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<blockquote data-quote="xyzzy" data-source="post: 324323" data-attributes="member: 40343"><p>Hi MAMA2X</p><p></p><p>I found the key to getting over being fed up was to realise that it was my diabetes and not my GP's or nurses. Like you I never had a sweet tooth and wasn't particularly that overweight when diagnosed. I found this site and the brilliant advice that people give and never looked back.</p><p></p><p>A lot of us think carbs are the really important thing so we would recommend the following. First get yourself a blood testing meter. The one most new members buy (those who gp's won't prescribe one which is usually the case) is the SD Codefree which you can get for under £20 from either Amazon or eBay. Test strips cost £5 for 50 which is the cheapest for any meter by far.</p><p></p><p>While you are waiting for your meter start out by trying to halve your starchy carbs so that's bread, rice, pasta, cereals, potatoes and other flour based products. Replace with extra meat, cheese, eggs, fish and especially green veg. On the starchy foods you keep try swapping to brown basmati rice, brown or tri colour pasta. The best bread that most of us use is Burgen Soya Bread which you can get from most supermarkets.</p><p></p><p>Once you get you meter then you should aim to get a reading under 8 two hours after you have eaten a meal. At the start you may find that difficult so try measuring before a meal, take note of the number and then measure two hours after you have eaten. Try to get a reading that is roughly the same as the one you took before you ate. If you do that then most people find that over a period of days or weeks your numbers will gradually begin to come down to safe levels. If your two hour readings are still far higher than your before meal ones then you can either reduce the starchy foods some more or you should go back to your gp and ask for stronger medication as its running with very high levels that can do some really nasty damage to you. </p><p></p><p>High Cholesterol is a matter of debate on the forum. I do believe there is some value which it is dangerous to go above but its probably higher than what we are told is the same level. I'm afraid its one of those ones where you will need to read the forum and make your own mind up. What I would say is that when I swapped to the lower starch and sugar diet my cholesterol levels improved dramatically. In any event a lot of us would also say as a newly diagnosed T2 your priority should be to get back to having safe blood sugar levels as there is loads of evidence that says high sugar levels are very dangerous where as its not as clear that having high cholesterol is as risky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xyzzy, post: 324323, member: 40343"] Hi MAMA2X I found the key to getting over being fed up was to realise that it was my diabetes and not my GP's or nurses. Like you I never had a sweet tooth and wasn't particularly that overweight when diagnosed. I found this site and the brilliant advice that people give and never looked back. A lot of us think carbs are the really important thing so we would recommend the following. First get yourself a blood testing meter. The one most new members buy (those who gp's won't prescribe one which is usually the case) is the SD Codefree which you can get for under £20 from either Amazon or eBay. Test strips cost £5 for 50 which is the cheapest for any meter by far. While you are waiting for your meter start out by trying to halve your starchy carbs so that's bread, rice, pasta, cereals, potatoes and other flour based products. Replace with extra meat, cheese, eggs, fish and especially green veg. On the starchy foods you keep try swapping to brown basmati rice, brown or tri colour pasta. The best bread that most of us use is Burgen Soya Bread which you can get from most supermarkets. Once you get you meter then you should aim to get a reading under 8 two hours after you have eaten a meal. At the start you may find that difficult so try measuring before a meal, take note of the number and then measure two hours after you have eaten. Try to get a reading that is roughly the same as the one you took before you ate. If you do that then most people find that over a period of days or weeks your numbers will gradually begin to come down to safe levels. If your two hour readings are still far higher than your before meal ones then you can either reduce the starchy foods some more or you should go back to your gp and ask for stronger medication as its running with very high levels that can do some really nasty damage to you. High Cholesterol is a matter of debate on the forum. I do believe there is some value which it is dangerous to go above but its probably higher than what we are told is the same level. I'm afraid its one of those ones where you will need to read the forum and make your own mind up. What I would say is that when I swapped to the lower starch and sugar diet my cholesterol levels improved dramatically. In any event a lot of us would also say as a newly diagnosed T2 your priority should be to get back to having safe blood sugar levels as there is loads of evidence that says high sugar levels are very dangerous where as its not as clear that having high cholesterol is as risky. [/QUOTE]
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