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<blockquote data-quote="CaroleHumphreys" data-source="post: 619311" data-attributes="member: 124727"><p>Hi Loobles! Thanks for the feedback. I am genuinely at a loss about what I can eat with no nightime production of insulin to counter the food I need to consume. I know it needs to be low salt, low carb, and sugar free. I've not heard of the LCHF way of eating and can only guess it might stand for low carb (or calorie) high fibre - I do high fibre anyway and generally eat healthily when not working as I'm a vegetarian.</p><p>I did follow a macrobiotic diet for six months in the 90s - that really suited me; although it was a big effort to keep up.</p><p></p><p>One thing I did do when I arrived home following work today, was to cook a big saucepan of brown rice and made a healthy vegetable-filled curry. I've divided it up into a number of small tupperware containers for taking into work - I thought that might be a better alternative to the pot noodles I live on at work.. I actually found cooking at this time quite therapeutic after the night shift</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if fruit is a safe choice on nights, due to the natural sugars some contain?</p><p></p><p>Re the question you posed: "What do YOU think you can do? If it was me who posted this, what would YOUR advice have been? I'm a big believer in the answer being within ourselves." - My reply would be for you to seek answers about the implications of having no nightime production of insulin: is it safe to eat at this time? Or will anything you eat lead to further weight gain as a consequence? - This is why I asked advice from the GP; I don't have the medical knowledge. If I were diabetic (rather than prediabetic), I'd be on insulin in tablet form (or by injection), and I would feel more confident that my body could handle what I would need to eat on nights.</p><p></p><p>The macrobiotic diet I used to follow gave me loads of energy and lead to weight loss too at that time, so this may be a way forward for me. And who knows, I might start tackling those long walks also <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaroleHumphreys, post: 619311, member: 124727"] Hi Loobles! Thanks for the feedback. I am genuinely at a loss about what I can eat with no nightime production of insulin to counter the food I need to consume. I know it needs to be low salt, low carb, and sugar free. I've not heard of the LCHF way of eating and can only guess it might stand for low carb (or calorie) high fibre - I do high fibre anyway and generally eat healthily when not working as I'm a vegetarian. I did follow a macrobiotic diet for six months in the 90s - that really suited me; although it was a big effort to keep up. One thing I did do when I arrived home following work today, was to cook a big saucepan of brown rice and made a healthy vegetable-filled curry. I've divided it up into a number of small tupperware containers for taking into work - I thought that might be a better alternative to the pot noodles I live on at work.. I actually found cooking at this time quite therapeutic after the night shift I'm wondering if fruit is a safe choice on nights, due to the natural sugars some contain? Re the question you posed: "What do YOU think you can do? If it was me who posted this, what would YOUR advice have been? I'm a big believer in the answer being within ourselves." - My reply would be for you to seek answers about the implications of having no nightime production of insulin: is it safe to eat at this time? Or will anything you eat lead to further weight gain as a consequence? - This is why I asked advice from the GP; I don't have the medical knowledge. If I were diabetic (rather than prediabetic), I'd be on insulin in tablet form (or by injection), and I would feel more confident that my body could handle what I would need to eat on nights. The macrobiotic diet I used to follow gave me loads of energy and lead to weight loss too at that time, so this may be a way forward for me. And who knows, I might start tackling those long walks also :) [/QUOTE]
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