I got worried a while back after my fasting went from the low 80's up into the 90's.

After a lot of looking around the web, I found that this is typical among people who go very low carb.  

I can reduce my fasting blood sugar pretty quickly, by upping my carb intake, but after testing, I now know that's unnecessary.

My fasting insulin came in extremely low extremely at 2.  Reference range is 0-29.

My hb1ac came in below 5 which corresponds to an average blood glucose level of less than 100.

I've taken the Hb1ac 2 more times sine then with the same result.

So, even though my fasting BS may be up a bit, I'm not not losing any sleep over it now...

Mark

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--- On Sun, 4/19/09, Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Blood Glucose 83
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 6:59 AM
> I received good questions recently in response to Dr.
> Bernstein's claim that
> the pancreas has to work to produce insulin at bg levels
> above 83 mg/dl and
> that someone whose bg levels stay mostly in the 90s is a
> bad thing.
> 
> Todd or anyone, how do Dr. Bernstein and others know that
> any rise in bg
> above 83 mg/dl causes an increase in insulin above
> baseline? My guess would
> be that someone did measurements at some point in the past
> that others are
> sourcing, but I can't find any specific references to
> the original source.
> 
> Have there been any measurements of hunter-gatherer blood
> glucose levels?
> 
> Also, since you've gotten your bg down below 90 via
> intermittent fasting,
> have you noticed any health improvements?
> 
> Thanks,
> Phil