Nuut is plant and nut based, and not cheap. As sarahb83 says, do what suits you. I've got the Hairy Bikers books as well but am a very plain cook. I don't like herbs, spices, flavourings. But I do love their programmes!!! I make a lot of vegetable soups without potato or flour thickeners. Instead I use blended beans like haricot, cannellini, butter beans for their fibre content.
I was diagnosed T2 in October with an HB count of 53. Doctor prescribed Metformin and on the box it said "Use as directed". Given that I was never given aqny form of direction both the pharmacist and I were compeltely in the dark. I thn bought a Blood Glucose meter and its scale was completely different. It went from1.1 mmol/L (low) to 33.3 (dangerous). My tests showed 7.9, 8.8, 6.8 and 5.3 respectively over about 4 weeks. These are either normal (5.3) to Borderline (8.8) but in no way were they near 53 as per the Hba1c. Im not sure whether in fact I have diabetes at all. No eye disease present, reactions on the feet normal, no blisters or fungus type lesions on the feet. Am I imagining things?
Hi, a HbA1C of over 48mmol/mol gets you a diabetes diagnosis
well 53 is only a tad over pre-diabetes maximums and on the basis that there are no other symptoms.. I guess I'll just have to live with it!
The blood glucose monitor you have bought to do the finger prick testing is measuring your blood glucose level at that moment in time and is in mmol/l usually between 4 and double figures depending on where you are at with your diabetes management. Normal range would be between 4 and 7 with no more than 8.5 after meals. The 53 you have been given is mmol/mol and is a measurement of the average glucose level over the previous 3 months. They are measuring something different which is why the range is not the same. An HbA1C above 48mmol/mol gives you a diabetes diagnosis.
It does seem a bit high. But was the 4.9 just before you had the shake or some time before as your level could have gone up in the meantime and the difference would then not be so great. The reason for suggesting 2 hours is that is when the peak level is likely to be for most people, however this is for people eating 'normal' food rather than the shakes which may be metabolised differently.
4.9 on waking. so baseline could have been higher as I had breakfast over an hour after waking. thanks for inputs!
So if you are doing the same breakfast tomorrow then test just before you swallow the first mouthful and then after 2 hours. Maybe do it on a few days and if it is about the same then you can be reasonably confident that that shake is OK for you.
and as you advised, before first mouthfull 5.6 and two hours later, 6.6. no idea why it was so high yesterday i had the same shake....
Maybe because it was New Year's Day, or one of the 42 reasons that can affect blood glucose levels ????
That’s great to have such little change in numbers as that shows that what you ate your body was able to properly deal with the carbs.Unfortunate that the metformin is causing too many side effects
Diabetic nurse this morning so will raise all issues - diet, my bloods, weight loss, low carb and the unpleasant metformin side effects.
One of the two doctors at the practice does not appear to believe in remission or any 'new' ideas. The nurse seemed up for it though. If the modified release metformin is better on the tum I'll try it for a bit but given my trajectory (towards not being diabetic/remission) I don't see it being a major issue if I don't take it in the end, as you point out.
Welcome @Mrs Mimoo Congratulations on losing 6.5kg in 6 weeks - I think the fact your HbA1c is now 49 demonstrates Prof Roy Taylor is right. Its 32 weeks since I started the 800 calories diet and my blood sugars are fine. I did get an appointment with my GP practice Diabetes nurse for 14 weeks - by which time my HbA1c was fine, so avoided being prescribed drugs.
Hi Weekender. This has been a rollacoaster! I only found out I was diabetic because a nice paramedic tested my finger while treating me for Tachycardia in the ambulance. So its been good to find that following Prof Taylor's advice is helping me reduce my BG and improve general wellbeing. I knew I was too heavy but I was trapped in a whirl of working full time and not from home, and having chronic migraine and the tachy cardia did not help.
Hi! a baseline of between 4.8 and 6 mmol in the mornings seems like you've fixed it to me. I like Exante too. Just my opinion, but if you take Metformin, when it comes to your next HbA1c reading we won't know whether your diet fixed it or the drugs. Given your progress, I can't see any great danger in not taking the drugs until after you've seen the next HbA1c. Your blood sugar readings are fine. Are you feeling more energetic ?
Hiya. I may see how I go without the metformin as you point out.... #
