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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1578252" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>Are you taking any medication for diabetes?</p><p>Do you know what your HbA1c score was?</p><p>What sort of levels are you seeing 2 hours post meal?</p><p></p><p>Snacking is not necessary at all, in fact if you aren't normally a snacker there is no reason to start. Every time we eat we get an insulin response from our pancreas, so the more frequently we eat the more our pancreas has to work. It is best to give it a good rest between meals, and time to recover. Also, if we eat any carbs in these snacks our glucose levels will rise, which may mean they are higher than normal next time we have a meal, and this will then impact on the post meal levels.</p><p></p><p>If you need to snack it is wise to have something that contains very little carbohydrate, such as a few nuts, pork scratchings if you like them, a piece of avocado, even a hard boiled egg. I have never been a snacker, but on the odd rare occasion I feel the need I just have a cup of tea or a decaf coffee with some double cream.</p><p></p><p>I'll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] because she has some very useful information for newcomers. Have a good read round and ask any questions you like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1578252, member: 94045"] Hi and welcome, Are you taking any medication for diabetes? Do you know what your HbA1c score was? What sort of levels are you seeing 2 hours post meal? Snacking is not necessary at all, in fact if you aren't normally a snacker there is no reason to start. Every time we eat we get an insulin response from our pancreas, so the more frequently we eat the more our pancreas has to work. It is best to give it a good rest between meals, and time to recover. Also, if we eat any carbs in these snacks our glucose levels will rise, which may mean they are higher than normal next time we have a meal, and this will then impact on the post meal levels. If you need to snack it is wise to have something that contains very little carbohydrate, such as a few nuts, pork scratchings if you like them, a piece of avocado, even a hard boiled egg. I have never been a snacker, but on the odd rare occasion I feel the need I just have a cup of tea or a decaf coffee with some double cream. I'll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] because she has some very useful information for newcomers. Have a good read round and ask any questions you like. [/QUOTE]
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