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- Type of diabetes
- LADA
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- fear of diabetes complications
Hi ,
My 1st post so here we go.
I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago probably type 2 but my doctor says it could be 1.5!?? I am seeing the specialist in 2 weeks. my blood sugar reading was 23 at the time. My only symptom was urinating loads but I felt very well indeed. I now have it down to approx. 6.5 before food and between 8 and 11 after food. I am trying to see which foods make it spike. Can anyone help with the following questions please:-
1 Once I hit 10 on sugar levels I feel unsteady and not fully focused. I just do not feel well but do not have the classic symptoms of thirst etc. Is this common?
2 The only cereal that seems low on sugar is porridge. I go up from approx. 6 to 9 after eating. do you think porridge is the best cereal? if so with skimmed or full fat milk?
3 we have just made some brown bread using brown flour with 62.3g of carbs of which sugar is 1.7g per 100g. My sugar reading within goes up by at least 3 points getting me to around 10. We only use only 1 tablespoon full of sugar to make the yeast rise. Any advice on this or better ways of making our own bread in the machine would be most welcome
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4 I am concentrating on reducing all carb sugar to the minimum and am eating lots of vegetable's which grow above the ground. I am confused as to whether sweet potatoes and new potatoes are ok particularly as the sugar in standard potatoes is less than sweet potatoes!
Any advise would be great
thanks a lot
Mike
My 1st post so here we go.
I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago probably type 2 but my doctor says it could be 1.5!?? I am seeing the specialist in 2 weeks. my blood sugar reading was 23 at the time. My only symptom was urinating loads but I felt very well indeed. I now have it down to approx. 6.5 before food and between 8 and 11 after food. I am trying to see which foods make it spike. Can anyone help with the following questions please:-
1 Once I hit 10 on sugar levels I feel unsteady and not fully focused. I just do not feel well but do not have the classic symptoms of thirst etc. Is this common?
2 The only cereal that seems low on sugar is porridge. I go up from approx. 6 to 9 after eating. do you think porridge is the best cereal? if so with skimmed or full fat milk?
3 we have just made some brown bread using brown flour with 62.3g of carbs of which sugar is 1.7g per 100g. My sugar reading within goes up by at least 3 points getting me to around 10. We only use only 1 tablespoon full of sugar to make the yeast rise. Any advice on this or better ways of making our own bread in the machine would be most welcome
.
4 I am concentrating on reducing all carb sugar to the minimum and am eating lots of vegetable's which grow above the ground. I am confused as to whether sweet potatoes and new potatoes are ok particularly as the sugar in standard potatoes is less than sweet potatoes!
Any advise would be great
thanks a lot
Mike