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Hi all,
Relatively newly diagnosed here, trying to use only diet and exercise to keep diabetes in check. My first week before I got my glucose monitor I was testing at around 101 -104 range for my fasting glucose because I was mostly eating protein shakes and salads. Once I got my meter and tested other foods I added them to my repertoire so long as they were low carb no/low sugar and agreed with me. I found a way to curb my sweet tooth by having coffee after my dinner, before bed. I used soy creamer 1g. carb per 2 tspn and 2 monk in the fruit packets 0 carb and top it off with a little whipped cream 1g. per tspn and cinnamon. I noticed in the morning my fasting glucose would be around 131 - 135 even though I exercised at night too. Yesterday I decided to start my day with a coffee and skip it at night and my fasting this morning was 115 -- I did not exercise at all yesterday. After reading about coffee I saw many articles about how it was good at warding off Type 2, but that once you had Type 2 it had an adverse effect. My doctor told me drinking coffee was fine as long as I didn't make it a sugar cocktail. Does anyone have a similar experience with coffee? I haven't tried switching to decaf to see if that changes things...hmmm..very curious.
Relatively newly diagnosed here, trying to use only diet and exercise to keep diabetes in check. My first week before I got my glucose monitor I was testing at around 101 -104 range for my fasting glucose because I was mostly eating protein shakes and salads. Once I got my meter and tested other foods I added them to my repertoire so long as they were low carb no/low sugar and agreed with me. I found a way to curb my sweet tooth by having coffee after my dinner, before bed. I used soy creamer 1g. carb per 2 tspn and 2 monk in the fruit packets 0 carb and top it off with a little whipped cream 1g. per tspn and cinnamon. I noticed in the morning my fasting glucose would be around 131 - 135 even though I exercised at night too. Yesterday I decided to start my day with a coffee and skip it at night and my fasting this morning was 115 -- I did not exercise at all yesterday. After reading about coffee I saw many articles about how it was good at warding off Type 2, but that once you had Type 2 it had an adverse effect. My doctor told me drinking coffee was fine as long as I didn't make it a sugar cocktail. Does anyone have a similar experience with coffee? I haven't tried switching to decaf to see if that changes things...hmmm..very curious.