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Looking for a blood glucose monitor and other questions

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Dyrck said:
After the advice I got in this thread I have bought Gluco Navii. It cost me under £30 for the machine and its accessories, 100 test strips and 100 lancets. I have only had it a few days but it has already given me a much better insight into how my body reacts to carbs. Much more for me to learn but I am finding the information this provides really useful.

I am also using an app/website called Nutracheck, which tracks calories and all the major nutrients including carbs. It's British made and recognises all the packaging barcodes I have shown it so far. It also knows about dishes in restaurants etc. It's a subscription ( a free week is available) but I find it really useful.

Thanks again for the initial advice I was given at the top of this thread. My glucose level was 8 when I first got up this morning but has been between 6 and 7 since 9:30, (chilli con carne and cauliflower rice for lunch) which I am taking as a modest win as it was 13.3 on my fasting test a couple of weeks ago.
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Brilliant that you are finding it useful already. You can reuse lancets so your 100 should see you through many months, if not years. I would shop around when you need more strips as £13 for 100 or even cheaper is about the price. Make sure you are establishing a sensible testing regime rather than randomly so before you eat and after 2 hours to inform you about the effect of that meal.
 
Dyrck said:
After the advice I got in this thread I have bought Gluco Navii. It cost me under £30 for the machine and its accessories, 100 test strips and 100 lancets. I have only had it a few days but it has already given me a much better insight into how my body reacts to carbs. Much more for me to learn but I am finding the information this provides really useful.

I am also using an app/website called Nutracheck, which tracks calories and all the major nutrients including carbs. It's British made and recognises all the packaging barcodes I have shown it so far. It also knows about dishes in restaurants etc. It's a subscription ( a free week is available) but I find it really useful.

Thanks again for the initial advice I was given at the top of this thread. My glucose level was 8 when I first got up this morning but has been between 6 and 7 since 9:30, (chilli con carne and cauliflower rice for lunch) which I am taking as a modest win as it was 13.3 on my fasting test a couple of weeks ago.
Click to expand...
Brilliant that you are finding it useful already. You can reuse lancets so your 100 should see you through many months, if not years. I would shop around when you need more strips as £13 for 100 or even cheaper is about the price. Make sure you are establishing a sensible testing regime rather than randomly so before you eat and after 2 hours to inform you about the effect of that meal.
 
Well it doesn't really matter in the overall scheme of things! - so just me Being Told ....
 
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