Sonnyb2
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Thank you Madbazoo, hope that soon I will be able to drop the ? at the end of my username.
exercise can make a big difference to the way your body uses insulin. You may find the website 'not medicated yet' useful -written by a guy who's controlled his type 2 without medication for 13 years through diet & exercise. Good luck keep fighting xx
Just be careful of your fruit intake as they have a natural glucose , just add it on your carb count . Good luck
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<snip>I get so confused re my diet, I do not eat a great deal and never have cream cakes, biscuits, mainly eat blueberries, pears, banana (small portions three times a day) small dinners consisting of either fish, chicken and three veg. small amount of potato, soup for lunch. Do not drink much milk, preferring green tea. Breakfast is 1 wheetabix and a few blueberries, or egg on toast. Any advice would be much appreciated as I feel that I have been stuck at my reading of 7.7 since the time I have attempted to bring m,y reading of 9.5. down. Much appreciation for this site and the information that is given, certainly makes me feel less alone with my diabetes, thank you all who contribute.
exercise can make a big difference to the way your body uses insulin. You may find the website 'not medicated yet' useful -written by a guy who's controlled his type 2 without medication for 13 years through diet & exercise. Good luck keep fighting xx
Hi,
I've just picked-up this post (been away for a few days) but I'd suggest the bananas, toast, potato, and possibly the Weetabix are pushing your BG levels up. The quantities of food play a part and you're right to look at portion control, but it's more what you're eating that you need to look at.
I've found that you can't always predict which foods are OK for you, and sometimes food that doesn't affect other people can cause your BG levels to spike alarmingly or remain high, overall. I can't tolerate bananas or any form of white bread, for example. Apples are OK and so's wholemeal bread - provided I bake it myself and make sure only wholemeal flour goes into it (commercial 'wholemeal' sometimes contains surprising amounts of white flour). Jacket potato seems OK but (predictably, maybe) potato mash isn't, so I make a swede and celeriac substitute, which is just as yummy and does zilch to my BG. I notice you've mentioned avoiding cream. Because I reduced my carbs, I kept some fat in my diet (including milk, cream and cheese) and that hasn't caused me any problems in trying to lose weight or with my BG or cholesterol (it was 3.3 at the last test I had a week ago)
I'd suggest you experiment with your diet. Take your time over it, and just stop eating the likely candidates for a couple of days, to see what happens to your levels. I'd lay a small bet that, of the food you mentioned, the bananas, potatoes and toast are the culprits, but obviously you'll have to see what else you might be eating. Please let us know how you get on.
If it helps, my BG used to be in the 9s when I was first diagnosed but it's now usually in the 5s, sometimes the 4s or low 6s. But if I slip-up with my diet, I find I'm struggling with it in the 7s and 8s for the next say or two, before I can regain control.
Hi there! I too have been recently diagnosed with diabetes type 2 - last week in fact! I have also been given statins to lower my cholestrol so I know where you are coming from. I read everything I could and was confused by all the contradicting advice. I was directed to the Dietdoctor.com website and have been following that diet since then. The benefits for me are that I have lost half a stone ( although I know you don't need to worry about weight), I have lowered my blood sugar levels from 13.1 to about 7, although they've been a bit erratic and I never feel hungry. Breakfast is a bit of a downside - eggs and more eggs.
I have limited fruit - blueberries, raspberries and cherries work for me. Hope this helps!