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<blockquote data-quote="pleinster" data-source="post: 1455147" data-attributes="member: 221545"><p>Hi [USER=398032]@Dizzylish78[/USER]. My initial diagnosis level was similar to yours. I was in hospital at the time recovering for a biopsy following a kidney transplant a couple of months earlier. The steroids that were part of my anti-rejection treatment had caused the diabetes. That was over two years ago now and my levels are generally in the normalish area. I am not on any meds for diabetes. I got my levels down purely through cutting certain things from my diet. Given your comments about what you are eating/not eating, I just wanted to advise you to seriously look at foods other than the sweet things. The single most important thing to realise (which your nurse may or may not emphasize, but many on this site will) is that essentially carbohydrates turn to glucose in your system. Please look at Low Carb High Fat dieting. Cutting out/down things like bread, cereal, pasta and spuds will make a huge difference. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pleinster, post: 1455147, member: 221545"] Hi [USER=398032]@Dizzylish78[/USER]. My initial diagnosis level was similar to yours. I was in hospital at the time recovering for a biopsy following a kidney transplant a couple of months earlier. The steroids that were part of my anti-rejection treatment had caused the diabetes. That was over two years ago now and my levels are generally in the normalish area. I am not on any meds for diabetes. I got my levels down purely through cutting certain things from my diet. Given your comments about what you are eating/not eating, I just wanted to advise you to seriously look at foods other than the sweet things. The single most important thing to realise (which your nurse may or may not emphasize, but many on this site will) is that essentially carbohydrates turn to glucose in your system. Please look at Low Carb High Fat dieting. Cutting out/down things like bread, cereal, pasta and spuds will make a huge difference. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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