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damienwrl

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Hello newly diagnosed and I believe doing quite well controlling with diet.
I am sometimes concerned that I don't get enough daily calories to keep me going, I am so focused on fats and sugars ... I sometimes feel a bit dizzy, question is 1. Do type two diabetics need to be concerned with hypo or am I just not getting calories

Thanks Mark H
 
on diet alone, i dont believe you have to worry about hypos :) its only certain medications that give cause for concern metformin not being one of them

well done on your control :)


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im not saying dont worry about the dizziness just that it isnt because you sugars are going hypo, and im no expert on diet or calories and i dont know how many calories are safe AND lol im not medical :)


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if your sugars were high and they have dropped to normal levels you can experience false hypos until your body re adjusts but these are not harmful,... unless your tightrope walking or such like :)


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damienwrl said:
Hello newly diagnosed and I believe doing quite well controlling with diet.
I am sometimes concerned that I don't get enough daily calories to keep me going, I am so focused on fats and sugars ... I sometimes feel a bit dizzy, question is 1. Do type two diabetics need to be concerned with hypo or am I just not getting calories

Thanks Mark H
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Couple of things:

firstly, if you are worried about your blood sugar levels, get a meter and test. This is always a very good thing for a newly diagnosed T2; it tells you what your body is doing as you change your diet.

Secondly, what is your average daily diet? Sugars and carbohydrates are the things to cut down, fats and protein are the friends of diabetics losing weight.

If you are worried about lack of calories, then calorie count.

Most newly diagnosed rush into dietary changes which are not always for the best (been there, done that).

If you post a typical day on your current diet then we can offer you advice if anything could do with changing.

Cheers

LGC
 
Diet can mean a couple of things for a diabetic. Firstly there is the need to watch what one eats in order to keep blood glucose levels under control, ie avoiding sugary things and refined carbs such as white bread and the second thing is diet to lose weight, ie calorie restriction. Dizziness, cold, fatigue, nausea can all result from cutting down substantially on what one eats. These symptoms are usually temporary, a few days at the start and the degree of severity depends on the drop in calories, the less you eat, the more pronounced the effect.

If you are cutting back on the carbs that you eat at the same time as cutting down on the total calorie intake, your body has to adjust to some, initially, unwelcome changes, but it does adjust.
 
HI. As others have said, cut down on all the carbs but don't worry about the fats. These can provide the calories you want and unless you go mad with them you can still lose weight and won't affect your blood sugar
 
Thanks for that , I am only slightly overweight and having cut out on sugars alone hopefully will soon be get me back at normal weight.
I have probably been over focused on fat content as I am steering well away from the white stuff anyway, think I will just concentrate on sugars and carbs from now, still get dizzy spells but either I am used to them or they seem to have moderated...... Do you ever get passed craving for a clotted cream tea? Rarely had them before but have been fixated on the taste since diagnosis
 
clotted cream is fine i believe, not sure but i saw Whitbyjet say she has clotted cream the other day so, if she eats it its fine, she is my guru :) i have a little whitby shrine in the kitchen hehe
 
Clotted cream is fine but a clotted cream tea includes scones and jam and yummy stuff like that.
 
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