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Hello,
I would like help with diet - I have been given conflicting and un-supported instructions.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes on New Year's Eve last year, after scoring 58 on the HB scale. I had none of the expected symptoms at all. I was therefore given another blood test two weeks later and came out at 54. That in itself is odd given it is supposed to be an average over three months? The intention was to control by diet.
I also showed high cholesterol and blood pressure. I am overweight but not obese. I am 66, retired since 49 for medical reasons, and feel about 86!
I have completely changed what I eat but of course the pandemic has caused a lot of problems for those confined to barracks by "shielding" (I have PTSD amongst a long list of ailments). I have put some (but not all) weight back on that I managed to shed.
I was recently given another blood test and a different diabetes nurse told me that my reading is now 60 and that I shouldn't be eating what I am eating (I was following a Diabetes UK booklet, as instructed, but eating about half the massive permitted quantity) and that:
I am now being put on Metformin.
It was casually mentioned that my cholestol was now normal, and blood pressure was good by my reckoning but bad by theirs - last reading 124/82.
This left me (and my wife) very angry - not helped by the PTSD I'm sure - so I have left it a few days before writing here to calm down.
I would value opinions and guidance on the diet.
John
I would like help with diet - I have been given conflicting and un-supported instructions.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes on New Year's Eve last year, after scoring 58 on the HB scale. I had none of the expected symptoms at all. I was therefore given another blood test two weeks later and came out at 54. That in itself is odd given it is supposed to be an average over three months? The intention was to control by diet.
I also showed high cholesterol and blood pressure. I am overweight but not obese. I am 66, retired since 49 for medical reasons, and feel about 86!
I have completely changed what I eat but of course the pandemic has caused a lot of problems for those confined to barracks by "shielding" (I have PTSD amongst a long list of ailments). I have put some (but not all) weight back on that I managed to shed.
I was recently given another blood test and a different diabetes nurse told me that my reading is now 60 and that I shouldn't be eating what I am eating (I was following a Diabetes UK booklet, as instructed, but eating about half the massive permitted quantity) and that:
- No cereal other than Weetabix, All Bran, Shredded Wheat (all of which I could do without altogether given their lack of taste and wierd texture)
- Nothing with dried friut in it (apparently after it is dried it becomes evil)
- Only half a banana a day (uh?)
- Half a jacket potato in skin on alternate days
- No "pudding" of any sort with meals
- Wholemeal bread only. Previous nurse said seeded was better
- No low sugar marmalade or jam - anything that says "low" is bad.
I am now being put on Metformin.
It was casually mentioned that my cholestol was now normal, and blood pressure was good by my reckoning but bad by theirs - last reading 124/82.
This left me (and my wife) very angry - not helped by the PTSD I'm sure - so I have left it a few days before writing here to calm down.
I would value opinions and guidance on the diet.
John