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Metformin What Comes Next ?

@daddys1 great minds think alike..

indian is fine, cut the rice and breads and have a nonstarch veg curry dish on the side or a little dahl or lentil
 
@daddys1 great minds think alike..

indian is fine, cut the rice and breads and have a nonstarch veg curry dish on the side or a little dahl or lentil

Hi Jack, Tesco's are doing a ready meal curry with rice, both a Rogan Josh or it might have been a madras, I think & a Jafrezia (can't spell) both under 10 carbs, I have had 2 now and for a ready meal was pretty good.

Neil
 
Hi Jack, Tesco's are doing a ready meal curry with rice, both a Rogan Josh or it might have been a madras, I think & a Jafrezia (can't spell) both under 10 carbs, I have had 2 now and for a ready meal was pretty good.

Neil
I'm in aussie, but thank you
I home cook and use a lot of indian paste in jars, add can tomato or coconut cream or peanut paste or yoghurt as required..I tend to do a one pot meat and veg..too lazy to do a meat and veg separately..a couple of microwaved [gas stove top flame better] papadams and I'm a happy camper
 
We be getting done for being off message, so just say Yes I cook Indian also, use paste (in Jars) also Pataks it's supherb. Used to have lot of Basmatti Rice with onions, Cardamom's. I done the coconut milk tomatoes etc myself. Always have yogurt separate to eat as you go when having the curry. We have it very hot Vindaloo or very hot Madras.
Neil
 
Having been on Metformin for around 20 months now and I am new to the forums I am getting more and more confused by the day, since being diagnosed T2, I or rather my wife has been watching sugar intake carefully now it would appear to be carbs that are more important
Dave
 
Hi Dave & Welcome, yes it is very confusing, but the NHS does not help with the information they give out. They talk of eating in moderation all foods, and for some it is probably OK, and may help a little. They also say reduce the sugar sweet things but they state that Carbohydrates should be part of the diet the Eat Well Plate.

It is however, the Carbohydrate that turns to glucose which affects us diabetics. It also affects normal people because when people eat carbohydrates, insulin is called for and any glucose not used up on energy/exercise the insulin turns the glucose to fat.

The dietitians are now starting to change their views and we have just had Trudi Deakin from 'expert health' contacted to the NHS writing a book saying they have made a mistake and Low Carb High Fat is the answer.

Neil
 
Hi again @Ayrshire Dave,

Just to say I was diagnosed pre, had a really good diet even then, and did not have a sweet tooth, was not taking sugar in tea or coffee. Had few cakes 1 a month no biscuits had lots of Fish, but had Rice Potatoes Bread, this was all before being diagnosed Pre Diabetic.

When diagnosed cut down a little on the potatoes, lost a stone in weight in 9 months, introduced more fruit into the diet and cereal and then was diagnosed borderline diabetic following the NHS diet.

Since October when I had the diagnosis I have followed the LCHF I am now out of the diabetic range and my Cholesterol could not be better.

The Metformin only has a very mild effect on your level of blood sugars.

Neil
 
HI. That diet is not good with far too many carbs. It's Ok to have some alcohol as it doesn't affect blood sugar by much
 
One poster asked what LADA was? It stands for Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood. It is effectively T1 that occurs later in life due to one or more antibodies killing islet cells. It's definition does vary and some GPs etc will deny it's existence. As there are many causes of islet cell death including viruses and pancreatitis to name some, I tend to think of LADA as just Late onset T1. Some people will say LADA will always be different from early life T1 but I have not seen any justification for this. Treatment is normally the same i.e. a low-carb diet combined with one or more tablets and with insulin almost certainly needed in the end
 

Hi Dave, welcome . Sounds like you have been yet another victim of the useless dietary advice given out by the NHS to diabetics. But the good news is you can turn it round quickly. Have a read of the first link in my sig below.
 

Hi Dave,
It can be confusing, I was baffled at first. I decided to go with the people on this forum, who live it day in day out, with years of experience and lots of info to hand. (and i work for the nhs lol) After that I wasn't so confused and manage relatively ok. Always more to learn of course. Good luck
 
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