Hi everyone, I'm so glad to find this site!
My husband and I went for our first Bupa health check just over 2 weeks ago, and thank God we did. He was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic, with a blood sugar reading of 16. He was also diagnosed as having high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and told he had a 50% chance of getting heart disease in the next 10 years. He's 45, not active, with a stressful job. He has always eaten what I assume to be a typical bad diet, with junk food, alcohol etc.
To say this diagnosis has been a huge shock us an understatement, and luckily he has embraced the whole lifestyle change that comes with it, wholeheartedly.
He saw our doctor the next day, who told him to go to the hospital for tests. As a result if the Royal Wedding and Bank Holidays that was the following week, followed by another doctors appointment of 10 minutes. He wanted to try an treat his ailments with diet & exercise, but the doctor insisted on giving him metraformin, 1 tablet for the firstvweek, building up to 3. She reluctantly has allowed him 3 months to try and bring his cholesterol & BP down by himself, which he is determined to do. He has another doctors appointment later this week, but has still been given no literature or duet advice.
He immediately, on diagnosis, gave up alcohol, junk food, cakes, chocolate, crisis, biscuits etc and has been eating mainly porridge (not instant oats) for breakfast, with a huge salad with fish for lunch, followed by brown rice or wholemeal pasta etc for dinner. We have tried to increase his fruit & veg intake, but limited bananas, dried fruit etc, and stuck mostly to apples, pears, berries, plums etc, eaten before a meal. He has also been drinking green vegetable juices.
He has about 2 stone to lose, but has lost about 10 so far.
I'm just so confused about all the information out there. I thought the complex carbs would be ok for you, obviously avoiding White bread,rice ,pasta etc, which we never ate anyway.
Everywhere I look the is just conflicting advice. Can you really cure diabetes from eating 100% raw foods? Should I weigh out his carbs? The more I read the more confused I get! I just want to do the best for him.
Please help.......before my brain explodes!
Thanks, Lucy
My husband and I went for our first Bupa health check just over 2 weeks ago, and thank God we did. He was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic, with a blood sugar reading of 16. He was also diagnosed as having high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and told he had a 50% chance of getting heart disease in the next 10 years. He's 45, not active, with a stressful job. He has always eaten what I assume to be a typical bad diet, with junk food, alcohol etc.
To say this diagnosis has been a huge shock us an understatement, and luckily he has embraced the whole lifestyle change that comes with it, wholeheartedly.
He saw our doctor the next day, who told him to go to the hospital for tests. As a result if the Royal Wedding and Bank Holidays that was the following week, followed by another doctors appointment of 10 minutes. He wanted to try an treat his ailments with diet & exercise, but the doctor insisted on giving him metraformin, 1 tablet for the firstvweek, building up to 3. She reluctantly has allowed him 3 months to try and bring his cholesterol & BP down by himself, which he is determined to do. He has another doctors appointment later this week, but has still been given no literature or duet advice.
He immediately, on diagnosis, gave up alcohol, junk food, cakes, chocolate, crisis, biscuits etc and has been eating mainly porridge (not instant oats) for breakfast, with a huge salad with fish for lunch, followed by brown rice or wholemeal pasta etc for dinner. We have tried to increase his fruit & veg intake, but limited bananas, dried fruit etc, and stuck mostly to apples, pears, berries, plums etc, eaten before a meal. He has also been drinking green vegetable juices.
He has about 2 stone to lose, but has lost about 10 so far.
I'm just so confused about all the information out there. I thought the complex carbs would be ok for you, obviously avoiding White bread,rice ,pasta etc, which we never ate anyway.
Everywhere I look the is just conflicting advice. Can you really cure diabetes from eating 100% raw foods? Should I weigh out his carbs? The more I read the more confused I get! I just want to do the best for him.
Please help.......before my brain explodes!
Thanks, Lucy
It is very confusing when everyone gives you different information. Here is the basic information the Forum Monitors give to new members which includes advice on diet and testing. You will find from this that your husband needs to reduce his carbohydrates to help keep his levels down and maybe avoid medication. I'm afraid porridge, brown rice and wholemeal pasta may not be suitable as they have the effect of raising the blood levels. The best way to find out what your husband can eat is to test before the meal, then two hours afterwards and if the levels are similar then this food is OK for him. Has he been given a testing kit? By controlling his diet well the cholesterol and blood pressure levels should also fall. Have a read of this then ask as many questions as you want and someone will know the answer.
