walnut_face
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See this is where we find we are all different. A (small) bowl of porridge made with water sends my BG into double digits, even after 2 hours, so I no longer eat it
See this is where we find we are all different. A (small) bowl of porridge made with water sends my BG into double digits, even after 2 hours, so I no longer eat itPorridge is a great start
Also look at your portion size, amazing what 23grms of rice/pasta reduction can help reduce your cholesterol
One of the items in the "book" is that mashed potatoes are not as good as boiled potatoes
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Thank you for all the "advice" but you've all missed the pointment
I have no other means or need of testing as my regime adopted from the book and my GP let's me know my situation. That's all I have and the picture will hopefully allow everyone to understand the results of 15 years enjoying being diabetic and the health benefits it has given me and is available to all of those with diabetes.
Rubbish the book if you so wish, but at least read it from cover to cover, then judge me
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Thank you for all the "advice" but you've all missed the pointment
I have no other means or need of testing as my regime adopted from the book and my GP let's me know my situation. That's all I have and the picture will hopefully allow everyone to understand the results of 15 years enjoying being diabetic and the health benefits it has given me and is available to all of those with diabetes.
Rubbish the book if you so wish, but at least read it from cover to cover, then judge me
Hang on a minute.. is that your HbA1c at 43 mmol/mol? So you are officially pre-diabetic not exactly a brilliant number (not of course damning anyone for their numbers) but for someone claiming to have the book to benefit all with Type 2 not the best ad perhaps?
While HbA1c are not a pissing competition I did wonder where they got >53 as being in the zone... 43 I would suggest is work still in progress.... my 39 certainly is for me...
though oddly my doctor suggested this morning that my control was probably a bit too tight... I wondered off wondering....
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/for-those-in-scotland.109366/
In all fairness, what you do may work for you, but that's not the same as it being the most optimal approach for everyone, or even for you. Perhaps you'd be doing even better with a different approach. You shouldn't be surprised by the reception you've received here. It might have been better if you'd come here with the mindset that maybe you'd learn something from other people with type 2 diabetes, rather than coming here just to school us all. Also, the idea that you can tell your blood glucose level from the colour of your urine is preposterous and does not add to your credibility.I haven't had to take any testing of blood or urine for 8/9 years now
Only time is every 6 months at the surgery
That's my proof that the guidance in the book works. Decrying the data produced by NHS Scotland and if they didn't want to put results in the middle of the chart, who am I to disagree
Should we all follow Michael Moseley and his 5 and 2 diet, which cured him of diabetes (his words not mine), then if that doesn't work move on to his "blood sugar diet" and then if that doesn't go for his Turmeric dit
You choose and thanks for the entertainment
Goodbye to all
The number is <53 and is the target of less than 53 not more than 53
The number is <53 and is the target of less than 53 not more than 53
senior moment.....
I have managed to lower my Hbaic from 8.1% to 6.9% (due to low carbing) and my GP was very pleased...........but my cholesterol has gone up to 5.6 despite the fact that I am on 40mg of Atorvastatin. He said ideally he would like to see it at 4, any suggestions how I can lower it? I am going to start eating porridge for breakfast now and see if that makes a difference.
Any other suggestions on how to lower it please? thanks
I haven't had to take any testing of blood or urine for 8/9 years now
Only time is every 6 months at the surgery
That's my proof that the guidance in the book works.
Maybe for you since you don't measure your BG. By testing with a glucometer after eating porridge, I found out very quickly that it spikes my BG very rapidly and very high. It's been off my menu ever since.Porridge is a great start
Also look at your portion size, amazing what 23grms of rice/pasta reduction can help reduce your cholesterol
One of the items in the "book" is that mashed potatoes are not as good as boiled potatoes
I'm rather intrigued. So, based on your 6-monthly Hba1C, you are confident, and so is your doctor, that your glucose levels are OK? You don't test before or after meals on the basis that you know your control of your glucose levels are fine?
How do you know how your body responds to different foods? How do you know which foods, at what time of day, will raise your glucose levels or not? I'm Type 2 and, yes, I test my glucose levels having bought myself a glucometer several years ago. I'm now prescribed meter and test strips because of the medication I now take which can cause hypos and so had some idea of how my glucose levels were.
The Hba1C is, basically, an average of your glucose levels but this will not show any peaks/troughs, ie spikes and low levels. So, an Hba1c would not show whether you've had spikes or a straight line and this is what worries me, in general. If your glucose levels were to be checked every five minutes, 24 hours every day, there would be lots of peaks and troughs, even in a non-diabetic.
So, I can't see how you can know your glucose level without testing.
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