Raise in A1C

(Joey) #21

Get a glucometer and use Cronometer. Good and helpful ideas. Thanks for your follow up to this thread. :vulcan_salute:

(GINA ) #22

Your a1c is just a measure of average blood sugar over the last three months. If that is not what you expect, the next step is to monitor your actual blood sugar. Like Bob said, a CGM is probably the best way to do it if you can get one. If not, a regular monitor will work.

If the a1c is accurate (not due to especially long-lived blood cells or some other weirdness), something is raising your blood sugar. Without testing you have no way of knowing what that is. It could be something completely unexpected, that doesn’t affect others that way, and maybe didn’t affect you that way before.

#23

For me berries spike my glucose and keep it up for at least a day after eating some. I had not eaten any berries in about three months. My son came to visit so I bought some. I cheated a little besides eating six berries, so I expected a spike. It took me three days of OMAD to lower back to my normal, 120-135.
The following day I ate six berries and again had a spike. It took two days of OMAD, once again, to lower my levels. I also can’t eat yams. They spike my levels but I return to my normal more quickly.

Since I want to reduce my normal level, I’ll just have to forgo these.

Others have suggested testing blood after meals. Might try testing with and without berries.

Hope this helps.

(Kathy) #24

Thank you good points.

When I started Keto my A1c was 8.7
I went almost 2 years not truly knowing it was that high, as an old Dr. just said just watch your sugar intake… I have never been big on sweet stuff, so wasn’t concerned, however I now know even the healthiest of natural food can be a problem over time.
This time period, was also the first time in my life to not have a regular Doctor (s) who always sat and went over and explained pretty much all test results. Now able to get all results online I can closely monitor tests for myself.
When I got my A1c right down, my Dr. at the time who is a huge fan of Keto and IF, said to me, it could take years for your A1C to return to a dangerous level. Not saying 6.0 is dangerous, but surprised with the creep up in just a year.

I was never on any meds for it nor was it suggested to monitor my blood Glucose on my own. My Doctor gave me 3 months to bring it down with a lifestyle change and it worked fabulously.

Cheers All

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #25

I’m just in the middle of watching an interview with Dr. Rob Cywes, and they are talking about this phenomenon. He says that the people in which he sees this are lean, with very little fat reserves, and their bodies are using muscle mass to make glucose, because they aren’t eating enough protein. As soon as I finish the video, I’ll post a link to it.

(Kathy) #26

Which video ?

I started watching one I thought it might be, had to shut it down, too much yapping about nothing to do with the subject, not the Dr. the hosts!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #27

Here it is.