Any suggestions on how to get my fasting glucose down?

Posted by rita @ritabtripp, Feb 9 5:34am

I am vegan and eat healthy but my fasting glucose at my checkup was 99 and my A1c was 5.6 and both have continued to increase these past couple years so I decided to ask my doctor for a continuous glucose monitor so that I could see what foods I needed to cut out. I had already given up all sweets 2 weeks before I started using the CGM. But my fasting glucose rarely goes much below 100. I’m wondering if I am insulin resistant, so the last couple of days I have been fasting intermittently (16-17 hours). That hasn’t done much to bring down my fasting glucose either. Any suggestions?

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mdamiani57 | @mdamiani57 | Feb 10 8:33am

Mine either they call mine insulin resistance been on metformin for a couple years and mostly keto diet but stays the same always above 100 fasting and A1C is always 5.7 and 5.8 alternates LOL I figure that's the best I can do.

dniel5220 | @dniel5220 | Feb 10 9:14am

Do you practice portion control? Even healthy carbs, veg and fruits can cause blood sugar to go up.

rita | @ritabtripp | Feb 10 10:26am

Good point. I don’t eat a ton of fruit but I do eat a lot of vegetables. Good advice to start monitoring the carbs I’m getting with all those vegetables. Thanks

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