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<blockquote data-quote="Jem" data-source="post: 29267" data-attributes="member: 11146"><p>Hopefully somebody with a lot more knowledge will soon rush to your aide ... and give you some relevant advice on who to talk to and how to best deal with your situation - or at least take charge and make some informed choices.</p><p></p><p>I'm type 2 and been diagnosed for little under 2 months. I've gone from a blood sugar of 14 post eating ro now no more than 8 at the most, and this through reducing my carb intake. Now I wouldn't want to be seen as being pushy or anything, but reducing your carb intake (it terms of cutting potatoes, rice, bread and pasta to a more limited amount) is a viable option for somebody like me. The added benefit of this is that I've now lost a stone in 7 weeks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Some examples of MY experimenets:</p><p></p><p>I ate two slices of oat based (lowest carb for "normal" bread) toast for breakfast (with peanut butter) and my pp bg level was 12.something *eeek*</p><p></p><p>Eating one very small and very green banana has NO detrimental effect on my BG</p><p></p><p>Eating one very small yellow banana had my pp BG at about 10</p><p></p><p>I had one small (2") new potato with an otherwise low-carb dinner and my PP BG was over 10</p><p></p><p>Eating a nice easy diet of slightly more protein and much less carb I reduce my BG to no more than 8, although it has to be pointed out that I'm vegetarian so my dietary choices may differ from many others.</p><p></p><p>However, you will need to work with your HPCs to correctly diagnose your situation, I just want you to know that the meals you described, although they may be "reduced" carbs compared to what you were formerly consuming may not be considered "low carb" --- for instance, if you look at some figures available online or in some cheap and easily available carb counting books you can find that actually houmous isn't as low carb - even though it is good for you - the chick peas are quite carby. This doesn't mean that you have to stop eating houmous if you want to go low-carb - it means thinking about your other food choices - such as, remove the bread and apple from the equation, ensure your banana is barely ripe instead of over sweet ... replace the bread either with crackers or fill up on cruditees ... there are many options IF you want to follow that course <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I'll stop blabbering on - and suggest you wait for advice from one of the longer term members of the forum regarding your questions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>All the best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Jem xox</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jem, post: 29267, member: 11146"] Hopefully somebody with a lot more knowledge will soon rush to your aide ... and give you some relevant advice on who to talk to and how to best deal with your situation - or at least take charge and make some informed choices. I'm type 2 and been diagnosed for little under 2 months. I've gone from a blood sugar of 14 post eating ro now no more than 8 at the most, and this through reducing my carb intake. Now I wouldn't want to be seen as being pushy or anything, but reducing your carb intake (it terms of cutting potatoes, rice, bread and pasta to a more limited amount) is a viable option for somebody like me. The added benefit of this is that I've now lost a stone in 7 weeks :) Some examples of MY experimenets: I ate two slices of oat based (lowest carb for "normal" bread) toast for breakfast (with peanut butter) and my pp bg level was 12.something *eeek* Eating one very small and very green banana has NO detrimental effect on my BG Eating one very small yellow banana had my pp BG at about 10 I had one small (2") new potato with an otherwise low-carb dinner and my PP BG was over 10 Eating a nice easy diet of slightly more protein and much less carb I reduce my BG to no more than 8, although it has to be pointed out that I'm vegetarian so my dietary choices may differ from many others. However, you will need to work with your HPCs to correctly diagnose your situation, I just want you to know that the meals you described, although they may be "reduced" carbs compared to what you were formerly consuming may not be considered "low carb" --- for instance, if you look at some figures available online or in some cheap and easily available carb counting books you can find that actually houmous isn't as low carb - even though it is good for you - the chick peas are quite carby. This doesn't mean that you have to stop eating houmous if you want to go low-carb - it means thinking about your other food choices - such as, remove the bread and apple from the equation, ensure your banana is barely ripe instead of over sweet ... replace the bread either with crackers or fill up on cruditees ... there are many options IF you want to follow that course :) I'll stop blabbering on - and suggest you wait for advice from one of the longer term members of the forum regarding your questions :) All the best :) Jem xox [/QUOTE]
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