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<blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 176343" data-attributes="member: 31282"><p><strong>Re: Diagnosed "Borderline" Type 2, and now.. er.. just "Type</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Paul</p><p></p><p>I think this is getting unnecessarily complicated. Stand back and take a deep breath!</p><p></p><p>Pre-diabetes, I followed the standard 'healthy' diet for years, using the conventional food pyramid and eating organic/wholemeal wherever possible. I ended up weighing 20 stone.</p><p></p><p>I cut my carbs right back to 20g per day, following Atkins, and lost 5 of that 20 stone in 18 months. I wasn't counting calories (you don't on Atkins) and that proved to me that it was the carbs causing my weight problem, not the protein or fat or fresh veg. Then my circumstances changed, I went back to 'normal' eating and my exercise dropped, and in 4 years I'd put back that 5 stone, plus a bit more. Then I was diagnosed as diabetic.</p><p></p><p>I'm back on Atkins now because it suits me; it doesn't suit everyone. 20g of carb is a very low carb diet. I would not lose weight on yours. We are all so different!</p><p></p><p>I use testing as a tool, to help me learn what my body is doing and to help control my blood glucose. I'm not paranoid about it - I'm fascinated!</p><p></p><p>If I were you, I'd get yourself a meter and some strips. Continue eating just as you are, but for a week, test on getting up (fasting), before each meal, 2 hours after each meal, and at bed-time. You'll find out what is happening to your blood glucose on this diet.</p><p></p><p>NICE guidelines for a Type 2 diabetic are: 4 - 7 mmol/l before meals; less than 8.5 mmol/l 2 hours after. I'm in that range all the time, so I'm confident I'm doing the right thing for me.</p><p></p><p>If you're hitting those targets, your diet is fine for you, and if you feel you have no further need to test you can pass on the meter to someone who needs it, or sell it on ebay - whatever! I wouldn't, but your choice. I would keep it and test a full day once a week or once a month, whatever, just to make sure there were no spikes and things were still going on okay. Once I've finished what I consider to be my 'research' testing, which I'm doing now, I might do that. Then again I might not!</p><p></p><p>My personal belief is that the high carbohydrate/low fat diet that has been promoted for the last 3 decades is the wrong one, and may well be responsible for the 'obesity and diabetes epidemics' that are now sweeping the Western(ised) world. That's personal to me, and I don't argue about it, because there's no point. Everyone, diabetic or not, has to discover the lifestyle and diet that suits them - if they are lucky enough to have a choice! </p><p></p><p>You'll have realised from all these posts that there is a great deal of variation in diabetes care across the country. The only way to get the care you deserve is to learn as much about your diabetes as possible, so that you can fight your corner from an informed position of strength.</p><p></p><p>Viv <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="viviennem, post: 176343, member: 31282"] [b]Re: Diagnosed "Borderline" Type 2, and now.. er.. just "Type[/b] Hi Paul I think this is getting unnecessarily complicated. Stand back and take a deep breath! Pre-diabetes, I followed the standard 'healthy' diet for years, using the conventional food pyramid and eating organic/wholemeal wherever possible. I ended up weighing 20 stone. I cut my carbs right back to 20g per day, following Atkins, and lost 5 of that 20 stone in 18 months. I wasn't counting calories (you don't on Atkins) and that proved to me that it was the carbs causing my weight problem, not the protein or fat or fresh veg. Then my circumstances changed, I went back to 'normal' eating and my exercise dropped, and in 4 years I'd put back that 5 stone, plus a bit more. Then I was diagnosed as diabetic. I'm back on Atkins now because it suits me; it doesn't suit everyone. 20g of carb is a very low carb diet. I would not lose weight on yours. We are all so different! I use testing as a tool, to help me learn what my body is doing and to help control my blood glucose. I'm not paranoid about it - I'm fascinated! If I were you, I'd get yourself a meter and some strips. Continue eating just as you are, but for a week, test on getting up (fasting), before each meal, 2 hours after each meal, and at bed-time. You'll find out what is happening to your blood glucose on this diet. NICE guidelines for a Type 2 diabetic are: 4 - 7 mmol/l before meals; less than 8.5 mmol/l 2 hours after. I'm in that range all the time, so I'm confident I'm doing the right thing for me. If you're hitting those targets, your diet is fine for you, and if you feel you have no further need to test you can pass on the meter to someone who needs it, or sell it on ebay - whatever! I wouldn't, but your choice. I would keep it and test a full day once a week or once a month, whatever, just to make sure there were no spikes and things were still going on okay. Once I've finished what I consider to be my 'research' testing, which I'm doing now, I might do that. Then again I might not! My personal belief is that the high carbohydrate/low fat diet that has been promoted for the last 3 decades is the wrong one, and may well be responsible for the 'obesity and diabetes epidemics' that are now sweeping the Western(ised) world. That's personal to me, and I don't argue about it, because there's no point. Everyone, diabetic or not, has to discover the lifestyle and diet that suits them - if they are lucky enough to have a choice! You'll have realised from all these posts that there is a great deal of variation in diabetes care across the country. The only way to get the care you deserve is to learn as much about your diabetes as possible, so that you can fight your corner from an informed position of strength. Viv :) [/QUOTE]
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