Glad it went well for you Bob. I talked with friend who had a trifocal lens done. I had no idea they had advanced so far.
Do whatever schedule works for you. This thread will be here for support and there will be one for next month too.
@Divingtech what is a bionic lens implant? What do they correct? A link to info is fine. just very curious about any new developments, in lens replacements.
Next week I have an inhumane amount of work waiting for me. No time for leisure, including exercise. Therefore, Iāve decided to fast starting on Monday.
Itāll be convenient not to eat, more time to get the work done.
Iāll drink only water. I want to see how my BG reacts.
I have annual blood work due and Iām going to have it drawn after my fast. Should be interesting. Iām trying to drive my fasting glucose down.
Remember do not fast more than 12-14 hrs. before a blood draw. There is a lot of info on that topic over on Daveās website at http://www.cholesterolcode.com
@collaroygal I did not know they had trifocals. Interesting.
@Divingtech Try not to fast too much before getting blood drawn. Itās best to have 3-5 days of ānormalā eating. While your fasting glucose will go down, HDL goes down, trigs, TC, and LDL go up.
Hereās a test I did in 2016. The first draw on 2/29 was after about 12 hours fasting, the second was 4.5 days later.
The cholesterol code website also has a ācholesterol dropā protocol, but I actually get my ābestā results (from the perspective of avoiding a statin lecture) when eating normally. But I have low TC and LDL anyway, so Iām not one of the āhyper-respondersā Dave addresses.
Thanks you guys. Thatās some interesting information and Daveās website is intense.
Since keto/if my blood glucose has been so low as to give my doctor concern. Kcko.
Iāve started my fast at about 17h on Sunday.
My aim is to observe my blood glucose and see if anything can get it lower in the mornings.
I thought Iād do 3 days, but Iāll just eat when I feel like.
At the moment, Iām fine. Just a headache.
Iām only drinking water and Iām not exercising.
Corals
Iāve started my fast at about 17h on Sunday.
Go for it, you do you. Hope both of you have great success.
Happy Fasting! KCFO
How low has your blood glucose been?
edited to add: The lowest I have ever measured was 52, but I was on my third day of fasting and my ketones were the highest Iāve ever measured - 7.6. I actually felt pretty good - not shaky at all.
67 at the lab. Dr was concerned I might be light headed.
My health concern of interest hypertension. Starting value is 154/91
The lowest I got was a lab value of 62 after 4.5 days of fasting. Was not light headed at all. That was multiple years ago (5?). Had quite high ketones at the same time.
Now, when I fast, I donāt get anywhere near that blood sugar level or ketones.
That is low if you arenāt producing ketones, but doctors donāt know that or think it matters. It does.
I know you have been working on lowering your blood pressure - how goes the battle?
That is my experience with doctors. Iāve concluded doctors are great for help with infectious diseases or surgery, but Iāll keep my own council on nutrition with scientifically minded people.
Re HBP, it was going down until I got a cold. I went hunting for a week and didnāt fast at all. All things and distractions, itās back up. I think I need to IF until itās consistently down. Itās probably going to involve losing weight.
Wednesday afternoon. Iām still fasting. My headache is much worse today.
My BG this morning was high at 96 mg/dL. I expected it to be lower, since Iāve had only water since Sunday evening.
Whereās the glucose coming from?
Your liver makes it from your fat and protein stores when you donāt consume any glucose.
I experienced the same thing a couple of years ago on day 3 of a water fast. BG had been in the 60-80 range and then jumped up to the high 90ās.
Mrs found something in the fridge about to turn and I ended up eating it so it wasnāt wasted. Back on track today.
