What am I doing wrong?! ( blood sugar levels)

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I did a fasting blood sugar test at home with a glucose meter and obtained a reading of 5.5 which is classified as being pre diabetic!!
I am very slim, 5'5 weighing 8 stones 2 with a bmi of 18.9.
I do have a serious sweet tooth and regularly eat chocolate and cake every day.
I am now going to cut down on my sugar consumption but has anyone any other ideas how I can reduce my sugar levels.
Apart from eating lots of cake, I think my diet isn't too bad but maybe I am wrong?
Breakfast - one cup of coffee, no sugar plus one banana.
Lunch - fruit and vegetables and water
Dinner - large portion of pasta / curry / fish etc.
Cake is eaten after dinner daily.
Will now stop the cake but should I be cutting down on all carbs at dinner even though I am eating v little during the day?

Sorry firstly doing a bm not eating isn’t a fasting blood glucose you need actual lab results and secondly 5.5 is a perfect reading nowhere near pre diabetic .

I do bms on patients in the morning whonhavent eaten and wouldn’t even blink an eyelid at 5.5 , not sure where you got your info from OP

Itchi fanny HOW MANY TIMES do I have to say that 5.5 is NOT a perfect reading??!!
FAR FROM IT.
IT IS PRE DIABETIC?
why are ppl finding it so hard to accept this???!!!

So I am not sure where u r getting ur information from itchy fanny but I sincerely hope you are not a nurse misleading your patients with this wrong info and driving them into an early grave

I’m a critical care nurse I deal with actual real diabetics 5.5 on a home glucose machine isn’t a concern , go and get a proper fasting blood glucose laboratory test and calm yourself down .

OP nobody is abusing you, I think some, including myself, are concerned that something else is going on here. You are barely eating during the day and then cramming a load of sugar in at night and don’t appear to know what a balanced diet is. Please see your GP and tell them everything.

No one is going to be in an early grave with a BM of 5.5 .

Op

I’m curious about your diet.
Are you hungry during the day?
What does a lunch of fruit and veg actually comprise?
How do you feel? Do you get sugar lows and highs?

I lifted this off diabetes.co.uk

Target Levels
by Type Upon waking Before meals
(pre prandial) At least 90 minutes after meals
(post prandial)
Non-diabetic* 4.0 to 5.9 mmol/L under 7.8 mmol/L

If you were 6-7 it might cause concern to a GP but the advice for pre diabetes is to maintain your weight at a healthy level and cut out sugar and refined carbs if you are concerned , that’s all you need to do if you are sure you are pre diabetic .

OP if you're as worried as you say you are, go to your GP.

Dr Google talks a load of crap most of the time.

This is why we are in the middle of an obesity crisis because ppl have become so used to shoving huge quantities of food down their gobs and thinking this is normal??
Bit laughable coming from someone who states they eat cake and chocolate every day, or are you one of those people who thinks it ok to eat shit all the time as long as you're not fat?
You've had a lot of good advice on here and obviously have no intention of listening to any of it so I suggest you just go to your Dr and get the proper tests

Itchy fanny, 5.5 may be a good reading for a diabetic but I am not diabetic??
Caribbean I don't feel hungry during the day at all which is why I eat v little.
By dinner time I am v hungry which is why I then eat such a huge portion.
I have always had a sweet tooth and really love to have a pudding after my evening meal

Like you OP I was a health care professional (midwife and paediatric nurse) me and most of my colleagues fret about our health especially if it was something we were not experienced in dealing with. Please go to your GP if you are not prepared to listen to the wise people here. I can assure you that your blood sugar of 5.5 is naught to worry about.
Health Professionals are the biggest worriers out!

I mentioned that you're a dentist (which you yourself have said on another thread) because you were giving people the impression that you were involved in something more specifically medical, e.g. a nurse of some description.

You aren't getting abuse here. You're hearing a lot of people concerned about you, and the fact that you keep ignoring the suggestion to see your GP, and that the one test you have done isn't sufficient to diagnose you properly.

That said, there has also been some very good advice here about your diet and how you might change it.

BIWI, I said I was a health care professional which I am? How on earth is a nurse more medically qualified than a dentist? Dentists spend six years training to be dentists and the first two of those intensive training years are alongside medical students? The other 4 years involve a lot of study of human disease.
As I have said numerous times I have taken on board the good suggestions regarding protein etc less carbs.I shall be checking my levels again in about a month after making these adjustments to my diet.
If I obtain another reading of 5.5 then of course I shall be going to my gp for further investigation.

As I have said time and time again fasting blood glucose levels of 5.5 are NOT normal so obviously if this continues I shall be consulting my gp and not just ignoring it thinking it's all fine and normal as the majority of posters on here would have me do?

But surely a "trained professional" would recognise a margin within normal limits. You were 0.1 over the normal range.

OP to put it bluntly you are pissing me off.

You have not answered my comment about if you would be concerned it your meter had read 5.4. you have ignored many many pp on here that blatantly are more qualified in knowing what is a normal bs reading than you do. I have explained your meter is not reliable enough to be trusted to the accuracy you require. No matter what bloody meter you have!

Your meter is not precise enough for you to be feeling about this. How can you bleat on about being a dentist and an HCP if you don't know simple science?

And even if your fasting was high its fucking not as an HCP it is quite easy to sort that, is it not? My 5 year old knows what's a carb and what's a protein.

Now unless you are going to turn round and say your are going to the GP to be told you are fine tomorrow, get a fucking grip and listen to the many PP who have told you, you are fine!!!!

User1471 tbh you and your ignorance has really pissed me off too.
Yes I understand my reading was 0.1 over the upper normal limit and yes if it was 5.4 I would still be concerned.
As this would be 0.1 away from being pre diabetic.
As many ppl have pointed out now having a reading in the upper limits of the normal range means that you have an increased risk of developing diabetes at some point in the future.
I honestly don't understand why so many ppl are trying to minimise this and keep insisting it's normal when even the most cursory research shows this is outside the normal range.
As for ppl claiming to be nurses and other hcps stating this is normal, I really do hold my hands up in despair.
I have stated time and time again that I WILL be going to the gp if my readings are not reduced by a month of diet alteration

Are you really thick? No way are you a dentist!

Yes 0.1 out. But the bloody meter has a tolerance way bigger than that.

Did you pass simple GCSE science? Maths?

And I can tell you now I know a lot more about diabetes than you my dear. People are having a go at you because you don't listen!

Ok. What don't you understand? The stats? The precision of the meter? The fact your reading means fuck all and nothing to worry about? Or that you don't know what a carbohydrate is?

Please book an appt with your GP and record it for us

It doesn’t matter what people say to the op. She took the test for a reason and she’s only going to take note of the advice which fits with that motivation - which is to restrict her diet and medicalise her situation. It’s very sad.

Jesus Christ OP I hope you aren’t my dentist as that’s blatantly terrifying if you don’t have any skills to interpret medical data effectively .

User 1471 I'm afraid you are the one that is thick. As I have said over and over again even if the meter isn't totally accurate and the reading was actually 5.4 or 5.3 or even 5.2 this would still be a problem for me because readings in the upper end of the normal range do not bode well for the future.
And yes FYI I am a dentist and have top grades in science and maths a levels as any dentist would.
So unless you are going to reveal you are a medical doctor, I think I have more scientific knowledge than you

And as for you itchy fanny, I am frankly terrified and appalled that you are going round telling your patients that their high blood sugar levels are all perfectly normal lulling them into a false sense of security