Hi. I was diagnosed over 5 yrs ago T2. I was send on a diabetes course they tell you to eat a healthy normal diet and give you pointers. Usually your GP refers you on diagnosis. I have been lucky to keep my hba1c between 46 and 50 on diet alone. I have had a stressful 6 months my last readings were 65 So have been put on Jardinine (I think it's called) with the hope of getting back to 46. I'm under the Intermediate Diabetic Dietitan. For breakfast I have 40g of porridge or bran with yoghurt and fruit. Have now reduced to 30g as trying to lose weight. I have sour dough bread 2 slices with meat/fish/cheese/eggs/salad and dinner I have 60g of uncooked rice, pasta 4 new potatoes with skins on with veg/chicken/fish. Having carbs is not a prob to the specialist team I see. Perhaps save getting conflicting advice for you personally you should ask you diabetes nurse/GP to send you on course or dietitian for right advice for you to manage yr condition.
I am sorry Karen but I would never give this advice to any newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic.
They used to believe most of us would get worse over time, often ending up on insulin. More recent research showed this is not true if we adopt low carb or 'very low calorie' instead. Very low calorie can only be done under strict medical supervision but low carb is available for all or us, and with a suitable low carb diet many newly diagnosed diabetics can get into remission (ie blood glucose down into the normal range) and others can often reduce medication and improve their longer term risks.
Many diabetic nurses, and GPs have not caught up with this even though officially the NHS supports low carb eating for type 2 diabetes.
The Dietitians are working to older guidelines, such as the Eatwell guide that was designed for people without diabetes.
I've been low carb for over a year and all my blood tests for the last 10 months have been within normal. And contrary to the old ideas, I also lowered my cholesterol and triglycerides into the normal range without drugs on a low carb, higher fat diet.
I never eat rice, pasta, ordinary bread, oat porridge, etc.