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Message: <blockquote data-quote="badcat" data-source="post: 1490171">I think testing is particularly important in the early stages after diagnosis - it allows you to test the effects individual foods have on your individual blood sugar responses.One thing I learnt by experimenting in this way i.e. 1)testing blood sugars 2) then eating a reasonable amount of the food i was testing ( eg 1 piece of fruit ) 3)testing again 2 hours laterwas that the way Id been told to eat didnt always hold trueFor example a small glass of orange juice from a carton of  pure orange uice sent my sugars ballistic, whereas 3 times that  amount when I got it by  juicing  fresh oranges myself was fine. Pasta , brown or white, sent my sugars ballistic wheres rice didnt ( 20 years on tho they all do)My advice is to buy a meter, use it in a very scientific was to test a range of foods and then plan your diet based on the information you find outI think there is also something in the NICHE guidance about allowing newly diagnosed diabetics access to maters and test strips for a time in order to help them gain good control - quoting NICE guidance at gps works a treat if you can find the relevant paragraph to quote at them. Google NICHE guidelines type 2 diabetes</blockquote>

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