Hba1c results

[Sweet211]

Anyone had their results go up to 60 mine was pre diabetic levels then went to 52 now it's up to 60 I'm on metformin 3 times a day. I'm takin hair vitamins that has 3g sugar in I can't give it back it's a months supply will it harm me

It's not the tablets.

It's your entire diet.

It's carbohydrates as well as sugar.

You could stop taking the tablets?

But yes, it's your diet as a whole that you need to look at.

www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/managing-your-diabetes/hba1c

HbA1C is a reading which shows the accumulated damage sugars do to the blood cells. Glycated haemoglobin.

It's this glycated haemoglobin which causes nerve damage, peripheral neuropathy, reduced immunity and so forth.

Due to it's impaired ability to carry oxygen, it can make patients susceptible to infection and slows the ability to heal injuries.

Insulin converts carbohydrates and complex sugars into glucose which the body needs for fuel.

With most types of Type 2, the pancreas is still producing insulin, but the body's cells have effectively become 'immune' which is why you're taking metformin which reduces that 'immunity'.

Boring as it sounds, you need a low carb diet.

Not just a low sugar diet; a low carb diet.

Pasta, rice, potatoes, baked goods, cakes, bread etc. Must be reduced to an absolute minimum.

Yes, compared to what you're used to, this will probably feel extreme, but many Type 2 diabetics have found that they've been able to reduce their medication.

Sorry, meant to include another link.

www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/diet/keto-paleo-atkins-which-low-carb-diet-best-diabetes/

I wouldn't worry about the hair supplements, though it wouldn't hurt to take them after a protein meal instead of on an empty stomach to avoid a spike.

I have type 2 that had been creeping up, then about 18 months ago my annual test came back with a hba1c of 91 (previously 62 ish). While I was waiting for a consultant's appointment I went low carb and I had a blood test just before the appointment which had a hba1c of 51. Which was a huge relief as I won't need to go onto insulin.

There are lots of options open to you for reducing your carb. If you are quite a strong-willed person then Michael Mosely's Blood Sugar Diet would be a good place to start.

Diabetes.co.uk have a link to a low carb program which will ease you into lowering your carb intake.

Or you could do what I did which is to have the usual family meals but have extra protein and green veg instead of the carb part. I still miss bread, lunches have had to be quite different as I used to almost always have a wholemeal bread sandwich, whereas dinners haven't changed much except for not eating whatever carb I'm serving the rest of the family. At the start I tested my blood before every meal and then at 2 hours and at 4 hours to see what effect the meal had. But now I don't need to do that unless I'm trying a new recipe or a new food. For instance, I know that three scrambled eggs on one piece of granary toast for lunch gives me perfectly acceptable results two hours later.

Thanks ladies I have already reduced my carbs as I have polycystic ovaries And with polycystic ovaries it's really hard I'm not overweight have not cut altogether I still still eat carbs but very limited like I've stopped cereals I only have a slice of toast and an egg in in the morning but when it comes to going out I struggle like once a week on a Saturday family get-togethers like when they have ice cream or Desert then I have to keep away I'm the only one that is diabetic in my family I tend to have more chicken these days but I'm getting fed up now I don't like fish or other meats

Nuts and soy are good sources of protein.

Thanks for ur response

Do u think these diets with shake drinks ok? Like herbal life

Do u think these diets with shake drinks ok? Like herbal life

Check the ingredients, they are usually high in sugar, which is the op of what you are looking for.

I think if you want to do a fast-acting, strict diet then the one to do is the Michael Mosely 8-week blood sugar one, which is clinically proven to have an extremely positive effect on blood sugar control.

Do you test your blood? I know that you said that you have cut your carbs already, but for instance if I had your breakfast of one egg and a piece of toast that would push my blood sugar too high. About three eggs to one piece of toast gives a good blood result at two hours and four hours.

It's a bit of a pain when you start testing as you often need to tweak meals to get a good blood result, but once you find which meals are 'good' for you then you don't need to test after them anymore. For example if you did test after your egg/toast breakfast and your bloods were too high then you could try 2 eggs and half a piece of toast the next day and see if that gives you a better result. It might end up that what you need is a breakfast omelette with no carbs, but you won't know unless you put in a bit of micro-managing of your bloods at the start.

A bit like the saying about taking care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves, if you can keep your bloods stable in the two hours after a meal then the hba1c will take care of itself.

Thanks so much my doctors won't give me the blood sugar monitor strips to check my levels I've got the blood sugar Monitor. In pregnancy when I had GD even milk use to spike my levels. I have to have a blood pressure monitor on for 24 hours cuz my BP Wer slightly raised Gunna add beetroot to my diet

I buy them myself from Amazon. I used a lot at first because it would be three for each meal (one before the meal, one at 2 hours and one at 4 hours) but now I only need to use them if I'm trying a new recipe that I think I will make again in the future to see whether it would need to be tweaked. So it is an initial expense, but it'll reduce over time.