How I got my morning BG in the low 80s without Metformin

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I thought I’d give you guys an update.

48 y.o. male, was borderline prediabetic. I started out with morning BG in the 98-100 range, and OGTT 1 hr = 200, 2hr = 130. I went ketogenic for several weeks, then switched to a moderate carb paleo diet (but with dairy). So no junk food, grains, veggie oils; some kind of meat, seafood, or dairy for 3 square meals (no snacks), veggies, and 100-150g carbs/day potatoes or sweet potatoes or white rice for carbs. After almost a year of this I dropped 30 lbs and my 6 pack came out. I then started taking potato starch, and I noticed this dropped my 90 minute post prandial sugars, to about 90. Morning sugars were in the low 90s. I started taking Metformin 500/day, and this dropped my morning sugars into the high 80s.

Recently I tried this routine:
Workout with weights for 40 mins, then high intensity interval cardio for about 10 mins, 3x/week, in the morning, without eating breakfast. I only have coffee with coconut oil blended in, and some BCAA. I do not eat anything afterwards, until lunch time, and have no carbs. I will only have carbs starting dinner. I eat moderate carbs on non workout days (100-150g).

This routine has gotten my morning BG into the low 80s without Metformin. AND… with a 10 oz (50 g carbs) plain potato “challenge” breakfast, 1 hr BG is 147, 90 mins is 84! (Previously with just a 5 oz potato I’d be at 150 at 1 hr and 115 at 90 minutes)

Other supplements include Creatine, Inositol, Collagen protein powder, some other prebiotic fiber powder, Vit D (except in the summer, when I get sun), Kefir, and Cod Liver Oil. I try to eat some liver and shellfish once a week.

I hope this helps someone here.

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Well done. I’m so glad that you found a way to make things work in your life. We are all so different and, though there are a few—just a few—universals, like we all need to moderate our carb intake, the degree varies widely…Bravo!

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Thanks. There was one other thing I forgot to mention:

I usually eat an early dinner (7 PM on working days, earlier on weekends), and don’t have any calories afterwards.
When I have an extra large dinner, I’m usually not hungry for breakfast even on non-workout days; I just have my coffee blended with coconut oil and heavy cream and don’t eat til lunch time. I don’t snack or munch all day. Having long periods between meals, appears to be crucial for improving insulin sensitivity. The “eat 6 times a day” advice is disastrous. Going 12-14 hours without calories overnight is important too.

The above falls under “intermittent fasting”.

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I discovered at some point that my #s were best if I just plain made lunch my biggest meal of the day…And I’ve been low carb, no meds, for over a decade now. Things can change radically as we age, and that may happen with me. But I am comfortable for now!..

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Is 100-150g/day considered low carb around here?

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Good to see your progress … i am also following quite similar routine although i am Type 2 with some diabetic complications - but i try to remain below 40 carbs a day … and doing workouts 5 days a week …mostly lifting i am skinny guy so don’t go for cardio except walks …also following IF on weekends usually …yeah you are correct munching and day time snacks etc spikes … although i have found that sometimes i spikes even following same routine but that looks to be due to some other hormones which are beyond our control…i try to keep below 140 (4-6) all time…
Recently i have started eating my protein macros for day during day time to avoid morning spikes due to glucogensis …you can also try that if you want to tame your fasting number’s

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Are you saying, eat all your protein while the sun is up and none in the evening?

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Yeap …bcoz Protein also converts into glucose although it takes lot of time for conversion that’s why we often don’t see BG spikes after protein meal but in absence of carbs liver starts converting protein into glucose …

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Interesting. I don’t seem to have an issue consuming protein for dinner causing higher morning BG, but I will pay more attention.