I would really like some help please. I’ve just been diagnosed with pre diabetes. I’m so confused as to what diet is best. Obviously I’ve not been that good with my diet. I thought I was doing ok choosing no fried food and everything low fat but I guess not. I now understand not all low fat is good for you. I did go to my doctor who was little to no use at all. Intermittent fasting is all he suggested which is ok and I’m able to do that but what about the rest of my diet? I really cannot choose between keto and low gi. The thought of all that fat doesn’t appeal to me although I get I’ve probably ate vast quantities of fat in all the wrong choices I have made. I’m 16 stone and for 5”3 I feel really ill and older than my age by years. I no longer want to be like this. Any help please?
https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html <-- have a read, though I hope you already have after
@HSSS 's linking, and
@xfieldok , thanks for tagging me in. But anyway, all in all, the food you're having isn't just bland, it's also bad for your blood sugars. Rice and oats... Oh my. This is why it's good to have a meter of your own, so you can actually see what certain foods do to you. So... Step away from the stuff that is spiking your bloodsugars (
and leaving you hungry), and get to the tasty stuff that won't try to do damage. And you can step away from the intermittent fasting too, if it doesn't agree with you. I mean, heck, you're prediabetic... No need to go that far just yet. I mean, you can if you want to, but if it makes you miserable... No need.
You don't need "extra" fats either. Just have full fat products, with the stuff that's originally in there, and you'll get enough to keep you both satiated and nourished. Eggs, full fat greek yoghurt, avocado's, good mayo, proper butter rather than (over processed) margerine, hard cheeses (sooooo many ecellent cheeses!), bacon and other meats, poultry, "fatty" fish like salmon, sardines and tuna.... You're not required to eat lumps of butter every day. It's not as daunting as you might think, and certainly a lot more tasty than the cardboard you've been sentencing yourself to.
LCHF... It works.
Good luck avoiding T2 altogether! It is quite do-able, you know.
Jo