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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2278763" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Well done. You would only be lying to yourself so better to admit things then move on. The oven chips are the only one I would aim to cu out in future. Obviously being potato they are high carb for a strt. Oven chips such as frozen supermart ones tend to be manufactured from mashed potato extruded into chips and this increases the GI load so making the sugar response worse than home made chips with the real thing. Also beware that these frozen ones tend to be doctored by having added sugar to please the kids. It will not be shown as sugar, but will be listed as Malitol or Sorbitol or Maltose, or Dextrose. Certain supermarket brands are worse thsn others, and I find anything where the packet design has cartoon characters, or the chips have funny shapes or alphabet are the absolute worst thing on this earth for sugars.</p><p></p><p>You have had a good start, and your levels should start to drop. As regards te Metformin, the trials data showed that even at 2 g dose, the effect on bgl is only about 2 mmol/l You may need a second med to help but hopefully LC diet changes and snack reduction will make that less likely, The Metformin is mainly there to help protect your heart and arteries</p><p></p><p>Keep a daily log of meal details, and meter readings. I test just before a meal, then at 2 hrs and then again at 4 hrs to see how my body responds to the food. 2 hrs is the one to see how the carb content affected me, and the 4 hr one shows how the protein did. The other thing I did was to go to only 2 meals a day. Breakfast and evening meal. With the fat in my full English breakfsst, I do not snack in the day ,and my sugars are nicely in control. You may see OMAD mentioned which is one meal a day, but I found that too much of an imposition.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is confusing to start off with, but the food log should allow you to identify and build up a repertoire of meals you know are good for you, and conversely those meals to be avoided or kept for special treats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2278763, member: 196898"] Well done. You would only be lying to yourself so better to admit things then move on. The oven chips are the only one I would aim to cu out in future. Obviously being potato they are high carb for a strt. Oven chips such as frozen supermart ones tend to be manufactured from mashed potato extruded into chips and this increases the GI load so making the sugar response worse than home made chips with the real thing. Also beware that these frozen ones tend to be doctored by having added sugar to please the kids. It will not be shown as sugar, but will be listed as Malitol or Sorbitol or Maltose, or Dextrose. Certain supermarket brands are worse thsn others, and I find anything where the packet design has cartoon characters, or the chips have funny shapes or alphabet are the absolute worst thing on this earth for sugars. You have had a good start, and your levels should start to drop. As regards te Metformin, the trials data showed that even at 2 g dose, the effect on bgl is only about 2 mmol/l You may need a second med to help but hopefully LC diet changes and snack reduction will make that less likely, The Metformin is mainly there to help protect your heart and arteries Keep a daily log of meal details, and meter readings. I test just before a meal, then at 2 hrs and then again at 4 hrs to see how my body responds to the food. 2 hrs is the one to see how the carb content affected me, and the 4 hr one shows how the protein did. The other thing I did was to go to only 2 meals a day. Breakfast and evening meal. With the fat in my full English breakfsst, I do not snack in the day ,and my sugars are nicely in control. You may see OMAD mentioned which is one meal a day, but I found that too much of an imposition. It is confusing to start off with, but the food log should allow you to identify and build up a repertoire of meals you know are good for you, and conversely those meals to be avoided or kept for special treats. [/QUOTE]
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