Diabetes

[ArlyA]

Bananas make my BG go sky high so I can only do a 1/2 while apples do nothing. Go figure. I only learned this after I got a CGM.

 

[ponytug]

I think that human digestion is fascinating, complex, and very...idiosyncratic, with wide individual variations in individual tolerances/capabilities in both digestive enzymes and nutrient transport. That does not take into account the enormous differences in digestive enzymes that occur when slightly different foods are added or removed from a meal, nor the gastrointestinal impact of even slight changes in the immune system.

For me, I do not know of a better way than tracking what I eat, and monitoring what happens. We don't come with owner's manuals specific to our particular bodies, or at least I lost mine if we did.

Take care of yourselves!

All the best,

Peter

 

[QRTRHRS]

Honey is just another form of sugar. I'd not call it bad, if your BG is kept in check. Cinnamon does not lower blood sugar.

Although I know better, I clicked on one of those "take this common household ingredient for this, that and the other".

It ran on like forever, going on about what causes glucose/insulin issues, etc. Cinnamon was vaguely alluded to to keep up with the household ingredient come on.

Then it got into the more exotic ingredients, reseach, high end laboratories, etc. Finally, the product, Gluco Freedom. Eyedrop bottle package. Six months supply for about 300 bucks for three bottles and three for "free".

Not in my budget. (My A1C was down to 5.3 six months ago. I started with a cold in early Dec. Bronchitis in January. Three Doctor visits, four rounds of antibiotics, exercise routine ceased, stress, comfort food, over the counter cough medicine, sugar free cough drops. March 3rd, my A1C was 6. Glucose 110 although, via finger sticks, my glucose runs 95-110.)

Working on getting back down.

 

[garry1p]

you could do better with a CGM?

I have a GCM and that's how I lowered my A1C from 10.3 to 6.3 I don't think I could have done it without the GCM.
DR is OK with 6.3

At 86 I'm no couch potato, but never had an exercise program, normally outside doing something everyday, I did have to give up my 18" gas chainsaw last year, now get by with a 12" Kobalt, no more ladder work and limit myself to 4 hrs outside work in the summer.
Diabetes and BP both under control with meds, I get by OK normal old age stuff like arthritis.
Dr added low dose (12 units per night) of Toujeo. BMI at 23.3

My major problem, I don't drink enough water and tend to get dehydrated in the summer.

 

[daugen]

has anyone had any experience with this AIC home health test kit?
you get two in the box

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

 

[WM75Guy]

has anyone had any experience with this AIC home health test kit?
you get two in the box

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

I went Saturday to get a Covid shot as we have a trip planned to Las Vegas in April. I saw the Walgreen's brand A1C kit at the pharmacy was $49.99. It also had 2 test cartridges. I am waiting till 04/01/25 when I get my quarterly $40 on my United Healthcare card to get it.

 

[ArlyA]

Not sure how one would know if these home a1c kits are accurate. Still seems like a good idea to have them available.

 

[Rmart30]

Bananas make my BG go sky high so I can only do a 1/2 while apples do nothing. Go figure. I only learned this after I got a CGM.

banana, blueberry,strawberry didnt really affect mine. Grapes make it jump up there. I could give up cakes, cookies and pies, but giving up a lot of the fruits really sucks.

 

[ArlyA]

banana, blueberry,strawberry didnt really affect mine. Grapes make it jump up there. I could give up cakes, cookies and pies, but giving up a lot of the fruits really sucks.

I'd guess you are using a CGM?

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

My dad isnt on a keto diet, but he eats a lot of keto foods, and his A1C is no longer a problem. Go back a year or two, and he went to the hospital nearly in a coma.

It's amazing what his lifestyle change did for his health