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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Snoddy" data-source="post: 2308056" data-attributes="member: 112460">Hi EFMax. Thanks for posting a typical daily diet. If it were me I would not be having the baked beans, the noodles or the wholemeal wrap, all of which are contributing to carbohydrate intake. I would also avoid flour as it is also a carbohydrate source whether gluten free or not. To make your meals more satisfying without the carbohydrate try adding in more healthy fat sources e.g. avocado, dressings made with cold-pressed olive oil or rapeseed oil, oily fish (which you already do), some cheese, full fat plain yoghurt. I know that suggesting more fat really goes against decades of dietary advice!Unfortunately your daily eating pattern sounds very much like the one described by the Desmond course that I went on. The NHS still seems to regard T2 diabetes as a progressive disease. It prescribes a low-fat, 'healthy' carbohydrate diet and assumes a steady increase in the type and number of medications given as a result. Many of us in this forum have thankfully discovered a better route: little carbohydrate, little or no medication and controlled blood glucose levels. I started with an HbA1c of 104 and, with the help of Metformin and a very low carbohydrate diet, got to normal blood glucose levels within 6 months. I have maintained this for 6 years and have given up the Metformin completely.So, suggestions! Replace baked beans with grilled halloumi, mushrooms, tomatoes.Replace ordinary noodles with black bean or soya bean noodles - very little carbohydrate, very high protein.Replace the wrap with a very large lettuce leaf or just leave it out altogether.Little or no fruit - berries or olives only.Congratulations on your successes so far! You are on the right track.Tweaking your diet in this way should make a big difference.[USER=256617]@Mbaker[/USER]  has helpful suggestions and insights as to fitness and diet</blockquote>

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