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

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4.8 at 6AM after an eating day. This had me happily surprised as I had same amount of protein as I have on normal eating day, no reduction of protein intake or anything

Only thing I did different I guess is that when I was making a coconut cream based chicken curry, I used the leftover coconut cream (about 50 ml) to make a cup of coffee which I had while cooking.

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tried the Oppo again
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What's oppo?

Have a great day everyone. :)
 
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nutribolt said:
4.8 at 6AM after an eating day. This had me happily surprised as I had same amount of protein as I have on normal eating day, no reduction of protein intake or anything

Only thing I did different I guess is that when I was making a coconut cream based chicken curry, I used the leftover coconut cream (about 50 ml) to make a cup of coffee which I had while cooking.


What's oppo?

Have a great day everyone. :)
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Its Oppo ice cream which is low calorie and contains polyols which I think don’t get counted as carbs. Many on the forum can tolerate it as a low carb treat but not me it seems. Shame as its very nice.
 
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Well, this is rubbish....

Had a lousy night, again, but took the opportunity to do the Science:

6.9 @ 2:34; 7.4 @ 3:49; 8.0 @ 7:14

This is not the food, this is my stoopid Endocrine system aided and abetted by Diabetes.

Question: Will my continuing flirtatious relationship with the 6 > 8 range be causing me long-term medical issues? Yes, I know normal is 4.5 > 5.5, but during my prolonged pursuit for lower numbers be leaving me at risk?
 
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6.1 no idea why I’m back in the sixes. ho hum, here we go again.
@Estragon hugs. I don’t know the answer to your question but it seems to me that the pursuit of normal numbers is all we have available to us. Have you tried fasting? Works for some ( I’ve tried but it made me miserable)
 
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4.3 at 6AM and 4.4 just now. Flatline graph averaging at 4

Estragon said:
Question: Will my continuing flirtatious relationship with the 6 > 8 range be causing me long-term medical issues? Yes, I know normal is 4.5 > 5.5, but during my prolonged pursuit for lower numbers be leaving me at risk?
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If your HbA1c is coming in good range I don't think it should be that worrying. With exception to dawn phenomena the flatline graph is more conducive to long term good health than frequent fluctuation between high and low numbers. A person having a flatline at 7 most of the time may have better long term health than someone whose average is say 5.5 but variance goes between 3.4 and 9.0. That is infact one reason why libre trend is a better measure than HbA1c as latter can put false relief in ones mind.

Having said all that I must add this is purely my interpretation of what I have gathered from all the reading I have done from various sources but am not an expert on medical science and if you are worried talking to a doctor should help you device a new strategy.

Have a great day everyone. :)
 
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DJC3 said:
I don’t know the answer to your question but it seems to me that the pursuit of normal numbers is all we have available to us.
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Understood. Should I be contemplating Insulin? Or is that a dumb idea?

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Have you tried fasting? Works for some ( I’ve tried but it made me miserable)
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Fasting gives me mixed results, sometimes I get 4s and 5s in an afternoon, and yet I can get these results without fasting.

@DJC3 Thanks for your feedback. What I must keep remembering is that I started with an HBA1C of 89, and now my last was 49. These A1c numbers are daily snapshots.
 
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Morning All. 7.0 so the Oppo effect still but ate lunch too late and ran into dinner. @Estragon hugs for the confusion and instability. I seem to fall into the camp of good A1c but frustrating FBG so I am in this circle of playing catch up every day! Hugs.
 
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