I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic in July with fasting blood sugar level at 18.5 , Hba1c was 75 mmol.
I was put on Metformin. I read Dr Cavan's book and was inspired to go as low carb as possible to beat this "beast". I have been on very strict diet with no intake of potatoes, bread, fruit,pasta , sugar or rice . I have mainly taken only green veg or above ground growing veg or salads with eggs , meat, queen or fish. My snack has been nuts. I have not been so great with exercise. I have lost 3 stones and my HbA1c was last week 35 mmol. I feel great . One thing that has kept me going has been monitoring daily my sugars and seeing them coming down. If I take more than 2dl milk in a day, my sugars go up. If I have a meal in restaurant with my usual restrictions excepting what ever sauce came with it, my sugars go up .
I have 2 questions:
1) When can I stop taking Metformin and carry on diet control? Too soon now?
2) curiously in last 2 weeks I have let myself have a few exceptions to my diet .I had twice wild rice mixed with basmati and on both occasions the next morning my sugars where actually better than on days before. In fact this morning I was hypoglycaemic! Does this mean I SHOULD eat wild/brown rice in moderation?
I was put on Metformin. I read Dr Cavan's book and was inspired to go as low carb as possible to beat this "beast". I have been on very strict diet with no intake of potatoes, bread, fruit,pasta , sugar or rice . I have mainly taken only green veg or above ground growing veg or salads with eggs , meat, queen or fish. My snack has been nuts. I have not been so great with exercise. I have lost 3 stones and my HbA1c was last week 35 mmol. I feel great . One thing that has kept me going has been monitoring daily my sugars and seeing them coming down. If I take more than 2dl milk in a day, my sugars go up. If I have a meal in restaurant with my usual restrictions excepting what ever sauce came with it, my sugars go up .
I have 2 questions:
1) When can I stop taking Metformin and carry on diet control? Too soon now?
2) curiously in last 2 weeks I have let myself have a few exceptions to my diet .I had twice wild rice mixed with basmati and on both occasions the next morning my sugars where actually better than on days before. In fact this morning I was hypoglycaemic! Does this mean I SHOULD eat wild/brown rice in moderation?