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<blockquote data-quote="Ricky" data-source="post: 2007465" data-attributes="member: 27137"><p>Hi Pauline, I should really keep quiet as I get testing strips on prescription which I am not entitled to. The doctor's receptionists who are the ones who authorise the repeat prescriptions have been giving me strips for about 17 years since a doctor who has since retired prescribed them for me when it was first noticed that my HbA1c was 6.8 after returning from India where I ate everything under the sun!! Type 2 is rife in my family - we all have it and none of us is overweight (or not much)! My dad was skinny as is my sister. I immediately went on a low carb low GI diet (+ exercise which I did anyway) and at one point my HbA1c went down to 5.8. It has now crept up over the years but am still not on meds.</p><p></p><p>Now what I wanted to tell you how much the blood monitor helped me particularly in the early months. I would eat a food and then test 2 hours later and I found out what my body will tolerate and what it will not!! We are all different. I can't touch rice but udon noodles are in moderation - go figure!!! </p><p></p><p>And lastly the best piece of advice I was ever given is to eat fruit WITH your meals NOT between meals when it will spike your numbers. </p><p></p><p>The other thing I do is to wait until I am hungry before I eat. This gives your blood sugar numbers time to go right down. Mine can get down to 4.8- 5.2 before lunch. What I haven't managed to sort out is my high fasting readings but I must be balancing it during the day with low ones because of what my Hb1Ac is.</p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricky, post: 2007465, member: 27137"] Hi Pauline, I should really keep quiet as I get testing strips on prescription which I am not entitled to. The doctor's receptionists who are the ones who authorise the repeat prescriptions have been giving me strips for about 17 years since a doctor who has since retired prescribed them for me when it was first noticed that my HbA1c was 6.8 after returning from India where I ate everything under the sun!! Type 2 is rife in my family - we all have it and none of us is overweight (or not much)! My dad was skinny as is my sister. I immediately went on a low carb low GI diet (+ exercise which I did anyway) and at one point my HbA1c went down to 5.8. It has now crept up over the years but am still not on meds. Now what I wanted to tell you how much the blood monitor helped me particularly in the early months. I would eat a food and then test 2 hours later and I found out what my body will tolerate and what it will not!! We are all different. I can't touch rice but udon noodles are in moderation - go figure!!! And lastly the best piece of advice I was ever given is to eat fruit WITH your meals NOT between meals when it will spike your numbers. The other thing I do is to wait until I am hungry before I eat. This gives your blood sugar numbers time to go right down. Mine can get down to 4.8- 5.2 before lunch. What I haven't managed to sort out is my high fasting readings but I must be balancing it during the day with low ones because of what my Hb1Ac is. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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