Type 2 GI

It isn't on food labels. You need the GI index, which you will find if you Google. However, it is even more confusing when you realise that each food is given a GI number that reflects the situation when it is eaten on its own, and how often do we do that? This is where the GL (Glycemic load) comes in play, and that is even more complicated.

If you are going to take the low GI route you do need to self test these carbs with a glucose meter. Most T2 diabetics not on strong medication find low GI is not a wise choice. A carb is a carb. White bread and wholemeal bread full of seeds have equal numbers of carbs in them, and all carbs turn to glucose once in the system. The only difference is the length of time they take to convert.

Amandabilly66 said:

hi my homeopath wants me following a low GI diet, how do you read the food labels so confused

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There's plenty of information on the internet but I would suggest using a GL, glycemic load, list instead of a GI as there's quite a difference in allowable foods. For example, carrots are unacceptably high on the GI list but rate as acceptable (low) on the GL list.
As to reading food labels, in North America, the only item on the label that would help would be the sugar. I would try to keep that under 9 grams.

Amandabilly66 said:

In England it would eg say carbs 24g off which is sugar 4g.
I was thinking this is good, but now don’t know,
The problem with the list of GI/GL it only does the item, it doesn’t do it for each brand,
It’s my homeopAth that’s insisting I do it,
I don’t want to go down western medicine route again,

Also at night it doesn’t drop, stuck on about 13/14 mmol. If anything it is sometimes higher then I will have a headache or migraine,

The doctor did put me on insulin for type 2, the higher they made the dose, the higher my bloods went,

I’m guessing I’m just I’m just adnormal

Feel so frustrated xx

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Are you still taking insulin? If so, what sort, when do you take it, and how many units?
What other diabetes drugs are you taking?
I know very little about insulin, but would suggest your problem is related to the dose you have been told to take and that this needs adjusting, which needs the help of your doctor/nurse.

Absolutely NO-ONE can insist that you eat certain diets. The choice is entirely yours.

I am not convinced by the GI and think it adds an extra layer of complexity no one needs! Focusing on the carbs you are eating and what these do to your blood sugar seems the most important thing.

I wrote a blog about this:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/why-i-pay-no-attention-to-the-glycaemic-index-gi-of-food.1906

If you are getting such high numbers then you are already eating more carbs than your system can cope with under your present regime.
The last thing to try is more carbs even if someone thinks that they are good for you.
It could be that the higher numbers you saw when injecting insulin are from insulin resistance, as you might still be pumping out excessive amounts - that can usually be reduced by fewer carbs and extra exercise or exertion with weights or resistance bands