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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2276795" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Welcome to the forums, packed full with info on all aspects of diabetes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Honestly, most of the T2s on here don't eat wheetabix, it's got many too many carbs. How do you feel about bacon and egg, or maybe unsweetened greek yoghurt with berries? The issue here is not really the added sugar, but the total carbohydrate. (But congrats, cutting out the fruit juice should make quite a difference). </p><p></p><p>But firstly, most important question, specially given your weight loss, has your doctor done a test to identify whether you have T2 or T1 diabetes? T1s have an autoimmune reaction which destroys their insulin producing cells, so their issue is not inability to process carbs, but lack of insulin to do that processing. T2s have insulin resistance, and need more and more insulin to process those carbs - eventually their bodies max out on the insulin production and their blood sugar goes up. At your age your doctor may have assumed T2 without testing (GAD and c-peptide) and you need to know as though the symptoms are the same (high blood sugars, leading to extreme thirst) the causes and treatments are different. Ask your nurse what tests have been done.</p><p></p><p>T2 diabetics have a genetic inability to process high quantities of carbs, and modern "healthy" low fat high carb diets are packed with them. (Manufacturers reduce the fat in foods by adding sugar to make them more palatable.) That 104 is high, but plenty of folk on here have started with levels that high and gone back to normal by reducing their carbs. Your blood sugar meter is your friend. Test before a meal and two hours after. If the rise is more than 2mmol/L then you know that your body can't cope with the carbs in the meal.</p><p></p><p>Your morning blood sugar will be high because of something called the dawn phenomena - your liver pumps out sugar to help you face the day but if you are having trouble metabolising that sugar then your levels go up. It's the bane of many a diabetic (T1 and T2) and is one reason why T2s tend to find that their fasting morning reading is the last one to come down when they use diet to control their levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2276795, member: 372717"] Welcome to the forums, packed full with info on all aspects of diabetes. Honestly, most of the T2s on here don't eat wheetabix, it's got many too many carbs. How do you feel about bacon and egg, or maybe unsweetened greek yoghurt with berries? The issue here is not really the added sugar, but the total carbohydrate. (But congrats, cutting out the fruit juice should make quite a difference). But firstly, most important question, specially given your weight loss, has your doctor done a test to identify whether you have T2 or T1 diabetes? T1s have an autoimmune reaction which destroys their insulin producing cells, so their issue is not inability to process carbs, but lack of insulin to do that processing. T2s have insulin resistance, and need more and more insulin to process those carbs - eventually their bodies max out on the insulin production and their blood sugar goes up. At your age your doctor may have assumed T2 without testing (GAD and c-peptide) and you need to know as though the symptoms are the same (high blood sugars, leading to extreme thirst) the causes and treatments are different. Ask your nurse what tests have been done. T2 diabetics have a genetic inability to process high quantities of carbs, and modern "healthy" low fat high carb diets are packed with them. (Manufacturers reduce the fat in foods by adding sugar to make them more palatable.) That 104 is high, but plenty of folk on here have started with levels that high and gone back to normal by reducing their carbs. Your blood sugar meter is your friend. Test before a meal and two hours after. If the rise is more than 2mmol/L then you know that your body can't cope with the carbs in the meal. Your morning blood sugar will be high because of something called the dawn phenomena - your liver pumps out sugar to help you face the day but if you are having trouble metabolising that sugar then your levels go up. It's the bane of many a diabetic (T1 and T2) and is one reason why T2s tend to find that their fasting morning reading is the last one to come down when they use diet to control their levels. [/QUOTE]
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