Type 2 diabetics on oral meds or diet alone have difficulty dealing with glucose so all sugary things should be avoided or eaten in very small quantities, OK so far, every one knows that, right?
Carbohydrates are broken down and processed by our bodies into glucose! :shock: Shock horror
So carbohydrates are ultimately the same as sugar so to eat either in any quantity will push up your blood glucose/sugar levels. The answer then should be obvious, to control your blood sugar levels you need to cut back on both sugary foods and carbohydrates and any person or leaflet that tells you differently is sadly misinformed.
Ianmac said:
a different doctor in the same practice concerned that my latest 2 3 monthly bloods had shown 2 increases from 7 to 8 then 8 to 10 told me that eating spuds was a big no no as was green bananas..along with self testing and seeing an hospital specialist.!!
Your doctor is wrong on every level Ian, you do need to cut down on your carbohydrates but many diabetics find they can eat
small quantities of potato, bread, rice etc so you
may not need to cut them out completely.
You
do need to test, otherwise you will have no idea what foods have what effect on your blood glucose levels. Information is key, you can not control what you cant see.
And
every diabetic is entitled to ask for a referral to see a specialist diabetic doctor/nurse not just your GP's practice nurse who's understanding of diabetes treatment sounds limited IMHO
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