Hi first of all. New here but been a 'lurker' for a week or so.
Was diagnosed late April , Edit - with type 2, and have spent many hours reading online and joined this forum a week ago. Gout took me to the Doctors and was diagnosed from that. My HbA1c was 52. My cholesterol was high at 6.2. I am 5 foot 8 and 14 stone. Could lose a few pounds sure.
This has hit me hard. Imagine a typical building site male, 53 years old, ex smoker for some years (thank god) but loves a few pints after work and red wine with dinner, but also loves to cook and eat. Very active job can have me walking miles and carrying heavy loads. Starting very early and/or finishing very late.
I instantly cut out sugar and changed to low fat/salt/sugar everything. Now everything I read says low carb hi fat. My nurse says pasta is fine so I have chicken with pasta and salad for lunch every day. Cut out red meat all week and have fish or chicken. Weekly treat is ribs or steak. Breakfast is oats and low fat yoghurt with fruit.
I start metformin in 2 weeks. I am starting to reduce the alcohol and the exercise bike should help but what now? Surely low carb but high fat will only add to my cholesterol problem? So much conflicting information in such a high volume is difficult to process.
Now I don't know what to do next. Any advice?
Thanks
Was diagnosed late April , Edit - with type 2, and have spent many hours reading online and joined this forum a week ago. Gout took me to the Doctors and was diagnosed from that. My HbA1c was 52. My cholesterol was high at 6.2. I am 5 foot 8 and 14 stone. Could lose a few pounds sure.
This has hit me hard. Imagine a typical building site male, 53 years old, ex smoker for some years (thank god) but loves a few pints after work and red wine with dinner, but also loves to cook and eat. Very active job can have me walking miles and carrying heavy loads. Starting very early and/or finishing very late.
I instantly cut out sugar and changed to low fat/salt/sugar everything. Now everything I read says low carb hi fat. My nurse says pasta is fine so I have chicken with pasta and salad for lunch every day. Cut out red meat all week and have fish or chicken. Weekly treat is ribs or steak. Breakfast is oats and low fat yoghurt with fruit.
I start metformin in 2 weeks. I am starting to reduce the alcohol and the exercise bike should help but what now? Surely low carb but high fat will only add to my cholesterol problem? So much conflicting information in such a high volume is difficult to process.
Now I don't know what to do next. Any advice?
Thanks