Where to go from here

(Omar) #1

I am type 2 but no medication after keto. my a1c is 5.8 and fasting blood glucose 110.

I am at very low carb if not zero.

My fat intake is higher than protein. Some days I live on HWC. I also have 24 hours fasting once a week.

My blood sugar is 100 to 110.

Is it normal to have BG at 100 to 110 while on 10 carbs or lower.

Because I see many people here talking about BG less than 80 some of them complain here if the BG goes to 90.

Will I ever go to ketosis at 110 BG

I have been low carb for 6 months and very close to zero carbs for 8 weeks.

thanks

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #2

With that low a carb intake, you are producing ketones. It’s not the blood glucose level that determines that, directly, it’s the blood insulin level. Of course, blood glucose does affect blood insulin, but your numbers seem fine to me. I’m surprised your HbA1C isn’t a bit lower, after 8 months of keto/low-carb, but of course it might have been quite a bit higher before you started and you could well have more healing to do.

Are you aware of the phenomenon of “glucose-sparing,” which is sometimes also called “physiological insulin resistance”? It happens after people become fat-adapted, at the point where the muscles metabolize fatty acids in preference even to ketone bodies, saving the glucose and the ketones the liver produces for the organs that really need them. It means that your serum glucose goes up a bit, but your HbA1C stays down.

You might want to talk to your doctor about your situation (especially if you can find a keto-friendly one), just to make sure there’s nothing else going on, but it might be okay to get re-tested in another three months or so and see what your numbers are doing. Not being a doctor myself, I really couldn’t say, but I don’t get the feeling that it’s time to really worry just yet. Other people on these forums might well have quite different advice.

(Omar) #3

I really appreciate your reply Paul

no I did not know any thing about glucose sparing .But now I do. It might very well what is happening because I feel energy rush when I drink HWC or butter but not always for some reason.

I am also under lots of stress I will have first to get few things done to get some psychological relief and then evaluate the health situation again.

many thanks for the support

(cheryl) #4

i just took my blood sugar and i have been water fasting for 25 hours it is 111. I must be in the same situation that you are. Also my 16 hour fasting blood glucose levels sometimes are 134. It is quite puzzling.

(Omar) #5

I think the longer you are fat adopted, and staying as low as possible low carbs ( in my case less than 10 ) the lower your bg will get.

(Terence Dean) #6

Omar have you tested your blood for Ketones at all? You may find that you will have them.

(Omar) #7

@tdean

I wrote this question one month ago the situation now is different .

I am very sure I am fat adopted but I do not have a ketone meter. My bg numbers are much lower.

Actually bg get even lower after eating because I am almost carnivore and I do EF

(Doug) #8

That/s right, Omar. :slightly_smiling_face: When one is eating very low carb, eating protein actually makes blood sugar do down a little, at least for a while.

(Terence Dean) #9

My apologies Omar, that’s excellent news that you have reduced your BG levels now.

(Omar) #10

I do not know how long you have been fat adopted, but our bodies have amazing ability to heal itself.even your current bg numbers considered OK I am optimistic that your bg will eventually come down depending on what level of insulin resistance you are on.

It took me few weeks of low carbs for my bg to stable at 120 to 130

Then it took 6 months of low carbs and 2 months of keto to see my fasting bg in the 80 to 100

(Terence Dean) #11

My fasting BG is 73 to 86 after 16 weeks of Keto.

(Omar) #12

Glad for you

It raises my positive energy to see others progress positively.