I can imagine that you cut out high fructose corn sweeteners? Those are likely the absolute worst type of carbs you can eat. They are very harmful to many body systems in any other than small amounts.
Insulin Resistance - ready to learn something?
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This and phony offshoots like maltodextrin.
I get that healthy vegetarian can work for some people especially younger people. But it doesn’t work for me. At all.
Yes for sure, that's why I emphasized whole food
Ate a large sumptuous lunch. Sat down and watched a documentary on the 8th Air command WWII. Couch potatoed. Flaked over, checked my BG. 120.
Now for a walk and restaurant dinner later.
Yes maltodextrin is everywhere to! I would much prefer a diet leaning towards full plant based vs vegetarian. In some studies, they have found vegetarians are actually more unhealthy, largely due to excessive cheese and processed food consumption.
I feel like whole foods is important to keep in mind. Remember, oreos are vegan!
Got a fasting insulin test tomorrow. I am enjoying my snack of pure water tonight. It would seem until more doctors focus on insulin along with glucose that there won't be good understanding of insulin resistance by normal GP doctors.
We came home and my BG was 149, about 2 hours or so after I first started eating. Not horrendous I suppose. Would have liked 140, but heck the machine probably has +/- 5 mg/dl built it.
It kinda irritates me how they "list" the post prandial target ranges, I should say the experts classify them by diagnosis. Allowing up to 180 for diabetics, but 140 for otherwise healthy people.
Anyway the food was quite rich, I will list the most probable causation foods:
Roasted beets - I ate most of those. Wifey loves beets, but didn't like the combination. Beets are great and taste good, but they carry some sugar. My body did what it does with sweet potatoes, sweet squash, parsnips, etc. It went to blood sugar and hung around a bit. The beets had pistachios, citrus/ponzu, salt, some bittering herbs. I thought it was a knock-out combination. Smart chef!
Various sauces, dressings and glazes - sugar is sugar. Not a lot, but added to the pile. But it's part of the meal, a good part! The duck comfit was not traditional with some type of orange and five spice sauce. The salad dressings tasted a bit sweet as well. Wife's hange steak had a nice garlicky sauce with sweet background
Steak tartare - It was served on nice chewy crunch artisan toasted bread. Yeah I scraped the meat and egg off and ate it - but did take 3 bites of the bread. Hahahha.......sorry!
Frites - dang it I pinched 5 beet fat truffle fries from the wife. Holy carp they were good. Oh baby.
OK fasting now!! (woke with 138 BG)
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Just looking at that meal made me hungry! Hahahaha,
I wish I could eat like that.
I wish I could eat like that.
You could eat some of those things I'm sure.
I will say this, by blood glucose has been EXTREMELY slow to drop after that meal. Finally in the 120's and stuck there......for many hours.
Only had coffee. No food yet. I'm actually pretty hungry.
Only had coffee. No food yet. I'm actually pretty hungry.
So I eat the food I posted not so long ago in the "Whadya eat..." thread ------- 90 minutes later and my BG is 106. AFTER eating. But there was very very little free sugar in the food. BUT 20 point drop. Wow.
The human body is pretty amazing!
Finally got the results of my fasting insulin test. It was 8.7. Great would be 6 or less. So not great, but not too bad.
What I need is an local MD who can put my insulin and glucose test results together and tell me what is going on with respect to insulin resistance.
I have read Dr Bikman's book "Why We Get Sick". But I have questions.
What I need is an local MD who can put my insulin and glucose test results together and tell me what is going on with respect to insulin resistance.
I have read Dr Bikman's book "Why We Get Sick". But I have questions.
I don't remember what your A1c% was but yes - your thread is appropriately titled.
You MAY need further diagnosis and will be interesting to know what the MD says, but indeed you are most likely IR.
You know what you need to do, even starting now.
Glad everything is working out for you. Honestly but had to comment there really isnt any medical criteria for to low Triglycerides that I know of. It should be below 150 I guess if you start getting near zero it maybe a concern, or less than 50? I dont know
I was just curious of your number, Im not questioning you, I am REALLY into this stuff for good reason of family history, which I was just given a new test and even though I am beating it, the test is showing another high result of Lipoprotein A that nothing can be done about, its hereditary but a marker for heart disease. So after failing off the wagon so to say, even though my lipids some would love to have, I have put on a little weight (eating healthy stuff only though, just too much) that I am now on a new quest to eat only enough to sustain life *LOL* (no kidding) I will be at my proper BMI in a month and will get my LDL down to 25 or 30 and all associated numbers>
Here is my history to 2022
Here is 2023 and if you see, it shows Triglycerides as normal down to zero. Much written on the subject with a web browser search.
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A1C was 6.6.
Another test for IR is triglycerides/ HDL and mine is 1.3. That's pretty low leafing one to conclude not really IR.
There is not agreement with experts with what fasting insulin level should be. But below 10 seems to be the consensus.
So I am seeing what looks to me as conflicting tests and need to ask more Q of a doctor.
As soon as we get home from family visits in a few days I will double down on complex carbs with low GL and more exercise.
High Fructose Corn Sweetener - 100% glucose refined further it comes in about the same as sugar.
I think the key is getting used to not eating sweet foods, then once you stop, anything sweet will taste gross/to sweet.
Here is a simple explanation.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-to-know-about-high-fructose-corn-syrup
6.6 is kinda borderline really. It's better than 7! But still, with elevated insulin I still say find out your "reaction" foods beyond flours and sugars.
Yes I agree with you guys, triglycerides is one to watch. Because it is more associated with BG levels and controls. The world is way way too focused on cholesterol, which is a drug dreamers industry marker. (big pharma wanna milk people)
Yes I agree with you guys, triglycerides is one to watch. Because it is more associated with BG levels and controls. The world is way way too focused on cholesterol, which is a drug dreamers industry marker. (big pharma wanna milk people)
My triglycerides was 58 a month or two ago. Toward the low end of normal. Lower is better.
Excellent!
I’m curious were you ever tested for Lipoprotein (A)?
I don’t expect you to answer yes unless you do see an informed cardiologist and have family history since diabetes is also a leading cause of cardiac issues.
I’m going to do a thread on it in the near future.
It’s something that at the present time cannot be controlled, strictly hereditary and one contributing factor of heart disease. My cardiologist ordered the test for me just a month ago for the first time in my life, my levels are way above normal. It’s strictly hereditary and he did the test because of the heart disease in my family tree. He was right on the money and the reason he did it is he told me they are very close on a treatment for it.
That's why anybody with a metabolic problem should see an endocrinologist who specializes in diabetes and a nutritionist.
