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Diagnosed Type 2 a week ago today

I have not read that book but most diabetic cook books seem to be based on the healthy plate. I cant eat anything from them.
 
Hi I was told on Monday that I am diabetic type 2 my level was 14.9 and my HbA1c test was over 100, have been put on Metformin straight away,have started to change my diet (which is not easy), I have been given a meter to test my levels,but can't remember how long to leave it after a meal before re testing,can anyone help?
 
Welcome! I think its 2 hours but Im pretty new to this too. This forum is very helpful - it might be worth starting a seperate thread as well as more people are likely to see it that way. People might not always look at a new post in an existing thread?
MrsM
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Test immediately before then again 2 hours after your first bite.
 
I was diagnosed on the 9th September, since I have replaced table sugar for sweetners, dropped of which sugar to 1or less grams/100 grams, cut my carb portions of my meals & gone from 82kg on day of diagnosis to 79 kg today, 14 day's latter. So heading in the right direction. You will get there.
 
Welcome Mrs. M lots of good advice here. That is for sure.

One thing I'd like to point out, the whole deal is keeping your BG levels fasting and post grandial after eating as close to normal as you can.

Whether you can do it med and insulin free or with meds is not the point. Keeping you BG low is all its about. Whatever method(s) work for you is the key.

Lastly, this disease has a sneaky was of progressing and changing and if later on you need meds to keep your BG low it is not failure it just the way it is
 


Hey Mrs M

I'm sorry to hear that you feel a bit shell shocked after being recently diagnosed. I'm a producer here at a production company called Malt Films, and we are producing a healthy eating series of videos for a well known supermarket. The video will provide you with nutritional advice as to what is best to eat whilst living with Type 2 Diabetes through a practical live cooking element. The video will appear on the supermarkets website to help other people with nutritional advice. As you are newly diagnosed, I was wondering whether this would be something you would be interested in? If so, please drop me a mail at emma@maltfilms.com we would love to hear from you and offer you help and guidance!

Thanks,

Emma
 

OMG and just what sort of diet is it recommending? High carb and low fat? If so it could end up killing people!
 
Bluetit1802 said:
OMG and just what sort of diet is it recommending? High carb and low fat? If so it could end up killing people!
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More people than doing nothing at all?
(Without seeing it first, so obviously assuming we know what the advice is)
 
Bluetit1802 said:
OMG and just what sort of diet is it recommending? High carb and low fat? If so it could end up killing people!
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Don't think It's a diet as such,, more nutrition advise on what is good & bad for you. Thing with these types of things is the ppl that should be buying cause of poor diet don't, cause they think what they eat is ok. So hence the increase in type 2.
 
I can't see any major supermarket promoting fat in any quantity. Their shelves are stocked to the brim with low fat products. I find it difficult to find my full fat yogurts buried behind and beneath all the sugar filled fruit and low fat ones.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I can't see any major supermarket promoting fat in any quantity. Their shelves are stocked to the brim with low fat products. I find it difficult to find my full fat yogurts buried behind and beneath all the sugar filled fruit and low fat ones.
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We are just looking to promote an overall balanced diet, the video will involve someone with diabetes cooking a meal with our presenter, with just a general chat about what is best to eat to achieve overall health. We really would love to get some of you involved, and it would be great to have a chat over Skype if you could maybe find a spare couple of moments? Look forward to hearing from you!
 
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