The only proper way to check for diabetes/pre-diabetes is HbA1c (Hemoglobin A1Cas) as the fasted blood test doesn't tell you everything (read up on Fasting blood sugars vs. Hba1c). If you were inactive, obese and ate junk food then I would be worried about pre-diabetes/diabetes.
Did your doctor check for any vitamin deficiencies? Most people have a yearly MOT or health checkup. I would not go 5 years or 10 years without a checkup but I wouldn't be getting one every month.
What is your rational for eating fruits (high in sugar) and staying away from low GI carbs? Carbs are an important source of vitamins & minerals as well as providing energy. Look up the Glycemic Index of foods, don't be an anti-carb Nazi for no good reason.
300mg of caffeine sounds overkill. I have decaf and the occasional regular coffee and have no sleeping issues. When I used to take tonnes of coffee, then after the inevitable crash, falling asleep was a nightmare.
Some of these problems can be avoided by not being anxious about health problems, eating sensibly and exercising properly.
Thanks!
The caffiene is not every day- infact I don't really have caffiene at all- maybe one can of coke a week if that, its just last week the tierdness got to me and I started taking caffiene, realised I needed more and more to get an effect and lost sleep...vicious cycle I am just coming to the end of now! But caffiene doesn't normally exist in my diet- besides half a cup of green tea in the morning (don't really like it much but don't like black tea no milk and hate all the milk substitues...) apparently there is less caffiene in green tea then coffee anyhow.
The reason I don't do carbs is that I used to have a very sevear eating disorder. I was both anorexic and bulimic and ALL I used to binge-vomit on were carbs, nothing else. Its just now build up in my mind, I eat carbs, I will eat too much (on past experience of trying to add them in, I do binge or eat too fast when I eat them- its as if I've build some sort of a kneee-jerk reaction to them now!) I also find they slow me down.
I did have a test for gluten intolerance as I find that the carbs I do eat (30g of porridge oats in the morning) I find I break into a sweat about 20 mins later. I could be sitting in front of the computer, on a walk to the train or packing my bag for the day and suddenly...I need to change my top as its soaked! I was told the test was fine for gluten but then told by another medic it may not have worked if I don't eat gluten in the first place- not sure what to think but doctor doesn't think I have any gluten issues.
Doctor did check for vitamin issues- I have very high folic acid and vitamin A/beta caraten due to all the fresh fruit, green veg and tomatos that I eat. Its been that way for about 10 years now, my hands and feet are very yellow! Am and have been trying to cut back and although its hard work, its happening slowly. (I eat alot as aside from my 70-100g worth of protein a day its the bulk of what I eat).
No other vitamin issues the doctor said- but then I had a gasteroentreologist appointment (stomach issues and I didn't buy it when I was told IBS, I don't believe in IBS, I think IBS is just a doctors way of saying "hands up, I don't know but don't want to look incompetant so will give you a genralised stomach/bowl diagnosis which is untreatable"...) anyhow, the gastrentreologist told me my blood test showed high white blood cell count (it always does for some reason) and low calcium levels.
Will ask about the HbA1c but never had the fasting blood test at all.
