Why isnt my fasting blood glucose going down?

[prediabetes]

my dr told me I might have prediabetes fasting glucose 110, a1c 5.7 so I've been following her advice eating better exercising more. i wasnt overweight but i still lost 6 lbs. i also bought a glucose meter and been recording for the last month. i eat 3 times a day at 6am 12-1pm and 6-7pm. my blood glucose on waking is 100-110, one hour after eating 130-170 depending on what i eat. 2 hrs after eating always < 120 regardless of how high the 1hr was 3 hrs after its back to 100-110. and then it stays at 100-110 until the next meal. why doesnt it drop below 100?

thanks.

[prediabetes]

well yesterday my 1 hr post meal after big bowl spaghetti and meatballs was 107. i think that good even for someone non diabetic.  

[prediabetes]

hi sally. thanks! i think if more people eat lower carb we have less t2 epidemic now. problem is we test blood sugar and not insulin. if we test insulin we detect insulin resistance early because insulin level will be high but blood sugar still normal. then we switch to lower carb and exercise and stop diabetes before pancreas is damage. solution simple. implementation hard because no money in selling insulin testing and low carb diets. drs and industry make more money from high carb and prescriptions. that really the reason why we can not stop t2 epidemic.

[Super_sally888]

Fasting at 87 is perfectly normal.  Long may it continue!

I think lower carb is a much healthier way of eating than the typical SAD (standard American diet).

[prediabetes]

thanks. i hope my pancreas is still healthy. i learn could be many other reason for higher blood sugar. fatty liver or bad signal to pancreas sometime high cortisol level too. unfortunate very complex disease hard to pinpoint. i don't seem to have typical t2 symptom. weight fatigue thirst none of that. but less carb more exercise help so whataver reason i continue. pizza is my homemade OGTT at least taste better than glucose. i hope my 1hr pp go under 130 in future for that pizza test. i am ok with fasting 87.

[Super_sally888]

Hi,

Great job.  It is known that the pancreas can recover to some extent if blood sugars are kept 'normal'.  Keep up the good work, and the pizza snacks to rare occasions. :)

[prediabetes]

i think i doing much better now. fasting is 87. most important 1hr pp after digiorno supreme rising crust pizza was 139. i ate half a pizza about 120g carbs. a few months back i was 171 at 1hr pp for same pizza. so prediabetes can reverse.