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Glucose Intolerant - newly diagnosed but not convinced

Hi. There's mis-information going round about prawns. Although they contain cholesterol my understanding is that it is of a form that does not add to the risk of fatty deposits in your arteries, so don't worry about prawns. Don't forget virtually all low-fat yogurts are also high sugar. I buy zero fat and zero sugar ones and currently there only seems to be one brand of fruit flavoured ones so read the labels. Bananas are not a good choice of fruit for diabetics, so keep them small, not over-ripe and probably not 3 per week. Watchout for sugar in the cereals you list; better to makeup your own muesli or buy low-sugar versions.
 
I noticed the thing with the low fat yoghurts being full of sugar tonight, I had a mandarin activia and a pack of 4 belvita biscuits, did a test before bed and it was 7.7 but the yog had 8g sugar in it, which ai thought was high at the time, but didnt quite compute. Are the total 0% yogs any better? And yes in the last 2 days Ive heard differing things about prawns too.
 
In many cases you'll find Low Fat = More Carbs because when they remove the fat they replace it with carbs!

I've started buying those frozen packets of fruit, strawberries, raspberries, summer fruits, blueberries etc. Then I buy big pots of plain yoghurt (I like Greek best) and make my own. That way you know what you're getting and I think it may work out cheaper.
 
I have IBS D, I had it bad enough to end up in hospital a few years ago, but its a lot better now on medication.

I work in an ASDA and was going to buy some things I can eat today after work, but I just didnt know where to start, I was looking at labels and the carbs and sugar were sky high and I would put things back, I got quite disheartened, and decided I didnt like shopping any more, and decided to get my nephew a pair of shoes instead!!
I ended up buying
Bertolli Olive Light spread
JW Tuna Fillet in a sealed pack with Tomato Sauce
JW Tinned Herring with Tomato
SS Milk
Plain Cottage Cheese
Alpro Yogurt
Granary Bread
Low Fat, Mild Cheese
Quorn (bacon)

I was trying to go for the lowest Carbs I could find, but I was really having trouble.

Im not sure about my numbers today and I am still learning but I did get a headache and felt a bit strange at work today for a bit, they were.

7.8 - Waking at 6.30am
7.20 - Ate 3 Belvita Bics
10.4 at 9.20 - +2
5.6 at 11.20 - +4
12 noon - Ate 150g Cottage Cheese with Pear & Apple, with 4 Ryvita and 150ml SS milk
13.30 - Drunk half pint SS milk
6.2 at 14.30 - +2.30
20.00 - Ate Medium Jacket Potato, with 1 desert spoon plain cottage cheese, sprinkle of paprika and marjoram
Tiny Chunk low fat mild cheese
JW pack Tuna in Tomato Sauce
Small Slice of Gran Bread
8.3 at 22.00 - +2

Am I any where near the right idea, I really want to get a handle on this as quickly as I can.
 
Tinytoez

Not to bad.

Your readings should tell you what was good and bad today so the Belvita Bics look the worst thing and probably the combined carbs in the jacket potato and granary bread spiked you a bit in the evening. The 8.3 is just under the guideline 8.5 otherwise looks like you did really well especially around lunch time. Any idea what you were prior to your evening meal as that will tell you the size of the spike.

On your readings I would do until you're happy

When you wake up
Before eating breakfast
+2 after breakfast
Before eating lunch
+2 after lunch
Before eating dinner
+2 after dinner

From this you can begin to see the size of the spikes you have (just subtract the before reading from the after reading). The size of the spike is important as its telling you how bad the meal is overall.
 
I wasnt feeling so good so I fell asleep, I woke up and was feeling a bit odd, I didnt think about taking it, but will.
 
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