A recent trip to the docs had me diagnosed as hypertensive, with a cholesterol level that's off the charts and borderline diabetic. So I signed up here to find help managing my blood sugar to avoid getting full blown diabetes (which the doc said could happen at any time). I've been researching the best way to manage all 3 conditions but the dietary advice is so contradictory I'm completely lost. So many sites say I should go on a low fat diet for my cholesterol, but I've been reading here that LCHF is a great way to manage both blood sugar and cholesterol. And then I read that low carb could be problematic for people with hypertension! The one constant is that I should be exercising 5 days a week (ha!).
I also read that in the UK a fasting glucose count of 5.6 mmol/L (which is what I have) is not considered pre-diabetic, but elsewhere it is.
I'm so confused!!
Basically I want to address all of these concerns as quickly as possible and I'm trying to find the best way to achieve that. I've been prescribed BP meds and statins which I'm taking but I really don't want to be on them for any longer than absolutely necessary. I know this is a diabetes forum and I may not even be considered pre diabetic (so maybe you'll all chase me with pitchforks and run me out of town), but any advice would be hugely appreciated.
P.S. A bit of family history - my dad is T2 and recently had a triple heart bypass at the age of 60, and I definitely inherited his genes.
P.P.S. I was kidding about the pitchforks
I also read that in the UK a fasting glucose count of 5.6 mmol/L (which is what I have) is not considered pre-diabetic, but elsewhere it is.
I'm so confused!!
Basically I want to address all of these concerns as quickly as possible and I'm trying to find the best way to achieve that. I've been prescribed BP meds and statins which I'm taking but I really don't want to be on them for any longer than absolutely necessary. I know this is a diabetes forum and I may not even be considered pre diabetic (so maybe you'll all chase me with pitchforks and run me out of town), but any advice would be hugely appreciated.
P.S. A bit of family history - my dad is T2 and recently had a triple heart bypass at the age of 60, and I definitely inherited his genes.
P.P.S. I was kidding about the pitchforks