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susanT · 07-04-2009, 16:17

hi richard

i was testing 1 hour and 2 hours after eating like it said in the blood sugar 101 book. i did this for a month to see where i was at and then put it all on a chart and took it to the doc and he circled a few numbers and said that in his opinion i am not diabetic but glucose intolerant. he based it on my fasting blood sugar since it was normal. but if i eat poorly (lots of carbs like cookies etc then my fasting will be much higher)

for example last night 1 hour after eating it was 4.7 then 2 hours it was 4.6 (about 84.5 mg/dl we use mmol/l here ). i ate fish and vegetables and the bran crisp crackers (recommended by dr bernstein in his book) and cheese. if i eat fruit then it will go up to 6.5(117 mg/dl)

my fasting BG this morning was 4.3 (77.3 mg/dl)

it seems if i eat protein and vegetables then i can keep it under 5.5 (99mg/dl).

thanks again for all the input

07-04-2009, 16:17	#6 (permalink)
susanT Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: waterloo canada Posts: 4	hi richard i was testing 1 hour and 2 hours after eating like it said in the blood sugar 101 book. i did this for a month to see where i was at and then put it all on a chart and took it to the doc and he circled a few numbers and said that in his opinion i am not diabetic but glucose intolerant. he based it on my fasting blood sugar since it was normal. but if i eat poorly (lots of carbs like cookies etc then my fasting will be much higher) for example last night 1 hour after eating it was 4.7 then 2 hours it was 4.6 (about 84.5 mg/dl we use mmol/l here ). i ate fish and vegetables and the bran crisp crackers (recommended by dr bernstein in his book) and cheese. if i eat fruit then it will go up to 6.5(117 mg/dl) my fasting BG this morning was 4.3 (77.3 mg/dl) it seems if i eat protein and vegetables then i can keep it under 5.5 (99mg/dl). thanks again for all the input