I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and saw diabetic nurse for first time today. After reading a lot on the forum I pretty much expected very little. Glucose testing not required. Lose weight (have lost 4kg). No real advice given. Asked for a diet sheet. It was published in 2003!
Going to largely ignore the advice to reduce fats and eat healthy cereals such as weetabix, or have 3 pieces of fruit a day. Probably won’t swap choc digestives for hobnobs either. I was also interested to see that if you are not an overweight diabetic, you should increase starchy foods at a meal. Oh and white pasta and rice are fine.
Going to stick to my lowish carb (about 100g a day ) highish fat diet as it certainly seems to be working. Weight coming off and bloods spiking less.
What are other counties giving as dietary advice I wonder?
Going to largely ignore the advice to reduce fats and eat healthy cereals such as weetabix, or have 3 pieces of fruit a day. Probably won’t swap choc digestives for hobnobs either. I was also interested to see that if you are not an overweight diabetic, you should increase starchy foods at a meal. Oh and white pasta and rice are fine.
Going to stick to my lowish carb (about 100g a day ) highish fat diet as it certainly seems to be working. Weight coming off and bloods spiking less.
What are other counties giving as dietary advice I wonder?