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- Type of diabetes
- Family member
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Husband is the diabetic, type 2 diagnosed in 2009. No meds, diet only. It took ages for him to accept this illness and I have posted a lot asking for support - I'm sorry about that, not meaning to whine. But things seem to be going downhill re his BG readings, and we can't understand why. He thinks now it's his age - he is 70. He feels like he's finished, and can't eat anything, etc etc - I'm sure many of you have been there eh.
First Q - I know we're told that diabetes is a progressive disease - but is that true?
Secondly - what's best for us, low carb or low cal? He has been on LCHF loosely based on Bernstein (because I like and can cope with Bernstein recipes) - but its not working any more. I got the 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet book - and in the whole of the **** book there is only a handful of recipes suitable for us. It's full of stuff that I've never heard of and don't fancy eating. Maybe that's a fault but it is what it is - and I can't cope with new stuff now, after 50 years. Feta/hummus/chickpeas is like a foreign language and I know I'll just get stressed as hell with it and he wont eat the bloody stuff anyway!
Would a Newcastle Diet type of thing be worth trying? On around 800 cals? He isn't overweight at all. I've been in tears already this morning because I'm scared he is starving and it's my fault, so I won't do anything without your advice.
His morning BS has crept up from constant 5s to the 6s and whatever we do it won't go any lower. I realise this isn't bad as such but he's gettign stressed as hell wondering why it's happening and how to stop it.
First Q - I know we're told that diabetes is a progressive disease - but is that true?
Secondly - what's best for us, low carb or low cal? He has been on LCHF loosely based on Bernstein (because I like and can cope with Bernstein recipes) - but its not working any more. I got the 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet book - and in the whole of the **** book there is only a handful of recipes suitable for us. It's full of stuff that I've never heard of and don't fancy eating. Maybe that's a fault but it is what it is - and I can't cope with new stuff now, after 50 years. Feta/hummus/chickpeas is like a foreign language and I know I'll just get stressed as hell with it and he wont eat the bloody stuff anyway!
Would a Newcastle Diet type of thing be worth trying? On around 800 cals? He isn't overweight at all. I've been in tears already this morning because I'm scared he is starving and it's my fault, so I won't do anything without your advice.
His morning BS has crept up from constant 5s to the 6s and whatever we do it won't go any lower. I realise this isn't bad as such but he's gettign stressed as hell wondering why it's happening and how to stop it.