I am new here- 1 week. I have one more day of taking my readings for my dr. Everything seems to be pretty good--am fastings all between 87-95. BUT my question is how important are the 1 hour readings? For example, late this afternoon I had 2 medium brownies and 1/2 cup of milk--the 1 hr was 186 and the 2 hour was 126. Tonight for dinner I had 1/2 ofa chicken breast, pasta, 6 fries and 2 pieces of choc candy. 1 hour reading was 162 and the 2 hour was 93.
I would truly apprecaite any feedback, suggestions and/or advice.
Your fastings are BEAUTIFUL! I wish mine looked so good!
The 1-hour readings show how much of a spike you get from certain foods. Relative to your milk/brownies snack: the milk contains lactose which is a carbohydrate and often causes spikes for people with diabetes. If the brownies were made with white flour and refined sugar, those are also carbohydrates (and fast-acting ones!) so they will cause a spike as well.
Your dinner choices were better, but the pasta, fries and chocolates are all fast-acting carbohydrates, and many people with diabetes avoid eating them very much or very often.
For me personally, I don't like my readings to be above 130, and absolutely not above 140. Studies have shown that our bodies begin to suffer damage when our glucose levels go above 140 very often or for very long.
I'm not telling you this to scare you, because your readings seem to indicate that you're in the very early stages of diabetes, but the
ultimate complications of diabetes include kidney failure, blindness and loss of extremities like toes/feet/legs. You have a chance to take control of your disorder right now (without waiting on your doctor to make up his mind) by simply eliminating high fast-acting carbs from your diet. Try to avoid or at least greatly reduce the "white" foods you eat. These include potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, and anything else made with white flour and/or white sugar.
Proteins and fats are good for maintaining low blood glucose - you can eat all you want of eggs, cheese, meat, poultry, fish, nuts, green leafy veggies, etc.
Again - I'm not saying this to scare you - don't panic - but do take this seriously. It would be good if your doc would order an HBA1c (commonly referred to as A1c) test, which would show a 90-day average of the accumulation of glucose to your hemoglobin cells. This test, along with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) would give you a little more definitive information you need to begin taking care of this. If he doesn't offer to order these tests, you may need to prompt him, or you many even need to look around for a sescond opinion. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but it IS a big deal, and your doc shouldn't just blow it off.