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Hi DL.
Welcome to the forum. Have a good look around and when you are ready if you have any questions then just ask.

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You are welcome. We try to give an answer to everything if we can. Are you ex-pats ?
When you ask any questions it is helpful if you quote what Meds, doseage etc and also what type of diet your man is on. Then we can give help and advice more quickly.

Hi DL,

I'm a Type 2 who was diagnosed nearly nine years ago and I haven't any problems that I'm aware of after recently sorting out my situation through diet and self-management.

Diet is the way to sort your husband's problem out don't hope that the tablets will sort things out for him because they won't. Diet is very powerful!

You'll learn a lot from this forum - just ask anything that you want. People will help you.

To sort out the diabetes, Initally at least tell him to go careful with the carbohydrate - cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice etc. That should also help lower his triglicerides.

Best Wishes - John

Hi Dl.

Been out so sorry for the delay. John has given good advice. As for the Pasta/ Brown Rice no it isn't ok ! At least initially until you can get those Bg levels down. Your hubby has to take the action now to avoid complications in the future. All those thing that are high in carbohydrates are bad for him and will elevate his Bg levels. Carbohydrates convert to glucose which is bad for a diabetic. A few sacrifices now means a healthy future later.

Using the meter and test strips to check Bg levels before meals and at least 2 hrs after meals is a good idea.? Get some indication of what levels there are at various times throughout the day. Test on waking as well and one just before bedtime helps. This together with a food diary will help see what foods are affecting the levels and should be avoided.

Dog Lover said:

Thanks for that. I must confess, it still very confusing. I know about potatoes & bread. Am I right in saying that Brown rice, pasta is ok?

DL

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Hi again DL,

Brown rice is much better than white rice - also I find spelt pasta and wholegrain pasta better than ordinary pasta. However, you need to remember that it is all carbohydrate.

I can eat much more carbohydrate in the evening compared with in the morning without going high. Breakfast is my worst time - I've moved to eating a grilled or lightly fried in olive oil breakfast. I've stopped taking cereals or more than a small amount of toast on most occasions.

Don't get too anxious about it all, just keep making changes in the right direction. It would seem from my own experience and that of others I meet on these forums that improved blood glucose levels generally come about quite quickly for non-insulin dependent Type 2s once they get their diet sorted out.

John

Dog Lover said:

Hi,

Thanks for the support, I printed off your story, from the other forum. I found it very postitive, he's read it, and it's obvious we've still got an awful lot to learn about food.

Many thanks

DL

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Hello again,

In my opinion, it's important not to become over worried by it all. Nothing nasty is going to happen in the short term. However, if you want to keep away from problems in the future, it is important to take things seriously and get things under fairly tight control.

You'll soon learn what is good and bad - it isn't all black and white.

John