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High BS, poor diet

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Ok, hubby is Type 2. On Metformin 500mg x 3 per day, Simvastatin and asprin. Cholesterol went high (it was normal at diagnosis) after 20mgs of statin and was increased 2 months ago to 40mgs. Blood test showed it was doing the trick.

Hubby has not altered his diet since diagnosis. Few reasons, not looking to be berated for it, he (we) now know this was stupidity and needs fixing. Will be approaching the GP for advice on this too and referral to dietician asap, since he's a night worker and needs proper guidance on when to take medication best and when to eat for the best.

My question is, we recently started monitoring his BG, didn't bother much after diagnosis. Well, they are high, pretty much constantly in the 8-11 region. It *appears* whatever he eats, he gets a spike and it doesn't go down much afterwards. We admit to not knowing much though so could be eating totally the wrong thing without even realising. Scoured Amazon tonight and have ordered 3 books, food and diabetes ones to get to grips with this situation.

So, what should he (we) be doing NOW in the meantime to help this situation? As I said,his diet is bad. He'll admit it too but actually food wise, what he eats isn't terrible for most people but maybe for a diabetic, and an overweight one at that, it is. - ie: not looks of takeaway. It's more portion control, regularity of eating etc that's the issue.
 
Blood Sugar 101

Diabetes for Dummies (felt this was most appropriate, I'm not thick but diabetes confuses me! :oops: )

Healthy Eating for Diabetes
 
Hi JJ4

I am sorry that your husband is struggling so much, I note that you said that you have already ordered some books on food and diabetes, I suggest that you both read the posts in the Success Stories thread viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3763&hilit=success+stories and most definitely get hold of the books by Dr Bernstein The Diabetes Solution and Dr Charles Clark The Diabetes Revolution.

It is really is important that your husband is testing his bg and he will soon find out which foods cause him to spike and are best avoided. He still can have the odd take away meal, but just not ones that are laden with hidden sugar and of course no rice, potatoes, bread or pasta or at the very least only small amounts of these, it all depends on his readings. Have a look through the recipes in this forum, try out this cauliflower rice, even my non-diabetic friends are having this now as it is a good way of eating extra vegetables.

Have a look at some examples of what other people are eating, here is the link for you viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5853&hilit=bin+eating, the best thing about low carb eating is that he can fill up on vegetables and the higher protein intake means that he will not feel hungry at all.

I hope that some of this helps.

All the best

Karen
 
Thanks Karen, I've bookmarked those threads and will be looking through them.

What is considered a spike? At what level roughly and are we talking 1 or 2 hours after?
 
I would also recommend the Collins Gem carb or calorie counter,either is good and they do not cost too much.they are small enough to put in your pocket when shopping as well.
 
JJ4 said:
What is considered a spike? At what level roughly and are we talking 1 or 2 hours after?
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Hi JJ,
It's really not possible to say exactly when a spike will occur because it depends on so many variables: how much carbohydrate the food contained, whether it was high or low GI, how much fat the meal contained. As a very approximate guide, something that has a very high GI will spike blood sugar within 5 to 15 minutes. Medium GI will spike at around 15 to 45 minutes. Low GI at 45 minutes to 75 minutes. Fat accompanying the food slows down the rate of digestion and so slows the conversion from carbs to glucose, so that for a low GI item, eaten with fat, the spike may not occur for 2 hours or more.
 
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