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fatbill717

fatbill717

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
I live in Spain, and a while ago I was diagnosed as diabetic. although it wasn't said, I think type 2.
At that time my sugar readings were off the scale on an Optium Neo which I had been given in the UK a few years earlier as 'borderline diabetic'.
Thinking it was broken/out of date, I got a new one, which gave the same results on new strips.
anyway, the doctor here put me on 850mg of Metformin twice a day, but the diet info was difficult to understand.
My wake-up reading is normally about 7.5 mmol, and 2 hours after breakfast is about 10.6 mmol.
If I miss lunch, it just goes up and up.
If I eat lunch, I fall asleep soon after.

Can somebody please point me to a decent daily diet that I don't have to work out for myself, please?
I'm 71, and don't want to be faffing about stuff that isn't everyday normal.

I know I need to get on top of this, but my Spanish, whilst pretty good, isn't up to medical or technical stuff.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
Have you seen this?
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb

It gives the foods we should be eating and the ones to avoid. There are also some recipes. No need to have stuff that isn't every day normal! I don't. I am a very old fashioned eater. Basically, it is carbohydrate that causes our blood sugar to rise, so the fewer carbs you eat, the better. The worst carbs are bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and breakfast cereals, plus most fruits.
 
Thanks for that.
Looks like my diet is/has been the worst.
Take away bread, rice, pasta, cereals.......that's my diet gone.
I most certainly will look at that diet. Thank you.
 
I should also have mentioned that sometimes my sugars are down to 2.8 or 3 mmol.
Same diet, different day.
 
You need to avoid high carb foods. That means cut out breakfast cereals, bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. Also avoid fruit juice and fruit such as bananas and grapes. If you eat less carbs, then your blood sugars will reduce. You will need to eat more fat in your diet to compensate e.g. cheese, full fat yoghurt, avocados, nuts.
 
High and low sugars are both problematic, for different reasons
I would suggest using your meter,strips and a food diary in a fairly scientific way to find out what foods send your sugars high and to try to identify situations in which they go low.
If you test your sugars just before eating and again 2 hours afterwards then you will get a good idea of what foods work for your body - we are all different, both in terms of how many carbs our bodies can tolerate and in terms of how individual foods affect up
 
Hello, welcome. Maybe your idea of what's normal can change to something else just as normal, like fresh veg, meat, fish, dairy and good fats. I think you'll feel weird and maybe ill for a while until your body gets accustomed to the new regime, but please keep coming back here for reassurance and maybe after a while you can come off the meds, who knows? Best of luck.
 
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