My Grandmother struggled with diabetes for a very long time. I remember my Mom telling me that I may have it as well, and that scared the daylights out of me. I'm not one to just accept the reality of a lifetime of poking and testing if there's a better, or possibly a more natural way to approach this disease.
Hi makay1979,
Has your Blood Glucose been tested yet? The Hba1c test is the best because that is able to measure what your average Blood Glucose was over the last 1 to 3 months (so taking an average of the average, say 2 months).
Now here I am assuming that the type of diabetes your grandmother had is Type 2. This usually builds up over many years causing damage long before it is actually diagnosed - so the sooner the diagnosis the better!
Because the good news is that although not a 'cure', Type 2 Diabetes can be halted or reversed by dietary changes without the need for medication (conventional medication most usually makes Type 2 diabetes worse rather than better).
Now the bad news: In order to find out which foods cause a Blood Glucose spike, you have to monitor your Blood Glucose.
Most in this forum do that with a simple test Meter and test strips (one per test). We test before a meal and then either 1 or 2hrs after first bite. depending upon the reading (i.e. if high) they may well take another one hr later. Unfortunately for those who are 'needle phobic' the way to get a blood sample is by using a finger prick to get a drop of blood. This is done with a lancing device. So there is lots of that going on, though for us we ourselves are in control of it!
Remember that a few (of even few thousand finger pricks over decades) is much better than blindness or amputation, which can happen if Type 2 diabetes if ignored.