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<blockquote data-quote="miahara" data-source="post: 1390972" data-attributes="member: 256148"><p>Hi Marion! I was in the same position as you 13 months ago, though am an underweight T2 diabetic. It's great that your GP seems clued up enough to point you to this site as you'll very soon get a stack of replies and support. I think you now have to forget calories and start concentrating on carbohydrates and how to reduce them as it's carbs that turn into sugar and being unable to use up the sugar creates the high blood glucose levels. Many folk on here follow a low carb high fat diet - LCHF. I'll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] and she'll post a very helpful 'primer' for you to read.</p><p>I note that you work with IT, so one thing you can start doing is recording your blood glucose readings in a spreadsheet with a graph - this will let you see your progress as well as finding what foods spike your BG. I do this with mine and find it quite good positive reinforcement as I see my average BG steadily falling.</p><p>Another thing you might want to look at is the <em>Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset</em> (google it) it is in Excel format and has nutritional info on around 3000 foods. I've imported the data to a database so I can now search and sort the data.</p><p>A good book to read is <em>Reduce Your Diabetes by Dr David Cavan</em>, this is an excellent introduction to diabetes and what can be done to manage the condition. I found it invaluable when I was first diagnosed.</p><p>You'll find you are on a steep learning curve to start with, but very soon you'll adapt to a new dietary regime and it will become second nature.</p><p>BTW - I'm just on the the other side of the Tay.</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miahara, post: 1390972, member: 256148"] Hi Marion! I was in the same position as you 13 months ago, though am an underweight T2 diabetic. It's great that your GP seems clued up enough to point you to this site as you'll very soon get a stack of replies and support. I think you now have to forget calories and start concentrating on carbohydrates and how to reduce them as it's carbs that turn into sugar and being unable to use up the sugar creates the high blood glucose levels. Many folk on here follow a low carb high fat diet - LCHF. I'll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] and she'll post a very helpful 'primer' for you to read. I note that you work with IT, so one thing you can start doing is recording your blood glucose readings in a spreadsheet with a graph - this will let you see your progress as well as finding what foods spike your BG. I do this with mine and find it quite good positive reinforcement as I see my average BG steadily falling. Another thing you might want to look at is the [I]Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset[/I] (google it) it is in Excel format and has nutritional info on around 3000 foods. I've imported the data to a database so I can now search and sort the data. A good book to read is [I]Reduce Your Diabetes by Dr David Cavan[/I], this is an excellent introduction to diabetes and what can be done to manage the condition. I found it invaluable when I was first diagnosed. You'll find you are on a steep learning curve to start with, but very soon you'll adapt to a new dietary regime and it will become second nature. BTW - I'm just on the the other side of the Tay. Dave [/QUOTE]
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