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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2353531" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Hi [USER=534001]@Leeg10[/USER] ,</p><p></p><p>You've gotten quite a few reactions already, but just another one chiming in who doesn't agree with your dietician. I saw two, and if I'd followed their advice, I'd either be dead or on insulin right now, four years on. It's a sobering realisation. Sometimes the pro's just aren't right. And I know it's weird to follow advice from complete strangers on the internet. So who do you trust? <em>Your meter</em>. It'll tell you exactly what is working for you, and what isn't, with no agenda, dogma or bias. Just be your own guinea pig. Test before a meal and 2 hours after. If you go up more than 2.0 mmol/l, then the meal was carbier than you could handle. Yeah, carbs. not the meal size, but the amount of carbohydrates in there. I can eat a pound of no carb food and my blood sugars won't budge. Couple of tiny little praline's however.... So it's not the quantity of the grub. The last time I had buns with cheese, the day after diagnosis, I was making a curve, testing every hour, on the hour. I thought I had a healthy lunch, and I hit a 22 point something-or-other. Those were my last buns.</p><p></p><p>If you don't like meat or fish, it does make it a little more complicated, but not impossible. Lots of leafy greens, olives, avocado, eggs, cheese, above ground vegetables (pulses are tricky, test and see whether you can tolerate them), full fat greek yoghurt, berries, extra dark chocolate and what have you... Some vegan meat replacements are quite do-able, you'll have to check the packaging for their carb content. The links you were given are excellent, just keep in mind that on a mostly vegetarian diet your b12 vitamins might drop, and if you're on metformin, your uptake of B12 will drop as it is, so you might need supplements. If you start feeling tingling sensations in hands and feet for instance, that'd be a signal that you're running low.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! (It does get better from here on in!)</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2353531, member: 401801"] Hi [USER=534001]@Leeg10[/USER] , You've gotten quite a few reactions already, but just another one chiming in who doesn't agree with your dietician. I saw two, and if I'd followed their advice, I'd either be dead or on insulin right now, four years on. It's a sobering realisation. Sometimes the pro's just aren't right. And I know it's weird to follow advice from complete strangers on the internet. So who do you trust? [I]Your meter[/I]. It'll tell you exactly what is working for you, and what isn't, with no agenda, dogma or bias. Just be your own guinea pig. Test before a meal and 2 hours after. If you go up more than 2.0 mmol/l, then the meal was carbier than you could handle. Yeah, carbs. not the meal size, but the amount of carbohydrates in there. I can eat a pound of no carb food and my blood sugars won't budge. Couple of tiny little praline's however.... So it's not the quantity of the grub. The last time I had buns with cheese, the day after diagnosis, I was making a curve, testing every hour, on the hour. I thought I had a healthy lunch, and I hit a 22 point something-or-other. Those were my last buns. If you don't like meat or fish, it does make it a little more complicated, but not impossible. Lots of leafy greens, olives, avocado, eggs, cheese, above ground vegetables (pulses are tricky, test and see whether you can tolerate them), full fat greek yoghurt, berries, extra dark chocolate and what have you... Some vegan meat replacements are quite do-able, you'll have to check the packaging for their carb content. The links you were given are excellent, just keep in mind that on a mostly vegetarian diet your b12 vitamins might drop, and if you're on metformin, your uptake of B12 will drop as it is, so you might need supplements. If you start feeling tingling sensations in hands and feet for instance, that'd be a signal that you're running low. Good luck! (It does get better from here on in!) Jo [/QUOTE]
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