Blood Sugars

[SalliD]

I have not long started the NHS shakes & soups (thru Oviva). I’ve been taken off metformin. When I started my sugars were 30. 4 days in they are 15.

Any ideas as to how long it will take to get in normal range?

Thank you

 

[Drummer]

When are you checking your blood glucose levels?

 

[silver minion]

The short answer is...it depends. Blood glucose is affected by so many things, only some of which you have control of, such as diet and exercise.
Are those readings taken first thing in the morning? The important thing is to look at the trend over the next 12 weeks rather than focus on individual readings. Check the posts by @pjgtech who has recently done T2D Pathway to Remission using soups and shakes. They are extremely informative and give the good,bad and frustrating issues over the 12 weeks.

 

[Leadinglights]

It is better for your blood glucose to come down slowly as otherwise it is possible to get problems with your eyes and nerves and the body needs to adjust to being at lower glucose levels having been high for some time. People can feel a bit wobbly and symptoms of low blood glucose even though levels are not actually low.
Just be patient about doing it gradually.
What was your HbA1C when you started as that will indicate how long it may take.

 

[SalliD]

It is better for your blood glucose to come down slowly as otherwise it is possible to get problems with your eyes and nerves and the body needs to adjust to being at lower glucose levels having been high for some time. People can feel a bit wobbly and symptoms of low blood glucose even though levels are not actually low.
Just be patient about doing it gradually.
What was your HbA1C when you started as that will indicate how long it may take.

It was 78

 

[SalliD]

The short answer is...it depends. Blood glucose is affected by so many things, only some of which you have control of, such as diet and exercise.
Are those readings taken first thing in the morning? The important thing is to look at the trend over the next 12 weeks rather than focus on individual readings. Check the posts by @pjgtech who has recently done T2D Pathway to Remission using soups and shakes. They are extremely informative and give the good,bad and frustrating issues over the 12 weeks.

They were fasting bloods.

 

[Leadinglights]

I have not long started the NHS shakes & soups (thru Oviva). I’ve been taken off metformin. When I started my sugars were 30. 4 days in they are 15.

Any ideas as to how long it will take to get in normal range?

Thank you

The reading of 30mmol/l seems a bit out of step with an HbA1C of 78mmol/mol so that could have been a dodgy reading. 15mmol/l though still high is more like what you might expect. Hopefully you will see the fasting/morning reading trending downwards over the next few weeks.