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<blockquote data-quote="Chronicle_Cat" data-source="post: 1958626" data-attributes="member: 486327"><p>5.2 this morning.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[USER=498402]@KMcRae[/USER] Welcome. I'm assuming you are also a Type 2 or prediabetic (generally it helps to change the designation under your name for advice). I tested 6 times a day at first to get an idea of my blood glucose levels and how I responded. (Typically I don't fluctuate much throughout the day and I almost never ever get hypoglycemia, - 3.9 or lower as I don't take any meds, diet controlled Type 2.) When I got used to testing (and knew which food and meals were likely to cause spikes), I reduced the number gradually to once a day because of the cost of test strips except for when testing specific foods.</p><p></p><p>I found testing foods was one of the most helpful tools to lower my levels. To test - test right before eating a small amount of that food (along with other foods you know that don't spike you). Then test 2 hours after eating. You should see a small rise from the pre meal reading. If it is 2.0 mmol/L or more, that's a spike and eliminate food from your diet. Generally most high carb foods (grains, potatoes etc) as well as sugar spike us. There is some individual variation in response ie. dried beans and lentils will spike some people with diabetes and not others. In my case, I can only eat black soybeans. Testing also showed me that although chickpeas/gabanzo beans/chana dal spikes me, small amounts of chickpea flour/besan does not. This type of information is really helpful in getting your numbers down.</p><p></p><p>BTW 5.5 is a good reading. It is normal or near normal depending on how you define normal. My personal target range is 4.0 - 5.4 as I aim for normal blood glucose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chronicle_Cat, post: 1958626, member: 486327"] 5.2 this morning. [USER=498402]@KMcRae[/USER] Welcome. I'm assuming you are also a Type 2 or prediabetic (generally it helps to change the designation under your name for advice). I tested 6 times a day at first to get an idea of my blood glucose levels and how I responded. (Typically I don't fluctuate much throughout the day and I almost never ever get hypoglycemia, - 3.9 or lower as I don't take any meds, diet controlled Type 2.) When I got used to testing (and knew which food and meals were likely to cause spikes), I reduced the number gradually to once a day because of the cost of test strips except for when testing specific foods. I found testing foods was one of the most helpful tools to lower my levels. To test - test right before eating a small amount of that food (along with other foods you know that don't spike you). Then test 2 hours after eating. You should see a small rise from the pre meal reading. If it is 2.0 mmol/L or more, that's a spike and eliminate food from your diet. Generally most high carb foods (grains, potatoes etc) as well as sugar spike us. There is some individual variation in response ie. dried beans and lentils will spike some people with diabetes and not others. In my case, I can only eat black soybeans. Testing also showed me that although chickpeas/gabanzo beans/chana dal spikes me, small amounts of chickpea flour/besan does not. This type of information is really helpful in getting your numbers down. BTW 5.5 is a good reading. It is normal or near normal depending on how you define normal. My personal target range is 4.0 - 5.4 as I aim for normal blood glucose. [/QUOTE]
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