So, it's now the week before my MOT at Harefield Hospital and I have just started recording my blood glucose results to take with me; I am hoping to see a change on the last time I did this. For those of you who like numbers, consider these figures below.
This first of set of glucose readings are my average results over a week, on my 'old/normal' diet.
Before Breakfast: 8.8
2hrs After: 12.6
Before Lunch: 9.5
2 hrs After: 16.2
Before Dinner: 10.1
2 hrs After: 15.4
Bed Time: 13.2
The fasting glucose reading should be about 5 and healthy seems to be under 8, although if you are Diabetes Type Two, then up to 8.5 is acceptable. You can see, they were all awful.
The second set of results are the average results over a week, after three weeks of being vegan - yes, the first two weeks were a bit hit and miss, but that was me getting used to things.
Before Breakfast: 5
2hrs After: 8.5
Before Lunch: 8
2 hrs After:14.3
Before Dinner: 8.2
2 hrs After: 10.8
Bed Time: 7.4
The lunch time spike happens six hours after I take my steroids (DAMN YOU PREDNISOLONE!). I am not sure that I will ever be able to correct that, because I have to take the stuff, like it or not. Back to yesterday's post; this is the point I tell myself that I like the drug as it supports my lungs - even if it makes my face puffy.
Anyway, just to prove that I am not completely barking mad and that this was not an idea I randomly plucked out the sky, here's a link to watch that explains the thinking behind my experiment - courtesy of a friend who messaged the video to me yesterday.
It was not this film which made me consider a dietary change, but I didn't want to bore you all to death with some of the things I have been reading. In a nutshell; in some large-group studies it has been noted that people on high saturated fat diets (meats and dairy - not just meat as suggested in the video), who were already insulin resistant were more prone to Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Kidney Disease. I have all four; I ate meat and dairy products. The people in the studies, who were placed on a plant-based diet, managed a significant improvement in their blood glucose results. I am seeing an improvement in mine; I'll have to wait until next Thursday to see if the other results have improved - or not.
It's an American clip so that means it may not be what your doctor over here in Blighty would prescribe. I am also not suggesting anyone changes their diet! You have to eat what is right for your body, but I am fast coming round to the idea that as far as food is concerned, one size does not fit all, but I'll come back to that another day.
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