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diabetes 2 help

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muffin1962

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hi my wife has just been told she has got diabetes 2 as well as bi polar , sleep disorder , as well with these problems it is very hard at times to cope with and now she has diabetes 2 , the diet people say she can eat what she wants but in portion control , but the diabetic people say no , she has been is hospital since november 2013 and now suffering with another mental break down , what is the best thing for diabetics to eat that is low in sugar , her fat content must be 3 percent or under and sugar percent must be under 2 , so i have been trying to find things to eat but i am finding it very hard , i know she can have pasta, rice , chicken, fish, but what else is there ? my wife has allways had lots of fruit a day and sweets , chocs, etc but now ? allthough we have got a diabetic nurse and a diet nurse it is very hard to undestand what she can eat , shoping is a nightmare ! any ideas please thanks
 
im sorry to hear you and ur wife are having such a tough time of it, I have suger free jellys (hartleys ) from all supermarkets come in different flavours ive found they help me with a sweet craving or the desire for chocolate. seems to calm it down . I use greek youghut to its nice and creamy added with frozen berrys on top makes a nice breakfast or supper treat. the rice and pasta I leave alone as it spikes me so in place I puree cauliflour with butter little cream makes anice mash sub, with chicken fish etc, I also make my own burgers from mince I add spice to , I have that with veg or whatever I fancy . its not a lot but I hope it would help you aliitle as im a nebie type 2 2 x
 
Hi. Fish and meat are fine which is a good start. Try to reduce all foods with carbs including the sugar but where you do have them go for low-GI varieties such as whole-grain bread. I have 0%/0% fruit yoghurt, use sweeteners instead of sugar where I can. Is the low-fat guidance to help control the non-diabetes conditions? If so then you must follow that guidance. If it is guidance for just the diabetes then do query it with the diet nurse. Fat is not a problem for diabetics in sensible quantities and obviously fish is one very good source.
 
thank you for your replys , we cannot make our own food up but we get all food from local supermarket , we do have fish , chicken , meat , jellys , rice and pasta , small amount of potatoes , lots of veg , one problem we are having is yoguart we cannot find o% yoguart , we have even looked at natural yoguart in local supermarket and still the sugar is high , even diabetic ice cream is 7% sugar , my wife like her sweets so i got her some diabetic swees to try and she was on the toilet all the time which was not good , with the diet nurse it says that she is alound a muffin but not a cake what is the difference ? we dont use sugar only sweetener , we seem to be getting conflecting info from diet and diabetic nurses , when she was at home she was up in the night nearly every night cleaning etc as she thought it was day time , so i done her sugar level it was between around 3.6 so i gave her a swwet and some bread rechecked it and it was fine but in the mean time the doctor came out and for some reason it went under 4 again and they did not under stand why , one time it went up to 27.2 and then rechecked it and it went down to 12 and 6, the insulin she is on is 30 units in morning and 20 at night of novoflex , i was checking her blood sugar around 4 to 5 times in 12 hrs due to her bi polar i was unsure if she was hyper , at the moment she is in hospital still and they are not really concerned all though the blood sugar is bouncing up and down the diabetic nurse said it could be the meds she is on or the amount of food she is eating but she said the the food is diabetic freindly
 
Hi,

Sorry about your wife.
It could well be the meds that are causing fluctuations in blood sugars. Ask for a list of what she is taking and then you can read up on the Patient Information Leaflet to see.

I think her mental state is the priority at the moment and sometimes diabetes has to take a back seat whilst she is getting well. Have you talked to her Consultant about your concerns?

Hope things improve soon and take time for yourself.

CC.
 
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