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Type 2 Diabetes Nurse Advices, Kinda Confused

Rmoliv

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Can't believe the nurse told me to eat Marie biscuits (about 4 biscuits/day as a snack). I read the nutritional info and it has about 19 g of sugar per 100 g which I find too high. Yesterday I ate 4 biscuits and a cup of milk at about 10pm before bed, woke up at 6am and my fasting blood glucose level was 103 mg/dL. It's okay yes but I am personally aiming at lower BG fasting levels like 80-90 mg/dL.
She also told me that I could eat beans, rice (whole), potatoes and other starchy things I don't recall now, only 1/4 of a plate. I don't think that's good though especially when you are overweight or obese and want to (or must) lose weight. Am I wrong here?
As to bread she recommended rye or carob bread with butter and if I want a sweetener she told me to use a teaspoon of honey instead of jam. Today I had a small slice of carob bread with butter and a tiny bit of honey and coffee with milk. I am waiting to check my postprandial BG.
 
Can't believe the nurse told me to eat Marie biscuits (about 4 biscuits/day as a snack). I read the nutritional info and it has about 19 g of sugar per 100 g which I find too high. Yesterday I ate 4 biscuits and a cup of milk at about 10pm before bed, woke up at 6am and my fasting blood glucose level was 103 mg/dL. It's okay yes but I am personally aiming at lower BG fasting levels like 80-90 mg/dL.
She also told me that I could eat beans, rice (whole), potatoes and other starchy things I don't recall now, only 1/4 of a plate. I don't think that's good though especially when you are overweight or obese and want to (or must) lose weight. Am I wrong here?
As to bread she recommended rye or carob bread with butter and if I want a sweetener she told me to use a teaspoon of honey instead of jam. Today I had a small slice of carob bread with butter and a tiny bit of honey and coffee with milk. I am waiting to check my postprandial BG.
DN is trying to kill you.
 
I also went on a low-carb diet back in 2014/2015 paired with exercise and lost 40kg in 6 months so I totally know it's true. No doctors or nurses, only myself. Unfortunately regained that weight due to anxiety/panic/depression in 2016/2017, sugar was like my anxiolytic drug. However the medical staff around me apparently aren't fans of low-carb diets. If I keep taking meds and eventually insulin forever it's certainly good for pharma companies.
 
Your DN is spouting outdated advice and you are right to question that advice. You are also right in finding this out by use of your glucometer, well done.
 
Advice for t2d is homeopathy on steroids.
 
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