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Posted 2/21/2024 8:43 PM (GMT 0)
During the transition of new forum ownership, its was impossible to post some days from Nov to Dec 2023.

Well, it works again, but still not all the time.

Many (Most?) of the few people this place had apparently decided to not come back.

Any body out there? (repeated echo)
Posted 2/21/2024 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, Astro, may I call you by your first name? smile. The site does look lonely. I myself have been busy for the past two weeks because we moved to another house and I've been unpacking boxes and boxes. We're back online again but, tbh, this forum has slowed down a lot.

I hope everyone is doing well! How are you doing with your levels, Astro?
Posted 2/21/2024 11:03 PM (GMT 0)
I'm still here. Just nothing much to say. Cheers!
Posted 2/22/2024 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
Ditto, Lynnwood.
Posted 2/22/2024 7:39 PM (GMT 0)

Lanie G said...
............................. How are you doing with your levels, Astro?

The low end of my glucose range is going up in the upper prediabetic levels now; Probably (hopefully?) because-
1)as the body gets used to a low carb diet this apparently/unfortunately can happen in some people (from what Ive read).
and
2)My thyroid was hypo/low for the last month

My glucose reading is still high in daylight AM (120), then usually lowest a few hrs after lunch.(100). It never goes over 135 when eating on a low carb diet. So I have a very narrow range on the low carb diet.

Note: Any single high carb food item over 15g can elevate to 150 blood glucose now though. I tested this at home (and freaked out). I guess this can happen on low carb diets when your body forgets how to process sudden carb or sugar intake increases.

So I did the HOMA-IR calculation after a recent lab test of fasting glucose and insulin. I was surprisingly better than average (not insulin resistant). I also did some antibody test for diabetes 1 and 1.5,; I did not have it. This is obviously good news, yet odd that I have prediabetes range fasting glucose.

Post Edited (astroman) : 2/22/2024 5:41:08 PM (GMT-8)

Posted 2/22/2024 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
https://www.verywellfit.com/connection-between-low-carb-diets-and-blood-sugar-2241945 :

"High Fasting Blood Glucose

What happens if you follow a low-carb diet and your fasting blood glucose remains high? According to experts, in some cases, this is likely to happen. But it is not necessarily cause for concern.

If you follow a strict low-carb regime, you may experience a condition called "physiologic insulin resistance," also called adaptive glucose sparing.

People who are on ketogenic diets or other very low carbohydrate programs train their bodies to use fat, rather than sugar, as fuel. If you do this effectively, your muscles start to reject sugar when it is available. That means more sugar stays in your bloodstream, even when you consume very little of it. "

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Hmm….and I wonder if people who are into weight lifting require more glucose for muscle re-build, thus more likely for this to happen vs more "casual" type of exercise?

Post Edited (astroman) : 2/22/2024 6:14:29 PM (GMT-8)

Posted 2/23/2024 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
I don't know. To be honest I don't get into all the technical/chemical reasons. If you're on a low-carb eating plan, then your body will start using your stored fat for energy, that's true. At the beginning of this, a person will normally lose weight because of the body's switch to using fat as energy. II reached a plateau and realized that cardio and strength exercises help keep the weight loss/or maintenance.

Unlike some fad kind of keto or caveman plans though, I don't eat a high fat diet. I eat a moderate amount of protein but lots of vegetables, lots. However, I don't eat starchy food like potatoes, corn, food made with flour. I'll eat some blueberries or strawberries a couple of times a week.

I do lift 10 and 12 lb weights for muscle strength.
Posted 2/23/2024 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
Also, there is something called 'dawn phenomenon'. If you skip breakfast, your body might naturally raise its own blood sugar to give you the energy to take on the day. This happened to me once when I had an annual physical scheduled at 8 a.m. and was fasting. I took my blood sugar before I left the house and it was in the high 90's. By the time I was seen by the doctor and sent to the lab it was around 10:00 and my blood sugar tested in the lab in the 120's.

There are many many variables that affect our blood sugar. I no longer worry about it. As long as I follow my regular eating plan, I'm ok, but I'm also not as physically active as I was 18 years ago which really helped regulate my readings, so I'm on metformin but still eating low carb, lifting dumbbells and getting back into walking.
Posted 2/23/2024 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
Well, I don’t follow keto very closely either, so I’m actually somewhere between keto and low carb. I call it keto light lol!

But im apparently im in ketosis just enough to show it using the colored urine strips that I bought last summer.

I certainly don’t indulge in bacon lol, that seriously can’t be good for your veins! I’ve never been a huge meat eater and it’s pretty expensive anyway.

Post Edited (astroman) : 2/23/2024 7:27:41 AM (GMT-8)

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