Hello, I’m new to the forum and would like some advice on the following if anyone can help.
I’m 72, exercise regularly, fit, have a body fat reading of 20.9 which occasionally dips to 19.xx, and a BMI of 21.7. For the last few years I have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic with a blood glucose level of 45. Since receiving that diagnosis I changed my diet to substantially reduce white bread, pastries, chips, processed foods, desserts, chocolates, white carbs, biscuits, wine etc. to just occasional inclusion in my diet. Despite this I have just received my latest blood glucose reading and it was 48. I was advised that I am now classified as diabetic and need to reduce the reading; if I do not reduce it I will need to take medication.
I certainly would like to get it below the pre-diabetic level, and I definitely do not want to start on medication for it. My preferred way of handling this is to move to a 5:2 diet with calorie intake of 500 cal./day during the 2 day restricted diet. To do this by dieting, however, concerns me as most of the dieting plans seem to be focussed on people well in excess of a BMI of 25, and I’ve read that you need to be very careful about how you change your diet with a low body fat and BMI at the low end of the normal BMI range.
Has anyone had, or does anyone have a similar situation with relatively low body fat and low BMI, and tried the 5:2 diet and how did you get on with it? If not, what have you found as a successful way of reducing the blood glucose level back to below the pre diabetic level? Thanks for your help.
I’m 72, exercise regularly, fit, have a body fat reading of 20.9 which occasionally dips to 19.xx, and a BMI of 21.7. For the last few years I have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic with a blood glucose level of 45. Since receiving that diagnosis I changed my diet to substantially reduce white bread, pastries, chips, processed foods, desserts, chocolates, white carbs, biscuits, wine etc. to just occasional inclusion in my diet. Despite this I have just received my latest blood glucose reading and it was 48. I was advised that I am now classified as diabetic and need to reduce the reading; if I do not reduce it I will need to take medication.
I certainly would like to get it below the pre-diabetic level, and I definitely do not want to start on medication for it. My preferred way of handling this is to move to a 5:2 diet with calorie intake of 500 cal./day during the 2 day restricted diet. To do this by dieting, however, concerns me as most of the dieting plans seem to be focussed on people well in excess of a BMI of 25, and I’ve read that you need to be very careful about how you change your diet with a low body fat and BMI at the low end of the normal BMI range.
Has anyone had, or does anyone have a similar situation with relatively low body fat and low BMI, and tried the 5:2 diet and how did you get on with it? If not, what have you found as a successful way of reducing the blood glucose level back to below the pre diabetic level? Thanks for your help.
