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From a fasting glucose of 15, 9 days ago, i've now got my levels down to 8.8, have until next tuesday at 9am to get it under 7....if i can do that will i have an argument to stay off medication?

One concern i would have is that after 30 mins walking before my evening meal* my reading was 6.0...2 hours after eating reading was 12.1....at bedtime, 4 hours after eating, reading was 13.1 :shock:

* griled chicken, boiled rice, boiled peas & 2 pints semi-skimmed milk....presumably the milk and rice will have to go?
 
hooly, that's a lot of milk and even skimmed milk has a high lactose content; try to find an alternative.

As for rice, try using small portions of basmati and rinsing it thoroughly before cooking (the water should run clear and not be cloudy). This gets rid of much of the starch which will raise your BG levels. Otherwise, lentils are a good choice; delicious cooked with herbs, spices and lemon juice.

Best of luck to you.
 
Thanks, will have to give the milk a miss. Bananas too it seems had banana sandwiches at 10am and by 1pm was soaring at 16.3, actually felt a tad queasy, was down to 9.2 by 3pm :)
 
Just checked again...5.4...reckon thats the lowest my BG been in about 20 years.

Do blood pressure [cozaar] and cholesterol [atorvastatin] tablets affect BG readings?

This morning at waking my level was 8.8, took my medication and a chewy multi-vitamin and 90 minutes later my reading was 10.5...then came the banana incident :(
 
Bananas have a high carb count about 25%, maybe a bit more if very ripe. Only to be eaten sparingly. 25% of a tiny portion isn't much carb!
Get the little Collins carb counter book. It's not expensive and gives all the data.
 
Thirsty said:
As for rice, try using small portions of basmati and rinsing it thoroughly before cooking (the water should run clear and not be cloudy). This gets rid of much of the starch which will raise your BG levels. Otherwise, lentils are a good choice; delicious cooked with herbs, spices and lemon juice.

Best of luck to you.
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Also quinoa, my favourite rice substitute which doesn't shift my BG at all (worth testing though as it doesn't work so well for everyone)

PLEASE stop talking about bananas, they were one of my favourite fruits but I only have to see one in the fruit bowl and my BG starts to rise :P
 
:D not sure it was just the banana, sarnies were made from tesco brown bread too.

Milk seems to be a major issue, had tin of heinz vegetable soup, 4 slices white bread and pint of milk at lunchtime and went from 6.7 to 16.2

Sirloin Steak, oven chips, peas, an egg and a 2 mugs of sugarless tea at 6pm and went from 6.9 to 10.7

1760 ml of guinness and 200 ml of vodka [with highland spring water] later, and i'm about ready to place BG monitor in the of recycling bin :)
 
Hi Hoolyuk,
An excess of carbs is your main problem, white bread oven oven chips and milk are not good all high in carbs, I'm not sure about the soup but thats probably high as well, and I'm sorry but the Guinness is a no no, on the plus side Vodka in moderation is ok. I suggest you browse the Forum starting with the Low-fat High Carb thread.

Regards Graham

hoolyuk said:
Milk seems to be a major issue, had tin of heinz vegetable soup, 4 slices white bread and pint of milk at lunchtime and went from 6.7 to 16.2

Sirloin Steak, oven chips, peas, an egg and a 2 mugs of sugarless tea at 6pm and went from 6.9 to 10.7
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7.8 this mornin, lowest morning reading since started checking.

Just been checking carb content on labels and trying to judge what to eat from that....soup was about 7mg per 100 mg, brown bread was near 50mg :shock:

Reckon theres about 13g of carbs in a can of guinness and, like you say, the vodka is "trace" so its not all bad news :)
 
Dear Hooly
You must read the panels on the container of any prepared foods you buy. the manufacturers hide sugar in all sorts of unexpected places and canned soups are a favourite of theirs. Read the Carbohydrates, not just the sugars. Starch is a carbohydrate which turns to glucose in your system VERY fast. For natural foods, Collins have 2 little books, the calorie guide and the carb guide. They are small enough to keep in your pocket and don't cost much. Either would be the answer to your problem.
 
Thanks Hanadr, will look out for those books......just judging the soup by readings on monitor and it dropped on friday from 16.3 to 9.2, 2 hours after a tin and two pots of yoghurt...so that particular variety must be ok.
 
hi all

after weeks of making all my own lunches i decided the other day to "have a day off" and take some soup to work from the shop.

how irritating to find that all examples, tinned fresh packets etc had some carbs described as anything from good old potato and sugar to all the oses and starches such as cornflour wheatflour etc

in the end as it was too late to come home and make a box of stuff up i chose the lobster bisque with 7g carbs per half tin and only sugar as the obvious (can't believe i am chosing something with sugar in over other things as this is probably the least bad thing to have :shock: )

i am now resigned to making my own, not a bad thing at a weekend but a pain in the week

just goes to show you need to check, check and check again with the packs - i also got the carb counter book the other week which i think is fab.
 
hanadr said:
Dear Hooly
You must read the panels on the container of any prepared foods you buy. the manufacturers hide sugar in all sorts of unexpected places and canned soups are a favourite of theirs. Read the Carbohydrates, not just the sugars. Starch is a carbohydrate which turns to glucose in your system VERY fast.
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AFAICR they have just opened a new starch processing plant for making this stuff from wheat, just so they can stuff even more of it into places where you weren't expecting it.
 
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