diet

Hi guys i am T1 diabetic I recently started weight lifting My age is 17 I can't gain because of diabetes I use novolog fast acting insulin Can anyone please suggest me how can i gain using insulin I read much of web but i confused how to take insulin for muscle building For now i take insulin...

Hi everyone I am new to this page. I'm Georgia I have been diabetic since I was 8. Recently I have started to look after myself and go to the gym and take my carb counting more seriously as I am on injections and carb count. I am finding it SO difficult to give the correct insulin doses before...

What kind of food/meals does everyone eat? At the moment, I'm eating foods that are low in carbs and thinking if there's anyone out there on any kind of diet's and if they work for you and how does it work with your diabetes?:bookworm: Has anyone seen and thought about following the food that...

Im 18 years old and have T1D since 11, it has been badly controlled for years due to burnout. my blood sugars are still high but at the moment i am starting to eat very healthily. i want to do exercise and i look forward to it but every time im about to, i check my blood sugar and it's too...

Hello everyone, I'm Dave and as I'm newly diagnosed... I'm here in the... newly diagnosed section :) Apart from baked beans, potatoes and occasionally peas I do not eat any other veg. I no longer crave the chocolates, jellies, licorice and boiled sweets that I ate in vast quantities, nor do...

I'have a curiosity, I've tried to search how the diets for the diabetics were made before the guidelines of the '80 the one that started to advise the general population to eat low fat and high carb. From what I have inferred these older diets were reduced carb ones, but from a cursory search...

Hi friends, I've been low-carbing for a couple of months, but today I tried eating sushi: 10 pieces, so quite a lot of rice. I took a blood test BEFORE the meal and registered as 4.2. 2 hours after the sushi meal, I took another test and got 7.3. I understand I shouldn't get too excited about...

Hi I'm Jilly and was told I had type 2 diabetes 6 weeks ago after a routine blood test. My blood sugar was 6.8. I have been given zero info from my surgery other than I should try and lose a bit of weight and they'd see me in six months.... So, I Googled it, put myself on a very low carb, high...

I have been following a low carb diet for about a year and have got the hba1c level down. However on my last blood test the triglycerides had gone up to +3.3 and I have been told that they need to come down too. I would like to reduce these by diet and supplements too - I now take fish oil...

Greetings from rainy California! I am a woman in my early 40's with a strong family history of type I AND II diabetes, both. I guess I got double-whammied. I've had gestational diabetes in the past, but that was 20 years ago, and it went away afterwards. It also went overlooked until nearly the...

Hi all, I'm totally baffled at the moment and am finding this topic is playing on my mind every single day and really getting me down. What is best for someone with type 1 diabetes? High carb, low fat? Or low carb, high fat? When I say best, I mean best for long term health. Which, if either...

well just read somewhere that metformin is not for people doing low calorie diets... and thats just what I am doing, while on 2x 850mg metformin... Do any of you know why it is not good to be on metformin when on low calories ? My doctor knows about my diet, but hasn´t mentioned anything...

Hi there everyone, I've been looking into different diets for diabetes as I don't feel like LCHF is good for the body. It just doesn't equate to health, to me. I can't see how all that fat and salt can help the body overall and even though it might lower blood glucose and keep diabetes in...

https://thebloodsugardiet.com/ Has anyone tried this? And has it worked for them? I'm contemplating starting it. Its low carb, but its also only around 800 calories a day. My bg has been around 13mmol atm and I want to try and bring this down. Thanks, Quinn

I am type 1 and I'm very slim. I am looking for better control over my blood sugar which is very poor because of the amount of starchy and sugary foods I eat. What other diets is there suitable for a tall slim person looking more control over blood sugar.

Often when we want to make a significant change for the better in our lives there are people around us who will sabotage that change. This can be for a number of reasons; sometimes your change can cause uncertainty for a family member, co-worker, friend, or associate. They may feel guilty they...

Hello: What a great forum...new here....1st thread. I am having difficulty getting my glucose count down to normal. Learning now to count carbs and feel that I can only eat eggs & bacon for bkfst, and salmon wrapped lettuce leaves. Confused. I stopped taking all vitamins yesterday....could...

I have been a type 1 for 23years and my diabetic care has been complicated by more than a few other chronic conditions (Systemic Lupus, ostio arthritis, high BP, Vasculitus, asthma and mini strokes are to name a few), along with an unrelated hereditary kidney disease (PKD) resulting in a kidney...

Hi Its 7 months since I was diagnosed type 2 and things are getting better almost every day. I have, as it seems most people have, done alot of research. read alot of stuff asked questions and if i am honest i think I have diabetic brain info overload, so I have in essence created some very...

Hi guys, Because I was diagnosed so late in life and probably had CFRD /type3 for many years before I was, I had been extremely ill for a very long time. My experiences with doctors in those days weren't very good (understatement, lol), so out of sheer desperation I started studying natural...