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[Jon454]

Hello
I found out last week that I was pre diabetic.... New words have come into my life such as Hb1ac and many others,my Hb1ac was 44. I've had a few days to reflect and start to get my head around things. I've registered with the NHS diabetes prevention program so any additional advice, help and ideas from any of you good folks would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Pipp]

Hello @Jon454 , and welcome.

Pre-diabetes can be turned around and you can avoid progressing to full diabetes.

Lots of members here do well by reducing the carbohydrates in their diet.

Some useful info in the link below, but also have a read of forum posts and do ask questions.

Low carb in 60 seconds - Diet Doctor

What is low carb? 1. Eat real food 2. Avoid sugar and starch Why eat low carb? 1. Superior weight loss 2. Amazing health benefits …and more 3. Simple and natural How do you eat low carb? Food lists Simple recipes All recipes The right amount of carbs for you The fewer carbs,...

www.dietdoctor.com

 

[There is no Spoon]

Hi @Jon454,
The best advice I can give is keep a food diary for a couple of weeks to see how much sugar you are consuming the recommended amount is less than 9 spoonful's a day.

This is the best way to realistically see what it is your eating on average and be able to identify what simple changes you can make to stay under this target. I strongly recommend following this up with looking into the impact a low carb diet can have on helping you avoid slipping over the line in to full diabetes.

Personally I found this book inspirational The 8 week blood sugar Diet - by Dr Michael Mosley
(it took me about 12 weeks to revers my condition but I've always been a bit slow.)

 

[Tony337]

Hi and welcome.
Whilst i'm type 1 of 50 years i have a very simple way of looking at diabetes.
I walk around 18000 steps a day and this along with insulin and carb counting my last hba1c was 39.

Knowing what you are eating is a good place to start and i will use a simple banana as an example.....
NHS tell us they are good for you.
I say no they are not as i have to take quite alot of insulin to deal with one.
Tennis players eat them on court as its an instant spike of carbs therefor energy which a pre diabetic doesn't need.

I wish you well.

Tony

 

[KennyA]

Hello
I found out last week that I was pre diabetic.... New words have come into my life such as Hb1ac and many others,my Hb1ac was 44. I've had a few days to reflect and start to get my head around things. I've registered with the NHS diabetes prevention program so any additional advice, help and ideas from any of you good folks would be greatly appreciated.

Most non-diabetic people's blood glucose HbA1c is around 37/38. Top end of what the medical profession considers "normal" blood glucose is 41. The point I'm making is that with what's called "pre-diabetes" your blood gucose is already out of normal range.

The good news is that there is something you can do about it easily and quickly. Many of us have had huge success with a low carb approach. This means changing the approach to cereals, breads, root vegetables, sugars, fruits, pasta, rice etc which are very high in carbohydrate. This is because all carbohydrates, both starches and sugars, are digested to glucose. Glucose is what Type 2s have a problem with - and in my view the first step is to stop eating so much of it. I've found that I need to pretty much eliminate them from what I eat, and having been doing so for over six years now. I am usually on or about 20g carb/day. Others can manage with a higher level of carb in their diets.

My BG was normal in four months (from being 50 at diagnosis) and all my (pretty nasty) symptoms disappeared. Others have achieved much bigger reductions from much higher starting points.

One of the things I wish someone had told me at the beginning is that "everything you think you know about 'healthy eating' is wrong". We are all officially told to base our meals around carbohydrates. In my opinion that's no good at all for T2s and would almost certainly just make the condition worse.

The forum is an excellent resource. I'd advise having a read around and in particular the "success stories" section. Best of luck and questions are encouraged.

 

[Jon454]

Thank you for your reply and advice KennyA

 

[Jon454]

Hi and welcome.
Whilst i'm type 1 of 50 years i have a very simple way of looking at diabetes.
I walk around 18000 steps a day and this along with insulin and carb counting my last hba1c was 39.

Knowing what you are eating is a good place to start and i will use a simple banana as an example.....
NHS tell us they are good for you.
I say no they are not as i have to take quite alot of insulin to deal with one.
Tennis players eat them on court as its an instant spike of carbs therefor energy which a pre diabetic doesn't need.

I wish you well.

Tony

Thank you for your advice and wise words Tony much appreciated.

 

[Jon454]

Hi @Jon454,
The best advice I can give is keep a food diary for a couple of weeks to see how much sugar you are consuming the recommended amount is less than 9 spoonful's a day.

This is the best way to realistically see what it is your eating on average and be able to identify what simple changes you can make to stay under this target. I strongly recommend following this up with looking into the impact a low carb diet can have on helping you avoid slipping over the line in to full diabetes.

Personally I found this book inspirational The 8 week blood sugar Diet - by Dr Michael Mosley
(it took me about 12 weeks to revers my condition but I've always been a bit slow.)

Thank you There is no spoon I'll checkout that book.