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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Squire Fulwood" data-source="post: 311170" data-attributes="member: 44622">Your doctor is treating it lightly because quite frankly your readings are not that bad BUT you are correct to be concerned because diabetes usually progresses if you don't do something about it.From reading many posts on here the medical profession is likely to give you the feeling that they don't understand that you are going to worry about your health. You may get casual advice about sugar etc. Here is a little bit more information.Your body converts lots of different foods into sugar which it uses for fuel. The problem is your body is getting less able to process the sugar it makes. Eating less carbohydrates (food which can be converted to sugar) or possibly pacing yourself when you do eat them will help enormously.Without a meter to follow what is going on you can begin with this list. Sugar, flour, rice, potato. Eat smaller portions of these items and anything made from them. With a meter you could be a little more precise but in the meantime the advice given by your doctor to eat less sugary things is not as helpful as it could be and paying attention to the other major carbohydrates is a lot better than doing nothing.</blockquote>

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