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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix55" data-source="post: 1512432" data-attributes="member: 242273"><p>1) While it is warm enjoy lots of salads with olives (green or black), cheese, eggs, meat of all sorts. A few berries with some plain yoghurt or sugar free jelly with cream (double cream) make a good simple dessert. If you are also cooking for a non - diabetic then meat and above ground veg are all good but avoid the potatoes, bread, rice except in very very small portions. The nurse will probably tell you that you need to eat carbohydrates, these turn to sugar to be digested and are what have made you diabetic! Cutting them out altogether is hard initially but cut back and then cut back some more. Your body will use the carbs it has stored as fat so do not worry about depriving yourself of essential nutrients.</p><p>2) Please get yourself a monitor. It will let you know what is going on inside your body. You may be told that the numbers are meaningless unless you know what they mean but you know if it has gone up more than 2 after eating and that means that something in that meal was too much for you, everyone is different. It also gives you back the feeling of having some control over your body. There are several different ones available and because you have been diagnosed diabetic you do not have to pay VAT on them. Bear in mind that the cost is in the replacement strips. If you are squeamish the lancets are hidden and you only need less than a drop of blood from the side of a finger.</p><p>3) The other thing that you need to take into account is extra exercise, not necessarily going to the gym but taking a brisk walk for 30min.</p><p></p><p>Read around when you have got your head together but those three things you can make a start on today. We have been in your shoes and know that everyone's diabetes is different but help when we can. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix55, post: 1512432, member: 242273"] 1) While it is warm enjoy lots of salads with olives (green or black), cheese, eggs, meat of all sorts. A few berries with some plain yoghurt or sugar free jelly with cream (double cream) make a good simple dessert. If you are also cooking for a non - diabetic then meat and above ground veg are all good but avoid the potatoes, bread, rice except in very very small portions. The nurse will probably tell you that you need to eat carbohydrates, these turn to sugar to be digested and are what have made you diabetic! Cutting them out altogether is hard initially but cut back and then cut back some more. Your body will use the carbs it has stored as fat so do not worry about depriving yourself of essential nutrients. 2) Please get yourself a monitor. It will let you know what is going on inside your body. You may be told that the numbers are meaningless unless you know what they mean but you know if it has gone up more than 2 after eating and that means that something in that meal was too much for you, everyone is different. It also gives you back the feeling of having some control over your body. There are several different ones available and because you have been diagnosed diabetic you do not have to pay VAT on them. Bear in mind that the cost is in the replacement strips. If you are squeamish the lancets are hidden and you only need less than a drop of blood from the side of a finger. 3) The other thing that you need to take into account is extra exercise, not necessarily going to the gym but taking a brisk walk for 30min. Read around when you have got your head together but those three things you can make a start on today. We have been in your shoes and know that everyone's diabetes is different but help when we can. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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