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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I've googled but nothing has struck me so far. I thought I'd ask.
After a "you're now diabetic" 76mmol/L HbA1c warning at an annual checkup I'm two weeks into 800cal;20g carbs a day with a vitamin and mineral supplement and it's fine so far. Once I get my BMI down from 30 to 23 I'm not sure how to get off the regime when my target BMI is reached.
Do I increase calories to maintain that BMI but keep the carbs at 20g?
Or do I just limit the calories and ignore the ingredients?
I bought a blood glucose monitor this week and all the readings on waking are 5.x so I assume I'm going to bring the HbA1c reading into an acceptable range when I next get tested in March. If that's a result of the 20g carb restriction, must I keep to it indefinitely?
After a "you're now diabetic" 76mmol/L HbA1c warning at an annual checkup I'm two weeks into 800cal;20g carbs a day with a vitamin and mineral supplement and it's fine so far. Once I get my BMI down from 30 to 23 I'm not sure how to get off the regime when my target BMI is reached.
Do I increase calories to maintain that BMI but keep the carbs at 20g?
Or do I just limit the calories and ignore the ingredients?
I bought a blood glucose monitor this week and all the readings on waking are 5.x so I assume I'm going to bring the HbA1c reading into an acceptable range when I next get tested in March. If that's a result of the 20g carb restriction, must I keep to it indefinitely?