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<blockquote data-quote="Goonergal" data-source="post: 2309430" data-attributes="member: 368709"><p>Hi [USER=530201]@sean401[/USER] and welcome</p><p></p><p>I don’t think your numbers are unusually high for someone newly diagnosed with type 2. My A1C was 12% (108 in the mmols more usually used in the UK). I didn’t have a meter at first but found it very helpful once I did get one, so great that you have that.</p><p></p><p>As you can see from my signature I’ve both lost a lot of weight and brought my blood sugars into the non diabetic range using diet and exercise - although the eating part of that is most important. The key has been substantial reduction in carbs - I totally ditched bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and anything cereal related and focused as far as possible on simple, real foods with as few ingredients as possible so meat, fish, eggs, dairy and above ground vegetables.</p><p></p><p>There’s a great website called dietdoctor.com which has recipes, meal plans and great information about the nutritional content of food. Also have a look in the low carb section of this forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonergal, post: 2309430, member: 368709"] Hi [USER=530201]@sean401[/USER] and welcome I don’t think your numbers are unusually high for someone newly diagnosed with type 2. My A1C was 12% (108 in the mmols more usually used in the UK). I didn’t have a meter at first but found it very helpful once I did get one, so great that you have that. As you can see from my signature I’ve both lost a lot of weight and brought my blood sugars into the non diabetic range using diet and exercise - although the eating part of that is most important. The key has been substantial reduction in carbs - I totally ditched bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and anything cereal related and focused as far as possible on simple, real foods with as few ingredients as possible so meat, fish, eggs, dairy and above ground vegetables. There’s a great website called dietdoctor.com which has recipes, meal plans and great information about the nutritional content of food. Also have a look in the low carb section of this forum. [/QUOTE]
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