Just wanted to say an enormous THANK YOU to the site and everyone on it. As I am newly diagnose, about 6 weeks ago I am full of questions. I spend hours looking at all the messages on the forum. Absolutely brilliant. I must admit it would be good to see more yes/no answers to questions rather than, everyone is different, but if that's how it works then so be it. Yes/no would be so good for a newby allowing us to get our heads round it all with a view to forming our own conclusions at some later date. MANY THANKS to ALL of you.
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Thanks Broads,glad we can help.The reason there are not a lot of yes/no answers is precisely because everyone is different.It would be so easy if we could say ,with assurance,don't eat this don't eat that but the truth is it just doesn't work like that.Getting control of your diabetes is very much trial and error in the beginning till you find what works for you.
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Sugarless Sue right
I think that is one of the most frustrating things about diabetes, that there isn't a instruction manual that if you followed everything would work as it should do!!!
Foods, medication and how the body reacts to it all is as individual at times as we are... Not only am I a T1 diabetic so his my husband, So I see how different it can be to control on a daily bases...
I can eat bananas (Duck to avoid things being thrown at me) and they have very little effect on MY BG, but if my husband eats one he gets a large raise in his BG's! I've now use a insulin pump to deliver my insulinn 24/7 where as hubby gets near perfact control by injections!
So it is a case, someone puts in a problem, others then say how they solved this for themselves, and you then look to see the suggestion, which one might be more suitable for you or you might find that combining a couple of suggestions together might work better for you!
Just think that if the diet, medications that we have did what it said on the tin, there wouldn't be a need for a forum to sort it.. lol
Sugarless Sue right
I think that is one of the most frustrating things about diabetes, that there isn't a instruction manual that if you followed everything would work as it should do!!!
Foods, medication and how the body reacts to it all is as individual at times as we are... Not only am I a T1 diabetic so his my husband, So I see how different it can be to control on a daily bases...
I can eat bananas (Duck to avoid things being thrown at me) and they have very little effect on MY BG, but if my husband eats one he gets a large raise in his BG's! I've now use a insulin pump to deliver my insulinn 24/7 where as hubby gets near perfact control by injections!
So it is a case, someone puts in a problem, others then say how they solved this for themselves, and you then look to see the suggestion, which one might be more suitable for you or you might find that combining a couple of suggestions together might work better for you!
Just think that if the diet, medications that we have did what it said on the tin, there wouldn't be a need for a forum to sort it.. lol
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Just for you.... what you wanted.....
Yes, No, Yes No,
No, No, No,
Yes!
Is that enough for you? :wink:
Just for you.... what you wanted.....
Yes, No, Yes No,
No, No, No,
Yes!
Is that enough for you? :wink:
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licking toffee apples = BAD IDEA
eating good leafy vegetables and salads = good idea
beyond that it REALLY is down to testing your own reactions ... it IS worth getting a glucometer (blood glucose testing device) and finding out you blood sugar levels to begin with
for instance, take a measurement:
! when you wake
! 2 hours after each meal
! before bed
this should give you an idea of what foods make your blood sugar (extremely high blood sugar levels are what damages the diabetic body) and what foods you can eat without problem.
then you can base your diet around the low-rise foods and work on including smaller amounts of the foods that raise your blood sugar
there are various theories about when to test and how often to test, but I (personally, not endorsed by anyone but me) think that you need to test often to being with. I'm only 3 months into "being diabetic" and already there are days when I can test only once or twice ...
All the best, J/x
eating good leafy vegetables and salads = good idea
beyond that it REALLY is down to testing your own reactions ... it IS worth getting a glucometer (blood glucose testing device) and finding out you blood sugar levels to begin with
for instance, take a measurement:
! when you wake
! 2 hours after each meal
! before bed
this should give you an idea of what foods make your blood sugar (extremely high blood sugar levels are what damages the diabetic body) and what foods you can eat without problem.
then you can base your diet around the low-rise foods and work on including smaller amounts of the foods that raise your blood sugar
there are various theories about when to test and how often to test, but I (personally, not endorsed by anyone but me) think that you need to test often to being with. I'm only 3 months into "being diabetic" and already there are days when I can test only once or twice ...
All the best, J/x
