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<blockquote data-quote="Andy12345" data-source="post: 501758" data-attributes="member: 59108"><p>Hi, Welcome</p><p></p><p>Use your meter before you eat and 2 hours afterwards, the idea being the before reading gives you a baseline number and the after reading shows you what effect that meal has had on your blood sugars, the idea being to avoid the meals/foods that spike your bg, you will read lots of stuff on the forum about carbohydrates, this is because they basically turn into sugar once digested and should therefore be restricted, personally i would never recommend using alcohol to reduce bg, rice potatoes, bread and pasta are the main culprits that are high in carbs but thats just the tip of the iceberg you will have to become a label reading loony in the shops and will struggle when eating out, this will take some researching, to find out just what you can eat, my method is blood glucose means everything so if its pre packaged salads that keep it down, so be it, pre packaged salads it is, daises post above should help, meantime have a good read of the forum, its not all bad <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> best of luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy12345, post: 501758, member: 59108"] Hi, Welcome Use your meter before you eat and 2 hours afterwards, the idea being the before reading gives you a baseline number and the after reading shows you what effect that meal has had on your blood sugars, the idea being to avoid the meals/foods that spike your bg, you will read lots of stuff on the forum about carbohydrates, this is because they basically turn into sugar once digested and should therefore be restricted, personally i would never recommend using alcohol to reduce bg, rice potatoes, bread and pasta are the main culprits that are high in carbs but thats just the tip of the iceberg you will have to become a label reading loony in the shops and will struggle when eating out, this will take some researching, to find out just what you can eat, my method is blood glucose means everything so if its pre packaged salads that keep it down, so be it, pre packaged salads it is, daises post above should help, meantime have a good read of the forum, its not all bad :) best of luck [/QUOTE]
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