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Diet problems in Type 2 management

johnnybaker45

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london
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
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My Fasting Blood Glucose Reading was 9.9 Millimoles Per Litre this morning at 7:05 am. I think that the main precipitating factor for this is because I very foolishly consumed a very substantial lamb doner kebab and the pitta bread was high in complex carbohydrates. And I'd already perfected my glycaemia to 6.3 Millimoles Per Litre just before consuming the kebab meal. This is a perfect example how I'm struggling insurmountably with my type II diabetes mellitus although in past days I've achieved optimum fasting blood glucose readings.
 
Don't eat the pitta, my friend! I was in the same boat on Saturday night after more than a few drinks and I still managed to remember not to eat the pitta.
 
I'm newly diagnosed and struggling to work out what sends my sugars high, bread and porridge seems to be the biggest culprits. when I was diagnosed I had a blood sugar level of 24 now I'm averaging between 8 and 11 depending on activity level and what ive eaten. I have had my sugars as low as 5 and I felt ill but have been told its probably because ive been so used to having really high levels.
 
To work out what impacts your blood sugar, you need to log what you eat, how much you eat, and test (before the first bite, at 1 hour, 2 hours, and (if 2 hours is higher than 1 hour) at 3 hours. You'll find out the culprits pretty quickly.
 
pitta breads should carry their own health warning, im recently diagnosed and been testing varius foods for the last couple of weeks and like you had a turkish kebab ie proper chicken and lamb, no donner but had 1 pitta bread my reading went from 6.5 to 16 2 hours after
 
Breads vary a lot in how they impact your blood glucose level.
 
I had 2 mugs of tea made with 2 Tetley tea-bags, 1 x 5 ml spoonful of Coffee-Mate and 2 Silver Spoon 0 Calories artificial sweeteners and 4 glasses of tap water and 1 medium-sized bowl of brussel sprouts oweing to financial problems due to susceptibility to financial abuse and a corporate appointeeship of my disability benefits. I have Asperger Syndrome and ADHD as well as type II diabetes mellitus.
 
You may find that by reducing the amount of Carbohydrate (both complex & simple) in your diet, your ability to manage and control your diabetes will improve.
 
Blood Glucose Reading at 9:16 am:- 6.8 Millimoles Per Litre.
 
johnnybaker45 said:
Blood Glucose Reading at 9:16 am:- 6.8 Millimoles Per Litre.
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Hi JB
Thats a much better level

Its great that you are posting on here and despite your health and financial problems you are having a red hot go. I have put a link here to a forum on Low Carb on a budget with some ideas on lower cost foods that are good for you. Keep letting us know how you are going and if we can answer any other questions

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/low-carb-on-a-tight-budget.98749/

Cheers
 

Have a look at the carbs and ingredients list on the Coffee Mate.
I believe (from memory) that one of the biggest ingredients is glucose syrup - which means that it is effectively the same impact as sugar on the bloodstream. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

I find that grains have a bad effect on my blood glucose. So much so, that I now avoid any bread, pasta and rice, because they send my bg too high, even in very small quantities.
 
I consumed a fairly substantial meal that although it contained carbohydrate in the chips, the pork shoulder steak was only small. A friend gave it to me and I cooked it.

My Carer also did a good shop for me, and I am happy to say, apart from the carbs today because I was hungry and had no money, the Carer got me tomatoes, cucumber, iceberg lettuce, red onions, spring onions, ham, mild cheddar cheese, corned beef, mini scotch eggs, and apples, oranges and bananas. I must remember to make a healthy salad each day with 'small' but healthy portions, taking my diabetic dad's advice, 'little but often'.

My blood glucose reading a long time after eating the pork shoulder steak and chips was 6.3 millimoles per litre.

I've also been drinking glasses of tap water all day.
 
Johnny, your carer will have to ask for advice about what a diabetic needs to eat. Bananas are very high in sugar. Great that you have someone to help you though.
 
At approximately between 5 o'clock and six o'clock, I consumed a very healthy early evening meal of 4 Mini-Scotch eggs, 8 thin slices of cucumber, 1 thinly sliced tomato, 1/4 finely sliced Red Onion, 2 Iceberg Lettuce leaves and 2 Spring Onions and for my dessert I consumed 1 banana.

Blood Glucose Reading between 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock:- 7.6 Millimoles Per Litre.

3 large mugs of tap water.
 
Good Morning, all.

After administering my Lixisenatide Glucagon-Like Peptide injection and my 1000 millogrammes of Metformin Hydrochloride and consuming two small cups of coffee with 1 x 5 ml spoons of Red Mountain coffee granules, 1 x 5 ml spoons of Coffeemate and 2 Silver Spoon 0 Calories Artificial Sweetener tablets in each and several glasses of tap water and several roll-ups, my Fasting Blood Glucose Reading was 7.6 Millimoles Per Litre. I think I know why it was a bit above normal, because I consumed 6 slices of Corned Beef last night and I have a feeling I'm going to have to omit the Coffeemate because a previous comment from a www.diabetes.co.uk member denoted that there is glucose syrup and other carbohydrates as its ingredient. I'm going to drink black coffee and black tea from now on.
 
Good Afternoon, all.

This afternoon I have consumed:-

11 glasses of tap water,

3 cups of black coffee, with 1 x 5 ml spoon of Red Mountain coffee granules and 2 Silver Spoon 0 Calorie Artificial Sweetener tablets.

Blood Glucose Reading at 3:02 pm:- 5.9 Millimoles Per Litre.
 
At approximately 3:30 pm, I consumed a late afternoon meal which was:-

* Tuna in sunflower oil
* Wafer Thin Ham
* 4 thin slices of cucumber
* 1 thinly sliced tomato
* 2 and a bit Iceberg lettuce leaves
* 1/2 a red onion, finely sliced
* 1 finely chopped spring onion

1 glass of tap water and 1 apple for dessert

Blood glucose reading at 4:40 pm:- 8.2 Millimoles Per Litre.
 
Corned beef shouldn't be a problem as it's a fatty meat, so it's good to include in your diet: protein has much less impact on your glucose levels than carbohydrates and the fat will have (virtually) no impact at all but will help to satisfy your appetite instead. So eat more fatty foods and cut right down on fruit - particularly those sugary bananas .

Cream is an excellent addition to coffee as it's full of fats so helps to prevent hunger. If you need sweetener, then look at erythritol/stevia combinations, they're recommended for diabetics as they have no impact on your glucose levels.

Robbity
 
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