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Diabetes and blood Pressure

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emz89

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I had my diagnosis of diabetes around a month ago. I've been on 500mg of Metformin twice daily. .

My average blood pressure has come out at 130/89. The nurse said we could sit and monitor or start a low dose or ramipril. However, wondering if that is the right decision now.
 
I was already on Ramipril ( due to standard treatment) after 3x Coronary bypass 2yrs before my T2D diagnosis.
On T2D diagnosis and getting same low fat, whole grain, lots of fruit dietary advice I had followed ( to no apparent effect) for about 2 decades before my bypass. I then found this forum and saw that Low Carb certainly worked for both Diabetes and for weight loss/blood pressure normalisation (and possibly also for cardio problems).
I then decided to go Low Carb and ditch all medications I had doubts about. This included Ramipril (since I had never had high Blood pressure in my life (low Blood pressure had been more of a problem).

Dr David Unwin (well known UK GP and Low Carb advocate said he had to cease his blood pressure medication when he started to feel faint getting up from his desk to greet his patients.

I strongly suggest you give Low Carb (and BG testing of foods) a try. I suspect that you won't then need Ramipril or Metformin (for your Blood Glucose - though there are some other reasons for taking it).
 
ianf0ster said:
I was already on Ramipril ( due to standard treatment) after 3x Coronary bypass 2yrs before my T2D diagnosis.
On T2D diagnosis and getting same low fat, whole grain, lots of fruit dietary advice I had followed ( to no apparent effect) for about 2 decades before my bypass. I then found this forum and saw that Low Carb certainly worked for both Diabetes and for weight loss/blood pressure normalisation (and possibly also for cardio problems).
I then decided to go Low Carb and ditch all medications I had doubts about. This included Ramipril (since I had never had high Blood pressure in my life (low Blood pressure had been more of a problem).

Dr David Unwin (well known UK GP and Low Carb advocate said he had to cease his blood pressure medication when he started to feel faint getting up from his desk to greet his patients.

I strongly suggest you give Low Carb (and BG testing of foods) a try. I suspect that you won't then need Ramipril or Metformin (for your Blood Glucose - though there are some other reasons for taking it).
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I've been going relatively low carbish and monitoring. Still seems to be a bit all over the place. That said It is still early days.
 
Have you actually been testing to find which foods your body can tolerate and which it can't?

We are all different , so if you base what you eat upon what somebody else requires (or can get away with), you can end up eating things that are either unsuitable for your body or perhaps cutting down much more strictly than you need to.

If a meal doesn't spike your blood glucose by more than 2.0 mmol between just before starting to eat and 2hrs after first bite, then it's probably OK at that portion and that time of day , for your body. For many of us, carb tolerance changes during the day and also depending upon what the food is, what time of day, and what else we eat with it. Some have a higher carb tolerance in the mornings, but for most it is in the evenings - meaning we might be OK with porridge (for example) at dinner time, but not at breakfast time. I haven't tested that particular one for me since I'm not tempted by porridge for dinner but I know it spikes me too high if I have it at breakfast!

In general eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese, butter, full fat Greek yogurt, berries (just a few) nuts, seeds, olives, avocado, cucumber, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage leafy greens and other low carb veg (see www.dietdoctor lists). Test fruit, fruit juices, whole grains and flours, potato (including sweet potato), pasta. You may be OK with some of the following which are known to spike me and others: beans, peas (except ones where you also eat the pod). lentils, cashew 'nuts'.
 
There have been cases where people have had bad falls after continuing to take BP lowering medication after going low carb, as it can result in dizziness from the BP going too low.
As you are so recently diagnosed and - presumably - new to eating low carb it might be best to request a few months and another Hba1c test before starting medication for what could be side effects of the type 2.
 
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