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The best use of a Blood Glucose meter is for testing the body's reaction to meals and snacks. Test just before and then 2hrs after 1st bite.
If the post meal reading is more than 2.0 mmol higher than the pre-meal reading then it's a good idea to take some action:
1. Don't eat that in future
2. Eat the same but in a smaller portion (so less carbohydrates).
3. Eat the same sized portion but remove/replace some of the high carb portion of it.
Carbs can be replaced by either fat or by protein. Traditional fats are not the problem that most people think, recent research (and older but newly published studies) show that traditional saturated fats don't cause heart disease and are better for us than most so-called vegetable oils - which are actually highly processed seed oils and form trans-fats quite easily.
If the post meal reading is more than 2.0 mmol higher than the pre-meal reading then it's a good idea to take some action:
1. Don't eat that in future
2. Eat the same but in a smaller portion (so less carbohydrates).
3. Eat the same sized portion but remove/replace some of the high carb portion of it.
Carbs can be replaced by either fat or by protein. Traditional fats are not the problem that most people think, recent research (and older but newly published studies) show that traditional saturated fats don't cause heart disease and are better for us than most so-called vegetable oils - which are actually highly processed seed oils and form trans-fats quite easily.
His results are around 17.
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I assume this is a random test from a finger prick which indeed does seem high. When he received the diagnosis from the G P what was His HbA1C result as this will indicate how far into the diabetic zone he is and determine the extent of the action he will need to take. This may be just reducing portion size of high carbohydrate food or cutting out some things altogether. Has he been prescribed any medication or given any advice from his surgery?
Finger prick testing is most useful for seeing what foods he can tolerate by testing before eating and after 2 hours, if the increase is more than 2-3mmol/l then that meal was too high in carbs.
Have a read around the forum and the learning zone and you will see that control of carbohydrate intake is crucial to reducing blood glucose levels. You have made a good step by getting a monitor so plenty of testing as suggested together with keeping a food diary of everything he eats and drinks will help identify those foods which are causing the high level.
But just take it day by day with small changes as bringing levels down gradually will avoid problems with rapid drop in blood glucose which can give some people vision issues.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
He has been fully diabetic for about a year or 2. He has just had his medication increased to twice a day because his levels had doubled. But covid meant worse food and the surgery didn’t check him.
Thanks, it nice to be able to get
we have probably had more bread and pasta. We will try
We will try to reduce these.
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