Milk thistle is probably not enough. Consider lowering you carbs, or at least doing just a few PP tests with high carb and lower carb to see what the difference is. It is eye opening.
I know the strips are expensive, but if you think about what you will learn and what you could prevent with some very judicious use of 25 -50 strips, it is well worth it. You only need to test enough to get a sense of your own pattern. Reading Jenny's site carefully will give you some ideas. Then, you will understand exactly what you are looking for when you test and not just waste a lot of test strips or get obsessive about testing.
Ellen
Yes, I am eating high carb, any carb. I am not testing much because the strips are so expensive. (even the cheapest Walmart ones) I will try to do some random Postprandial BS. Doctor doesnt think I can get free strips (Medicaid) unless I am Type II diagnosed.
I am on a liver healing supplement. (Milk Thistle, Tumeric) I also have a history of elevated liver enzymes and liver pain somewhat.
Thanks for your help. I will look into Jenny Ruhl site!
~Amanda> So you are just eating anything, carbs, high carbs, very high carbs on Fast
> 5? Not testing anything other than fasting?
>
> I don't blame you for not wanting to take and meds if you don't have to.
> And most likely, if you monitor your post prandial BS for a little while
> to understand which foods raise your BS and then eat accordingly you won't
> have to.
>
> Heather doesn't eat as low carb as I do and her BS has lowered on Fast 5.
> IIRC she doesn't eat much carb, but does eat rice at each meal. I can't do
> that.
>
> Everybody is different. So it is hard to say exactly what is the best path
> for each person without some testing of Post Prandials.
>
> What Heather is talking about with cortisol levels causing BS to rise is
> aslo what I was referring to when i said your liver must heal. The liver
> has become insulin resistant and thus messes up the hormonal communication
> causing release of too much blood sugar. This is usually the first part of
> blood sugar regulation to go, unless you have one of the autoimmune types
> of D. Fortunately it is the first to heal.
>
> It is also true that the fasting number is often the last to show problems
> and the last to lower...
>
> Have you read Jenny Ruhl? I would suggest reading everything on her site
> to get a good idea of what you are dealing with
>
> http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.php
>
> Ellen
>
>
>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, afwitmer <afwitmer@...> wrote:> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <fast5%40yahoogroups.com>, Ellen Ussery
>
> >
> >
> > Ellen, I am not doing anything except fast-5 and trying to lose wieght. My
> > doctor has prescribed Metformin for my Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, and she
> > said it also could stave off diabetes for a while. I do not want to take
> > that stuff, I am scared of it.
> >
> >> > > www.bloodsugarthinktank@yahoogroups.com<www.bloodsugarthinktank%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <ellen.ussery@> wrote:
> > >
> > > What else are you doing about your blood sugar? IMO you will have to be
> > low
> > > carb and high fat. Track your PP for a while to see your patterns and
> > which
> > > foods "work" for you and which do not.
> > >
> > > I found I had high blood sugars after being on Fast-5 for 6 months . I
> > was
> > > even eating low carb at the time. It has taken me two years to get my
> > blood
> > > sugar to stay below 100. During that time I tried a number of things and
> > was
> > > on and off Fast 5 several times, experimenting with various approaches.
> > Am
> > > doing Fast-5 again now and so far blood sugar is still good. I eat very
> > > low carb and high saturated fat and take something called Insulow (R
> > Alpha
> > > Lipoic Acid and Evening Primrose Oil). Everybody is different, so you
> > will
> > > just have to experiment and also understand that healing your liver,
> > which
> > > is usually the problem in early blood sugar dysregulation, takes some
> > time.
> > >
> > > I started a yahoo group for this issue
> > >
> > > Ellen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:52 PM, afwitmer <afwitmer@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am back on fast-5 again after a break. I did not know that I had
> > > > diabetes. My doctor took my A1C in January and it was 5.9 However, I
> > have
> > > > had gestational diabetes 3 times in the last 6 years or so. I am not
> > > > pregnant now.
> > > >
> > > > This morning I took my blood sugar, after fasting for about 11 hours or
> > so
> > > > and it was 129 !!!!!!! And that was fasting!!!! I took it another time
> > > > before that and it was 119!!!! Whoa! Does anything change for me with
> > this
> > > > diet/lifestyle if I have diabetes OR pre-diabetes?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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