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<blockquote data-quote="JuliaAR" data-source="post: 1378536" data-attributes="member: 321813"><p>Hi,</p><p>I was diagnosed with prediabetes a few months before you. I live in Cyprus and because my regular doctor has been so unsympathetic about trying diet and exercise and just wants to put me on drugs all the time, I have been going it alone with this for about 9 months.</p><p>I was fortunate to be able to see a visiting British diabetes specialist about 1 month in who told me about this site and about the diet.doctor.com site which both advocate the LCHF diet.</p><p>She told me that testing your blood glucose levels was absolutely key to keeping control of them in the beginning. It really helps to know exactly what foods you can tolerate and what sends your readings up. For this reason I bought a blood glucose monitor and test regularly. It really gives you an incentive to eat well for your own body. Different people can tolerate different foods and so a blanket approach, as given by medical health guides, really doesn't fit all. For example I can tolerate oats but brown rice will send my glucose soaring. If I ate to the advice of the Eatwell guide I would be staying in those high numbers most of the time.</p><p>There is lots of advice on this site and many others on how to test, when and how often. I started by testing my fasting glucose in the morning and then before and after meals, exercise, stressful events, etc and before bed and have been amazed by how this can vary according to what I eat and what I do. Once you have a range of foods that you know are OK, you can start to test your tolerance to others that you particularly want to re-incorporate into your diet. My rule of thumb is to try to keep my numbers lower than 7.0mmol/L (126mg/dl) 2hrs after eating but this is just a personal preference and I am at the prediabetic stage. You may get other advice from your medical team or other more experienced members here.</p><p>I should point out that weight was never really an issue for me and so losing the little weight I could afford to on LCHF didn't do much for my numbers. Cutting out all the sugar and starch obviously helped a lot, but the turning point was incorporating regular exercise into my day. I can see a drop of 1.7mmol/L (30mg/dl) or more just by taking a brisk walk for 30 minutes. It's a great way to get the levels back down when food testing gives rise (LOL!) to high glucose levels.</p><p>I hope this helps. And good luck. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JuliaAR, post: 1378536, member: 321813"] Hi, I was diagnosed with prediabetes a few months before you. I live in Cyprus and because my regular doctor has been so unsympathetic about trying diet and exercise and just wants to put me on drugs all the time, I have been going it alone with this for about 9 months. I was fortunate to be able to see a visiting British diabetes specialist about 1 month in who told me about this site and about the diet.doctor.com site which both advocate the LCHF diet. She told me that testing your blood glucose levels was absolutely key to keeping control of them in the beginning. It really helps to know exactly what foods you can tolerate and what sends your readings up. For this reason I bought a blood glucose monitor and test regularly. It really gives you an incentive to eat well for your own body. Different people can tolerate different foods and so a blanket approach, as given by medical health guides, really doesn't fit all. For example I can tolerate oats but brown rice will send my glucose soaring. If I ate to the advice of the Eatwell guide I would be staying in those high numbers most of the time. There is lots of advice on this site and many others on how to test, when and how often. I started by testing my fasting glucose in the morning and then before and after meals, exercise, stressful events, etc and before bed and have been amazed by how this can vary according to what I eat and what I do. Once you have a range of foods that you know are OK, you can start to test your tolerance to others that you particularly want to re-incorporate into your diet. My rule of thumb is to try to keep my numbers lower than 7.0mmol/L (126mg/dl) 2hrs after eating but this is just a personal preference and I am at the prediabetic stage. You may get other advice from your medical team or other more experienced members here. I should point out that weight was never really an issue for me and so losing the little weight I could afford to on LCHF didn't do much for my numbers. Cutting out all the sugar and starch obviously helped a lot, but the turning point was incorporating regular exercise into my day. I can see a drop of 1.7mmol/L (30mg/dl) or more just by taking a brisk walk for 30 minutes. It's a great way to get the levels back down when food testing gives rise (LOL!) to high glucose levels. I hope this helps. And good luck. :) [/QUOTE]
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