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Hi I'm recently diagnosed Type 2

princessleia29

princessleia29

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Type of diabetes
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Diet only
I am controlling it with diet and exercise at the moment but would love to try the Newcastle diet why are medical professionals not supporting this?
 
Hello and welcome. I know nothing about the Newcastle Diet I'm afraid. I just stuck to lowish carbs and increased fat, which worked for me. Good luck.
 
Hi thank you :) the Newcastle diet is research from a Professor who has successfully reversed diabetes with some people http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm it seems amazing stuff and there are articles about people who have had backing from their nurses/doctors to do it and I really wish mine would get on board with it as I am desperate to try it.
 
Hi, welcome.

I've just read your intro - Daisy should be along shortly on that thread with a quick intro, but basically it's not your fault and you are not to blame. Some people are just genetically predisposed to T2 and the high carb high processed food pushed at us is often the last straw.

Do you know what your diagnosis numbers were? Have you been prescribed any meds?

The good news is you can manage this with diet and exercise as you are doing. The main thing is to cut out as many carbs as possible. Have a look at www.dietdoctor.com/lchf if you haven't already, many of us are getting great results with this.

As for Newcastle, there is a section of the forum covering this (Low Calorie Diets). It's a bit drastic for me, depends on whether you want to just control BGs or try and reverse the condition. It might depend on what is causing your diabetes though - it's really just a symptom not a single 'disease', which can be caused by low insulin production in the pancreas, resistance to insulin in the blood cells, no signal from the stomach to the brain to tell the pancreas to produce insulin when you eat, etc etc.

Good luck, ask any questions and let us know how you are getting on.
 
Hi well I'm a bit confused with my diagnosis numbers as they were given over the phone it was 55 when it should be 48? Does that make any sense at all? I was in shock as the doctor told me that way and I didn't take it in. I'm not on any medication and when I did my first blood sugar test it was 11.3 after breakfast and now it is 6.4


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55 is your HbA1c test result and is in the diabetic range. This test averages your blood sugar levels over the previous 2 to 3 months, with more weight given to the previous few weeks. 55 equates to an average of 8.8mmol/l which are the units shown on your meter.

20 to 41 is non-diabetic
42 to 48 is pre-diabetic
Over 48 is diabetic.

I suggest you ring the GP receptionist and ask for a print out of your results. You are entitled to these and will find them very useful for future reference.
 
princessleia29 said:
I am controlling it with diet and exercise at the moment but would love to try the Newcastle diet why are medical professionals not supporting this?
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Type Newcastle diet in the forum search facility and you'll find threads discussing the diet.

I'm not sure why you think the medical profession aren't supporting the diet, as far as I'm aware they are but the diet has to be followed under medical supervision, as per what Prof Taylor advises.

Welcome to the forum btw.
 
Hi well when I suggested it to the doctor and the diabetes nurse they weren't even aware of it and the nurse suggested just losing weight normally at first but I am keen to try it but just need medical support to do it according to the information. They said I can bring it up with the diabetes doctor whenever the clinic is next but I feel frustrated having to wait.


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Hi and welcome. I think the small problem with the Newcastle diet is that it is mainly about reducing calories rather than reducing carbs; carbs are our problem and in fact most people's. The calorie thing is a bit of a hangover from the low-fat mantra. So, you could do worse things than the Newcastle diet but most of us would say to reduce your carbs to a sensibly low level and increase proteins and fats if needed to maintain energy and balance. The most useful blood test the surgery do is the HBa1C which will probably be done in around 3 months. This measures average blood sugar over the previous 3 months and will guide you and the GP whether to start meds such as Metformin. If you have a good diet and a good BMI you may find you don't need any meds. BTW the reason the NHS doesn't recommend the Newcastle or any diet is that they are stuck in the days of the 'Eatwell Plate' (well, it's Eat Unwell actually) and having plenty of starchy carbs with each meal which is hopeless for diabetics. Sad, but there you go. Do come back with any questions. Ref the meter focus on testing 2 hours after a meal and don't worry too much about morning fasting tests.
 
princessleia29 said:
Hi well when I suggested it to the doctor and the diabetes nurse they weren't even aware of it and the nurse suggested just losing weight normally at first but I am keen to try it but just need medical support to do it according to the information. They said I can bring it up with the diabetes doctor whenever the clinic is next but I feel frustrated having to wait.
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Print out Prof Taylor's research and show your gp and nurse the study, very surprised they've not heard of it.
 
noblehead said:
Print out Prof Taylor's research and show your gp and nurse the study, very surprised they've not heard of it.
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My GP had heard of it but wasn't sure what it was. After I'd explained it all though, he promptly wrote on my notes that I was going to try the "Cambridge Diet"! :rolleyes:

The Newcastle Diet is a hard one to stick to, but there are a few on here who have done so. I've struggled over the past couple of weeks but I have managed to consolidate the weight losses I made initially in May and June, and my average BG readings have gone from 6.2 in March to 5.3 now. That's according to the readings I've been taking with my meter over the months, so I appreciate that it's not strictly-speaking 100% accurate, but I think it's a reasonable indicator of progress.

As for how effective it's all been, well I'd hesitate to say yet that I've reversed my T2. Time will have to tell on that, but I think I've knocked my diabetes a long way back up the path it was taking me before I began the diet.
 
Thank you for sharing your experience I love the GPs notes Cambridge diet that made me chuckle :) I guess the thing is GPs are not experts in anything hence the title but maybe if I can get to see the GP who specialises in diabetes then this might help! I don't know why I didn't get allocated to him in the first place!


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