

Diet is going well and helping the glucose levels (to think I was on 6 bolas with each meal plus 24 basal and 2 x Metformin, now it's no bolas, 10 basal a day, and those same 2 metformin) with an added bonus that my resting heart rate that was in the high 70's is now in the low 60s. :)
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:woot:
 
garyclark82 said:
I'm on 500mg Sukkarto AM and PM, and I'm aware that I am not likely going to be able to beat this with only 6's, but to be still losing weight, and keeping things at least consistent is a good starting point.
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With an initial HbA1c diagnosis of 51 I am surprised they put you on meds - at an initial HbA1c of 53 I was simply told to go away and sort by diet. Hope you get a nice surprise at your next HbA1c.
 
nutribolt said:
I have no idea. Its probably just my body not liking cauliflower. Everytime I try anything cauliflower based it raises my BG... I have so far tried all possible variations of vegetable... fried, boiled, raw, grated, cauliflower rice and it raises my BG without fail. It does not do it for others though but it only reiterates my belief that we must test for what we eat as others experience may not repeat exactly on ourselves.
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We're all different aren't we? I live on cauliflower. Air fried cauliflower, mushrooms, and a bit of houmous for dipping are my "go to" lunch meal. 27g of carbs and my numbers stay steady or drop slightly by dinner.
 
Ryhia said:
I find one hand seems to measure lower than the other, maybe you just picked the wrong hand today?
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Could be, I do find there’s a difference, even with Libre. But if Im honest with myself it’s more likely the liver bite-back after my usual boozy Sunday lunch and lower Monday figures.
Hiit session today so hope that’ll bring it back in line by tomorrow.
 
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