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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1809523" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>You have been through a very tough time, and then to get diabetes on top of it all must have been a terrible shock for you.</p><p></p><p>There is one good thing in your post - the advice from the hospital to eat high fat and high protein sits very well with diabetes. Fats do not affect blood sugar levels at all, and protein has only a small effect, if any. The food group that affects blood sugars are carbs, so if you can reduce the carbs but eat the high fat and protein all should be well. So that is some good news for you.</p><p></p><p>One thing you need to be careful of with your Gliclazide medication is not to let your blood sugars go too low. This drug stimulates the pancreas to produce extra insulin. The fewer carbs we eat the less insulin we need. If we end up with too much insulin our blood sugars will drop too low and we may end up in hypo territory. For this reason you need a blood glucose meter. Have you been prescribed one? They are essential, and your GP really should be giving you one because of your medication.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1809523, member: 94045"] Hi and welcome, You have been through a very tough time, and then to get diabetes on top of it all must have been a terrible shock for you. There is one good thing in your post - the advice from the hospital to eat high fat and high protein sits very well with diabetes. Fats do not affect blood sugar levels at all, and protein has only a small effect, if any. The food group that affects blood sugars are carbs, so if you can reduce the carbs but eat the high fat and protein all should be well. So that is some good news for you. One thing you need to be careful of with your Gliclazide medication is not to let your blood sugars go too low. This drug stimulates the pancreas to produce extra insulin. The fewer carbs we eat the less insulin we need. If we end up with too much insulin our blood sugars will drop too low and we may end up in hypo territory. For this reason you need a blood glucose meter. Have you been prescribed one? They are essential, and your GP really should be giving you one because of your medication. [/QUOTE]
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