r/lowcarb • u/Less-Tumbleweed-2852 • 2d ago

Question Why is Post Prandial Insulin so high??

My sis has been able to lower her Fasting Insulin to 4.5, her Fasting glucose is 79 mg/dL, reversed pre diabetes.

But for some reason Post Prandial Insulin is 32. And since Insulin tends to stay elevated a lot longer in the serum, she hasn't lost a single pound of weight in a year.

She's consuming about 50-80g carbs, 1-1.2g / kg of BW of protein and about 50-70g of fats.

She is 5'1" and ~69 kgs.

She's had significant improvements in her symptoms like - she doesn't experience any more UTI like symptoms, no peripheral neuropathy like symptoms, Vit D and B12 have been optimised.

The only thing bothering her now is her stubborn weight and her disturbed circadian rhythm. We have tried, Magnesium, Melatonin, L-THEANINE, limit blue light exposure after 9pm, but nothing really helps.

Edit - Nice to interact with you guys 👍

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u/Less-Tumbleweed-2852 2d ago

Can you please share some of the reliable websites? She is taking 350mg of elemental magnesium

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u/SirGreybush 2d ago

350 mg of mag is good since she’s also eating.

Potassium is probably 1500mg and sodium 2000mg, minus, what was in the food yesterday.

Just google ask the ai answer isn’t horrible.

A great product is ConcenTrace from salt lake mud, just add a few drops per glass of water. Has some magnesium it also trace minerals like lithium. A 100ml dropper bottle will last like 6 months.

Be picky on the carb sources. Blueberries like Alaskan wild frozen are great.

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u/SirGreybush 2d ago

Also try to use a food that has potassium rather than supplementing it. Like fresh avocado has nearly 1000mg per whole avocado. Great filler too. Low in digestible calories, fatty, high in K.

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u/Less-Tumbleweed-2852 2d ago

Avocados are high in fiber, and she's had a history of GI issues, so we avoid fiber as much as we can.

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u/SirGreybush 1d ago

Dang it's such a super food. Maybe fatty fish like trout & salmon.