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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1585784" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>It's clear something is pushing up your BG levels. All I can suggest is you keep a food diary including all the ingredients in each meal and the portion sizes. Really analyse exactly what you are eating. (amounts of carbs/fructose/calories/protein/fats and fibre) If you have a meter, use this to test before meals and about 2 hours after first bite, record these levels next to your food and look for patterns. This should show you what your danger foods are. The level to look at is the amount of difference between before and after. This needs to be as low as possible, and certainly under 2mmol/l. If it isn't, you have too many carbs in that meal for your body to cope with. If you don't have a meter, then you need to buy one, otherwise you are working blind.</p><p></p><p>I'm afraid our GPs mostly live in la-la land as far as diabetes is concerned, along with dieticians and the rest of the NHS. Our expectations are low. Your best place for help and advice is this forum, from people that are actually diabetic. There are many knowledgeable members. Have a good read round and see how others are controlling matters, and ask as many questions as you like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1585784, member: 94045"] Hi and welcome, It's clear something is pushing up your BG levels. All I can suggest is you keep a food diary including all the ingredients in each meal and the portion sizes. Really analyse exactly what you are eating. (amounts of carbs/fructose/calories/protein/fats and fibre) If you have a meter, use this to test before meals and about 2 hours after first bite, record these levels next to your food and look for patterns. This should show you what your danger foods are. The level to look at is the amount of difference between before and after. This needs to be as low as possible, and certainly under 2mmol/l. If it isn't, you have too many carbs in that meal for your body to cope with. If you don't have a meter, then you need to buy one, otherwise you are working blind. I'm afraid our GPs mostly live in la-la land as far as diabetes is concerned, along with dieticians and the rest of the NHS. Our expectations are low. Your best place for help and advice is this forum, from people that are actually diabetic. There are many knowledgeable members. Have a good read round and see how others are controlling matters, and ask as many questions as you like. [/QUOTE]
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