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bladerfc said:
Had a look the info from my nurse the leaflet she has gave for diet is different I'm confused for example in the group to choose daily it has baked potatoes with skin on although the sheet does say produced in association with British hypertension society
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Poor advice, the NHS needs to catch up with Sweden.
 
There are some on here that followed the Nhs advice & ended up having to take insulin & suffered diabetic complications because of the poor advice, it's the real people on here that the Nhs should listen to on how to control the condition, those that live with it every day & go back with improved results & not suffering more from following their poor advice.
 
So the lhc diet you would recommend to try stick to this as best as I could sorry for asking what about stuff like chorizo?
 
bladerfc said:
So the lhc diet you would recommend to try stick to this as best as I could sorry for asking what about stuff like chorizo?
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Yes & chorizo is ok, with things like that look at the ingredients & if the 1st or 2nd thing is wheat starch stay clear unless your only having a small quantity.
You know I feel if more people opted to eat lchf or any other diet that restricts the intake of glucose forming substances the world in general would be far healthier, you only have to look at the health of countries like france, spain. Italy, greece & others to see the difference.
 
Remember your not diabetic so you only really need to cut back on what you were eating, small portions will go along way, but if you wish to adopt a lchf or other low glucose forming diet your health will benefit from it anyway.
 
The stuff I can eat meat fish all that stuff great I'm not a big fan of vegetables so a will need something to replace rice and bread
 
You should become a fan of vegetables. They are a necessary part of a healthy diet.
 
Veg is good & gives you many nutrients you need so if you can try to include these. As for rice I and many replace it with cauli rice.
Just vap a cauli in a blender till it's broken down to what looks like rice, then microwave & have instead of rice or fry with olive oil or coconut oil with a little garlic & use that. I think it tastes better than rice.
Bread try Burgen linseed & soya alot lower carbs than most other breads.
 
I can eat vegetables in soup like carrots and turnip I will try my best will cut out all the junk try stick to the diet best I can and see where it takes me in 6 months last question if I have alcohol is spirits the best and thanks very much for all the replys as I know a little more already and I am quite happy with some of the stuff I can eat til I'm content cheers again
 
bladerfc said:
I can eat vegetables in soup like carrots and turnip I will try my best will cut out all the junk try stick to the diet best I can and see where it takes me in 6 months last question if I have alcohol is spirits the best and thanks very much for all the replys as I know a little more already and I am quite happy with some of the stuff I can eat til I'm content cheers again
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Yes spirits are ok. It's beer, lager & such that's bad. Dry wines & cider are ok also.
So you could handle a good old whole stew then.
 
It will be a wrench letting the beer go probably part of the reason I'm in here ha ha surprised at wine and cider being ok but happy at same time cheers again mate
 
bladerfc said:
It will be a wrench letting the beer go probably part of the reason I'm in here ha ha surprised at wine and cider being ok but happy at same time cheers again mate
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Yes they have a low glycemic load but only dry as the sugar content is less.
 
Wishful thinking! Do you reckon if I cut back on rice bread potatoes and so on I do eat a lot of most of them for example if I had them in some form maybe 5 times in a week and cut it to 2 I've also stopped drinking diet fizzy juice and will watch sugar levels and carbs will it be enough to stop me becoming diabetic or will I need to throw myself into head first hope that makes sense
 
If you can do as you suggest & cut down on the portion size you may well be ok & your levels will fall back.
It's the amount & frequency that's one of the causes of the increase so watching what you eat will go along way to stopping your levels rising further.
 
It would seem that medical personnel will also look at your age, BMI and family history along with HbA1c.

I struggled to find any NHS guidelines but Diabetes UK have the following to say:-

Blood glucose targets
It is important that the blood glucose levels being aimed for are as near normal as possible (that is in the range of those of a person who does not have diabetes). These are:

  • 3.5–5.5mmol/l* before meals
  • less than 8mmol/l, two hours after meals.
There are many different opinions about the ideal range to aim for. As this is so individual to each person, the target levels must be agreed between the person and their diabetes team.

The target blood glucose ranges below are indicated as a guide.

Children with Type 1 diabetes (NICE 2004)
  • Before meals: 4–8mmol/l
  • Two hours after meals: less than 10mmol/l
Adults with Type 1 diabetes (NICE 2004)
  • Before meals: 4–7mmol/l
  • Two hours after meals: less than 9mmol/l
Type 2 diabetes (NICE 2008)
  • Before meals: 4–7mmol/l
  • Two hours after meals: less than 8.5mmol/l

This URL has a good converter http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html. As a %, mmol/l and mmol/mol. I hope you do better with all the different units, I'm having trouble, they don't make it easier do they. As has been suggested a change of carb input will help unless you're training for an olympic event like Steve Redgrave.
 
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Yep it's a struggle still kind of shocked always thinking the worse case scenario now all my other readings were fine like blood pressure and cholesterol and also know I can do better now diet wise but read on other sites it's likely to lead to diabetes which freaks me out especially at 32 with 2 young kids!
 
bladerfc said:
Yep it's a struggle still kind of shocked always thinking the worse case scenario now all my other readings were fine like blood pressure and cholesterol and also know I can do better now diet wise but read on other sites it's likely to lead to diabetes which freaks me out especially at 32 with 2 young kids!
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Your lucky as you have been told well b4 you hit the 48 hbA1c reading, most of us never got a warning as you have, so the right changes & all will be fine.
 
Quiller said:
Just seen your latest post. Yes, 43 would make more sense, but even that is classified as pre-diabetic (I think).
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Yes, that would be pre-diabetic. But it's not normal. In other words, you do need to do something.
 
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