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Old Mon, Jun-27-16, 22:44
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Diabetes & PCOS run in my family. I have always had nagging thoughts that I have to be careful of this. I was reading on a website about how a person can test at home to see if they are diabetic or pre-diabetic.

Buy a meter
Test one morning before eating
Eat a fast acting carb like a bagel or rice with no fat or protein added to it
Check blood sugars at 1,2, and 3 hour markers

I wonder if it would be worth it to do this? Anybody try this?
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Old Tue, Jun-28-16, 02:35
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It would be very worth doing to see how you react to many various foods, and help you determine the best eating program for your body. You wrote you think you are more "sensitive" to carbs and so not successful on Atkins, and are switching to CAD. Some other comments in previous posts indicate blood glucose (BG) dysregulation, as low blood sugar, hypoglycemia, high BG and diabetes are on a spectrum. You can get a meter and 100 strips for $20-25...great investment at this point. I use it often...eat to your meter is a helpful tool for any diet.

My suggestion would be to follow one of these tests below, and then also start testing after your typical meals. After a typical LC breakfast and lunch, then after one of your "reward meals" with higher carb levels and see what happens with various foods. Do you have a BG crash 2-3 hours after pasta or bread dinner? If you add a fruit dessert does that reduce or drive cravings? A meter can you "find your foods" not just diagnose BG problems.

Dr Davis explains how to use a meter to find the foods that work for you: http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2014/...ool-fingertips/

Chris Kresser uses a lunch meal: http://chriskresser.com/how-to-prev...disease-for-16/. (Read his part 1 also) A bagel with no fat almost a sure bet for a high, then low pattern, but helpful to know your levels as a start, and then test other timings and meals.

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Old Tue, Jun-28-16, 04:01
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Thank you so much for responding!!!

The website that gave me the idea was phlaunt.com
The ones you recommended have very similar information.

I have a little fear inside of me about what the results will be, but I think I need to do this.
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