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<blockquote data-quote="Robo42" data-source="post: 2308515" data-attributes="member: 208584"><p>I have been some 10 years with Type 2, controlled by diet with a couple of hiccups being on Metformin(too ill to stay on) . Still controlled by diet. If I had followed advice when first diagnosed I would not have kept off drugs.</p><p>Dietician only said what not to eat not what to have.</p><p>I initially tested myself before & 2hrs after meals & logged readings together with what I ate. Everyone is different I found what affected me & what was good, I handled CARBS better in evenings. no bread/carbs for breakfast. So adjusted what I eat, low carb always good, I also used the no more than 4% sugar in food items as a guide. I have a tester that is cheap to use the test strips so does not have to cost a lot. My GP has always said don't test but I still do now & then when I feel I might be a bit low/high or ate something different. <strong>WITHOUT TESTING</strong> I would not have been able to manage with diet control for so long. Good luck I did get testing strips on prescription to start but they stopped so switched to different tester with cheaper strips. I you would like a suggestion on a simple good cheap consumables tester let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robo42, post: 2308515, member: 208584"] I have been some 10 years with Type 2, controlled by diet with a couple of hiccups being on Metformin(too ill to stay on) . Still controlled by diet. If I had followed advice when first diagnosed I would not have kept off drugs. Dietician only said what not to eat not what to have. I initially tested myself before & 2hrs after meals & logged readings together with what I ate. Everyone is different I found what affected me & what was good, I handled CARBS better in evenings. no bread/carbs for breakfast. So adjusted what I eat, low carb always good, I also used the no more than 4% sugar in food items as a guide. I have a tester that is cheap to use the test strips so does not have to cost a lot. My GP has always said don't test but I still do now & then when I feel I might be a bit low/high or ate something different. [B]WITHOUT TESTING[/B] I would not have been able to manage with diet control for so long. Good luck I did get testing strips on prescription to start but they stopped so switched to different tester with cheaper strips. I you would like a suggestion on a simple good cheap consumables tester let me know. [/QUOTE]
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