Welcome to the forum SarahEn,
Great place to start Is usng this forum and yes, its normal to receive conflicting advice amongst the medical professionals.
Congratulations that you bought a meter, I was going to suggest in purchasing one.
Testing lets you know which foods have an effect on your glucose levels and eat to the meter, the fun begins.
The blood sugar diet only kickstarts the system quickly, losing weight, only for short term. It needs to be replaced by something more sustainable for decades to come, as suggested. Lc/HF or keto. Both achieve the same goal without using the crash diets.
The HCA is right about the metformin, it can be done without that medication, its unnecessary, your A1c is only 53, its only over the border, simply dropping carbs would drop it down, without having to suffer crash diets.
Mine was 53, I simply did lchf, reduced to 48, increased my physical activity, even though iWork in a physical environment. 6 yrs on its now 36. Shows how sustainable it is.
I'm not familiar with Thai foods, however follow the advice others who are, sounds fab. Drop carbs, starchy foods and fruit, replace with green veg or salads. Meat and fish can't go wrong.
Good look, but have a think about dropping metformin.
Great place to start Is usng this forum and yes, its normal to receive conflicting advice amongst the medical professionals.
Congratulations that you bought a meter, I was going to suggest in purchasing one.
Testing lets you know which foods have an effect on your glucose levels and eat to the meter, the fun begins.
The blood sugar diet only kickstarts the system quickly, losing weight, only for short term. It needs to be replaced by something more sustainable for decades to come, as suggested. Lc/HF or keto. Both achieve the same goal without using the crash diets.
The HCA is right about the metformin, it can be done without that medication, its unnecessary, your A1c is only 53, its only over the border, simply dropping carbs would drop it down, without having to suffer crash diets.
Mine was 53, I simply did lchf, reduced to 48, increased my physical activity, even though iWork in a physical environment. 6 yrs on its now 36. Shows how sustainable it is.
I'm not familiar with Thai foods, however follow the advice others who are, sounds fab. Drop carbs, starchy foods and fruit, replace with green veg or salads. Meat and fish can't go wrong.
Good look, but have a think about dropping metformin.