Hi
I have listed down below 5 areas to bring down BS and attempt to put into remission zone
Can you pls help prirotize based on your experienxe that causes maximum benefit to reducing BS by changing below parameter
1. Good Seep
2. Less Stress
3. LCHF
4. Medcines
5. Any form of physical activity like walking swimming yoga etc
6 reduction in wt...leading to healthy BMI
Any other you want to add
Would like to understand which causes maximum benefit and accordingly effott can be put in that priority.
Thanks
Kumar
What I discovered through my journey was I had to change my thinking, how I could get control of my glucose and the tools required to achieve this.
I changed my complete dietary intake, through trial and error, I had to stop eating food that causes the trigger to stop the over production of insulin.
I didn't really know how certain things would pan out. So I decided that I would use all the tests and blood testing results from my diary to get my balance of protein and fats.
I discovered walking was great for blood sugar levels after a meal.
I discovered that if I fasted, my body would not create hormones especially insulin.
I found out that eating the right balance, improved my health.
Before diagnosis I had issues with sleep deprivation, since my dietary changes, my sleep patterns have improved.
My weight was a big concern to my doctor and of course myself. Because of my dietary changes, I didn't need to do anything special that would let me lose weight, it happened anyway.
Meds, I have always maintained that if at first, dietary changes were doing nothing to bring down your Hba1c levels, meds might be needed to help you. But these meds have to be tailored to you and how food and how hormonal response is causing the imbalance in particular insulin and insulin resistance, and controlling the spikes. There are so many drugs for diabetes and they all do different things, getting the one that actually works is so important and vital to your health.
As you see what I did was a complete package of doing all you have listed above at the same time, because I found you couldn't you couldn't target one more than the other, the whole package delivers.
And you have to do this, it is individual, what works for me, probably won't work for you.
Unfortunately, stress is related to health issues, the less stressful your life, and obviously with the pandemic, how we live our lives and pressure on our lifestyles do cause issues with blood sugar levels.
I am currently on meds for anxiety and depression. I did have a very stressful job, which I did cope with but since, I had a breakdown and of course had an impact on my lifestyle.
Back under control now.
The only other thing missing is a food diary. My food diary goes back to 2012 and I learned a huge amount of how my blood levels were doing in response to the foods that didn't trigger the reaction.
So, you just cannot use any one of your list without the others.
Make a plan and stick to it, use all the tools that will help you get started with controlling your diabetes.
If you need advice on anything particular to your changes in lifestyle, do ask, there is a lot of great information on here.
Keep safe