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Hi There,

I am new here and have just started testing at home due to a higher than normal reading at the doctor's office. I am a 49 yr old healthy woman, but my father had age-onset diabetes II and passed away at age 81. However, he died of a heart attack.

Anyway, my fasting result at the doctor's office was 101. Since then, I have ranged anywhere from 94 to 97 (fasting) and 80 to 108 (random)

This morning my fasting reading was 108.

I ate a high veggie dinner last night at 5:30 and then tested at 7:15 this morning. Since almost 14 hours went by before I tested, could this be the reason the number was so high? Should I maybe eat a little snack before bedtime? I am just concerned because my dad was diagnosed at age 65.

Thanks for the reply. I do not smoke, drink ANY soda of any kind - diet or otherwise, NO CAFFEINE either. I drink decaf green tea in the morning. I just started a vitamin regiment of D, B complex, magnesium & calcium along with vitamin C. I am italian so the bread and pasta is going to be hard to give up!

I also like a glass or two of red wine in the evening. I guess I will need to cut that back to one or none. (Bummer)

I use a One-Touch Ultra kit and just started testing a week ago. I have been healthy my whole life so this has kinda thrown me for a loop. I just tested again two hours after I ate breakfast. Result was 105.

Post Edited (sjmjuly) : 10/25/2011 12:24:15 PM (GMT-6)

On the other hand, pasta (especially with marinara) seems to not raise my blood sugar at all. My husband is the same. Yet corn sends my glucose spiraling, while it doesn't seem to affect his. But he just can't eat a graham cracker at all. It seems like we're all different, and the only way to know how things affect you is by monitoring your glucose over time and keeping track of what you eat.

Well my numbers may look good, but I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes. I SHOULD have levels much lower than they are, and they have been elevated all day. 108 this morning, 105 two hours after breakfast and 109 two hours after lunch. This is making me crazy and upsetting me.

just started a vitamin regiment of D, B complex, magnesium & calcium along with vitamin C. I am italian so the bread and pasta is going to be hard to give up

I too am Italian, have diabetes in my family, and try to be vigilant by monitoring my blood sugar every day even though I am not diagnosed with diabetes. But I can tell from my blood sugar readings that if I continued with eating junk food that for sure I would be diabetic by now. One soda can elevate my numbers for several days, and I used to drink a lot of soda.

There have been some reports that gluten can raise blood sugar and I noticed that bread and pasta will elevate my next day's fasting blood glucose levels. I find that rice, corn, and quinoa do not have this effect for me. But please realize that everyone is different, Judy2's post above is a good example of that.

Get your blood levels of vitamin D tested so you know exactly where you stand and how much more you need to take. Unless you work in the sun as a lifeguard or take at least 2,000 IU each day then your levels will probably be low. Vitamin D helps prevent type I and type II diabetes.

Extra magnesium is good and I recommend a good multivitamin that will include micronutrients such as manganese, biotin, vanadium, and chromium. These help your body metabolize sugar. I take extra biotin and chromium in the form of chromium picolinate or polynicotinate. Chromium is probably the most important sugar nutrient, along with magnesium.

Since you are so anxious about your daily numbers I really have to agree with Jim1969's advice about getting the A1c test. I bet you will find that you are better off than you think.

Post Edited (BabeintheWoods) : 10/26/2011 8:09:15 AM (GMT-6)