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[jayney]

just done another test had dinner at 7pm done the test at 9.30 back down to 6.5 is this ok.

[jayney]

Trying to understand all the jargon but how do you get your hba1c readings i think thats what its called dont even know what it is and do you get your cholesteral tests done at the doctors.

[volorg]

Hi newby, it is all a bit overwhelming and confusing in the first few months. If they are not scaring you with possible complications, its blinding you with numbers!

Your GP will sort out the Hbac1 test - it usually consists of a urine and blood test and an annual eye test. When I was disagnosed I was initially put on 3 month checks which then dropped down to once every six months and then once a year.

I was like you when diagnosed, cut everything bad out and worried about everything I ate and my sugars. I don't test every day as I am no longer on medication which gives me hypos. I go by my blood test results, the most recent was 7.1. My doc was very happy with this, although it has been lower in the past.

Its very easy for me to say, but I think its about finding the right balance between living well and being healthy. I would echo what others have said about researching different ways of eating to help your diabetes and testing them out. I have gone from a GI approach - little and often, low sugar, low fat - to the swedish diet which is low carb/high fat. It is about what works for you.

Hope this helps and good luck.

All the best
Jane

[Grazer]

Jayney, the 6.5 was great. Your earlier high of 9 would almost certainly be down to the mash - worst way to have potatoes I find as it releases the starches. A couple of small boiled NEW potatos are better. The tests you do measure your blood sugars at the time. The HbA1C looks at the average of your sugars over the previous few months. The test will be done at the doctors or a clinic at a hospital. It's a simple blood test. They'll probably check your cholesterol at the same time. Just keep checking how different foods affect you 2 hours after eating and cutting out the bad ones. Your doing great with readings at 6.5!

[the east man]

hi everyone bit worried tonight done my test before dinner results were 6.2, i had dinner done another test and the results were 9.0 dinner was boiled bacon. small spoon of mash green beans and carrots i also had today a muller light yogurt, 2x ryvitas with philidelfia and an apple, my breakfast was a bowl of fruit and fibre, where have i gone wrong.

As diabetics our bodies dont really like carbs, and although what youve ate seems healthy just check out the carbs in your yougurt, ryvitas and you fruit and fibre breakfast. ( it should be no more than 5grms of carbs per 100 grams) Also some of us cant eat much fruit, so that could be affecting your BG levels. like volorg I'm now on a LCHF diet, and it really is working for me, but none of us or exactly the same, it really is trial and error for the first few months, and if you can test, test, test,

[jayney]

any ideas on savory snacks between meals, its not often i want them but struggle a bit between 11am and 1pm and then between 3pm and 6pm dinner time. Thanx

[volorg]

How about a couple of oat cakes or ryvita with houmous, olives, handful of nuts (almonds or walnuts are good)

[jayney]

evening everyone bit worried tonight i only had an apple and 2 shredded wheat for lunch and have been sipping some diet coke mybloods were 9.5 is it the coke.

[Grazer]

Diet coke shouldn't raise your BG. It's got zero carbs.

[jayney]

what do you think could have caused it ?

[borofergie]

2 shreaded wheat and an apple.

2 Shreaded Wheat = 40g of Carbs
2 cups of semi-skimmed milk = 20g of carbs
1 medium apple = 25g of carbs

85g of carbs in a single meal would probably spike most T2s. That's more that I eat in a day...

You are doing the right thing by testing, now you know that shreaded wheat are probably not for you.

[catherinecherub]

Hi,
Depending on the size of the apple the carbs will vary.

http://www.diabetesnet.com/food-diabete ... -challenge

The shredded wheat are quite carby too. I think an average portion is getting on for 40g.
There is nothing to offset the amount of carbs in your meal like some protein or some good fats to slow down the digestion so the carbs will be absorbed quickly. The whole meal is high in carbs.

What you also have to bear in mind is that whilst these foods may spike you, they may be perfectly alright for someone else. If there was a blueprint then we could all eat the same things and it would be so easy. You need to keep a food diary and try and see a pattern emerging when you eat so that you can eliminate or have smaller portions of the things that cause a spike and make sure that your meals are balanced.

[Grazer]

Another thing; what was your BG BEFORE you ate? Was it already high before, in which case the RISE in sugar may not have been too much. In the early days, it helps to test just before you eat as well as 2 hours after to see the difference.

[jayney]

do all fruits have carbs

[jayney]

and what about cereals porriage seems to be ok for me, but i get fed up.