Ah I see, hypos are low sugar? Sorry I really am a newbie
It's no fun finding out that all the things you love to eat and drink are probably spiking your blood sugar now if you are prediabetic. If you want a quick way to tick off the boxes, make a list of all the things you would like to eat and drink (like Lucozade) that you aren't sure about and people here can help let you know if they are likely to give you a big spike so you know to avoid them or have just them in small amounts.
It's good to have a list of "safe" foods that you can just eat without worrying that it's really spiking your blood sugar. There are different ways to approach your new way of eating. I decided to reduce carbohydrates to a minimum but still allow small amounts here and there. It's probably keeping my blood sugar at bay for now but the more you let the carbs creep back in, the sooner you'll creep towards full blown diabetes.
So, as long as you are not overeating, snacking and combining carbs and fats, you can eat things like this and it won't spike your blood sugar too much (test and see for yourself of course):
GOOD
Fresh meat of any kind. - Steaks, pork belly, roasts, chicken, fresh or tinned fish.
BEWARE of sausages, which often have cereals added, and bacon and ham, which can have small amounts of sugar. You can still eat those though but just count it as some carbs for that meal.
BAD: Meat pies, on the other hand, is something to be very careful of - I had one once and it spiked me to 10mmol at the one hour mark. I guess it was the pastry but there may have been a lot of flour in the gravy too.
GOOD
Most vegetables are okay BUT potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, brussel spouts and a few others can have a lot of carbs so if I make a roast, I will have 1/2 to one small potato only if I don't want to worry. Instead of lots of potatoes, I eat all the yummy fat on the meat - that does nothing much to the blood sugar.
So out of those two categories, meat and vegetables, you can base most of your meals around that and know that you aren't hurting your blood sugar too much. But always test before and 2 hours after (even 1 hour after as well to see the spike) and then you'll know for sure.
Other things that can make GOOD safe snacks in moderate amounts would be things like cheese and nuts. Just don't have the beer with those
BAD
As for everything else on the supermarket shelf, it was probably made with wheat, corn or some other grain, plus a load of white sugar and vegetable oil. Think bread, pastries, chips, biscuits, breakfast cereals, and anything else that seems convenient. None of that will do your blood sugar any good. So if you have to eat some, try to have 1/4 of what you would have had normally, and make an effort to kiss them goodbye to a great extent. It's sad but grains are what is fed to farm animals to fatten them up before slaughter, and grains are fed to humans in the way of processed foods, and guess what they do to us? Fatten us up and give us diabetes... Once you can accept that fact, you will start to look at foods in the supermarket differently. It's a head shift that's worth making early so you can preserve your health longer.
BAD...
And fruit is a strange one. You think it gives you vitamins, but it also gives you a massive blood sugar spike, especially if you drink fruit juice! The only GOOD fruits you can eat small amounts of without major consequence are the berries - strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Otherwise, if you want to eat fruit, eat 1/4 to 1/2 a piece at one meal. And don't have too many other carbs at the same time.
But luckily there are plenty of yummy things you can still eat in the meat, vegetables, nuts, dairy categories.
Dairy foods, like milk, can give you a small rise. Cream, because it's high fat, won't spike your blood sugar much. So some like to have cream in their coffee to know there's no spikes happening.
As far as other drinks go, like Lucozade, the only drinks I have and know they are fairly safe are: water, tea with a bit of milk, coffee with cream, coconut water (about the same amount of carbs as milk), wine sometimes.
I haven't drunk soft drink for 20 years so that wasn't one I had to quit, but fruit juice I used to love, now I don't have it anymore.
What would you normally be eating for each of your meals? Let us know and we can give you some advice about what might be causing a spike for you.
Good luck!
