Weight coming down, HbA1c going up. Updated.

[Barny99]

On 9 October HbA1c reading 46. Decided to cut out all super processed foods and minimise sugar. 11 Dec. BMI down from obese to normal. Lost 3.5 inches off belly. Cholesterol down from 5.5 to 4.9. Triglycerides very low. HbA1c up to 47. ( stumped). Took some advice from this forum and looked at carb intake. Fitted Libre 2.

My healthy porridge, kiwi and fresh berry breakfast pushed BG up to 11.7 Eating kiwi one hour after plain porridge kept it below 8. Will try home made oat pancake with fresh fruit for lunch. Banana spiked my BG. Though ok eating one 3 hours before or after meal.

Xmas eve had a meal, choc pudding, cheese and Ferraro Rocher. BG stayed around 7. Put it down to the whiskey keeping my liver occupied. Similar thing day after Boxing Day.

Eating the odd unpeeled kiw, apple or couple of tangerines had no effect on my BG. Nor did the odd handful of roasted almonds.

Chicken curry with rice kept my BG high for many hours. Lamb curry with chick peas and lentils, sharp rise then sharp fall and low glucose warnings.

Over 6 days, BG average 5.6. In green zone 99% of time. Predicted HbA1c 33. They key to it is minimising percent of time BG above 8.

The Libre 2 free trial has been extremely useful aid in diet planning. Next blood test end of March. I had just finished a two week course of antibiotics the day before my last test. Nurse said some medications can skew readings.

 

[AndBreathe]

Well done on conducting some research for yourself.

One thing I will say is to be a little guarded about the predicted A1c scores. Mine are always well adrift of the Libre predictions - even using longer test periods than a couple of weeks.

For some, the predictions are ace. For me, Libre usually predicts 19-21, whereas my labs toggle 31<>33 over the longer term.

When you had your low sugar alarms, what were your numbers and what, if any, action did you take?

 

[Barny99]

The low BG was about 3.6 Did not think I needed to take any action. I am hoping for my next HbA1c to be under 41. My goal is to not have to take any medication. My experience with statins has put me off medication for life.

 

[Drummer]

The low BG was about 3.6 Did not think I needed to take any action. I am hoping for my next HbA1c to be under 41. My goal is to not have to take any medication. My experience with statins has put me off medication for life.

I had a bad reaction to statins too.....
For most type 2s the foods labelled as healthy are anything but - as a definite but very ordinary type 2 I avoid grains, high starch veges, high carb fruits, so quite a lot of what you list would not be in my menu.

 

[Barny99]

If you ate the fruit and carbs I am eating, as a type 2. Would your graph look different to mine. Ie would you have readings outside the green zone. Am I wrong to think staying within the green zone is all I need to do or should I be looking to stay around 6 all the time.

 

[Leadinglights]

If you ate the fruit and carbs I am eating, as a type 2. Would your graph look different to mine. Ie would you have readings outside the green zone. Am I wrong to think staying within the green zone is all I need to do or should I be looking to stay around 6 all the time.

For people who have been diagnosed as type 2 generally if their fasting and before eating readings are in the 4-7 mmol/l and their 2 hour post meal is less than 8mmol/l consistently for the 3 months prior to and HbA1C test then it should be normal i.e. below 42mmol/l.
The odd over 8mmol/l is unlikely to have a detrimental effect.

 

[Barny99]

Thanks.