I’m looking for help also. My concern is pre-diabetes. I’ve cut almost all carbs since February this year, but my A1C today was 6.1 – higher than it has ever been. I’m a 74M, 5’ 10", 158 lbs., always been average to thin.
I had homemade beef & onion soup tonight with a bone broth base. Checked 1.5 hours later, BG was 89, which is typical. When I eat out and I can’t avoid carbs, even then it’s usually only 100-120 or so.
Since February when a lab test showed 5.9 A1C, I ditched nearly all carbs, eating carnivore mostly for supper, and by May it was 5.3, home test. It stayed there or a few tenths higher, had another lab test in August it was 5.6, another lab a week ago it was back up to 5.9, and the 6.1 home test tonight. I never eat breakfast or anything at all before noon, so I’ve had daily 12-14 hour fasts for decades.
Not sure why after 10 months of very low carbs it’s higher now than ever. Dr. Ken Berry has noted that poor sleep can raise BG, but I’ve had insomnia for around 35 years so that is more or less a constant for me. I’ve not found any T2D forums that focus on no/low carbs – all I’ve seen are the standard “eat complex carbs, brown rice, fruit,” etc. Are there any in existence?