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The simplest, easiest way is to change what you eat, reducing the amount of carbohydrates in your diet. That will have the biggest impact on your blood sugar levels. Exercise may support it, but won’t do the trick on its own. Dropping carbs may also lead to weight loss. A simple guide would be to focus on real foods such as meat, fish, eggs, above ground veg, some dairy. This website is a good starting point: https://www.dietdoctor.com/home
By the way, your profile says you’re on insulin, which I assume isn’t right as you don’t yet have diabetes. Would be good to change that to make sure you get appropriate advice.
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Hi @disneywithg , welcome to the forum.
Not changing diet to lose weight but changing diet to prevent blood glucose from going high.
All carbs raise blood glucose, so eating less carbs is very effective.
You could also biy a glucose meter and teststrips to see how different foods affect you, it can be an amazing tool.
Many of our members have successfully reduced their numbers to normal levels by changing their diet.
Not changing diet to lose weight but changing diet to prevent blood glucose from going high.
All carbs raise blood glucose, so eating less carbs is very effective.
You could also biy a glucose meter and teststrips to see how different foods affect you, it can be an amazing tool.
MrsA2
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Getting a meter to show you instantly what certain foods are doing to your body will be a tremendous help and motivation
Tagging @Rachox for her list of meters
Test at the start of each meal and again 2 hours later, if the rise is more than 2 then that meal was causing long term harm to your body.
Read up and learn, you'll be amazed
Tagging @Rachox for her list of meters
Test at the start of each meal and again 2 hours later, if the rise is more than 2 then that meal was causing long term harm to your body.
Read up and learn, you'll be amazed
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Popping back with some information on meters.
There are a few popular meters used by type 2s on here. The cost of the strips is important as they’ll be what you spend most on so don’t be seduced by offers of free meters with expensive strips.
The meter with the cheapest strips is the Gluco Navii.
If you use this link and select the meter plus 5 packs of strips and then add the code dcuk (all lower case) at check-out, you’ll get the meter free.
https://homehealth-uk.com/all-produ...ose-meter-test-strips-choose-mmol-l-or-mg-dl/
Total for 5 packs + meter should be £31.76 - you can select free postage too. Their check out isn’t the most obvious so you need to look for the box and check the discount has been applied.
There are also discount codes for when you come to buy more strips - "navii5" and "navii10" will give you 20% off purchases of 5 packs of strips and 25% off 10 packs of strips. Buying a pack of 10 boxes of strips using the discount code works out at £5.68.
The SD Codefree from Home Health has similarly priced strips, but is rumoured to be being discontinued at some point.
The Tee2+ from Spirit Healthcare also has relatively cheap strips, (although they have recently gone up in price): https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/products/copy-of-copy-of-tee2-blood-glucose-meter with the strips found here: https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/products/copy-of-tee2-test-strips
I got a free Tee2+ by phoning up to order the meter and 10 boxes of strips and they threw the meter in for free. Phone number 0800 8815423.
Also from Spirit Healthcare, with more expensive strips than the Tee2+ is their Caresens Dual. This can be used for testing ketones too (strips for that very expensive). https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/collections/caresens-dual
Don’t forget to check the box (or mention on the phone) to say you have diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips)
There are a few popular meters used by type 2s on here. The cost of the strips is important as they’ll be what you spend most on so don’t be seduced by offers of free meters with expensive strips.
The meter with the cheapest strips is the Gluco Navii.
If you use this link and select the meter plus 5 packs of strips and then add the code dcuk (all lower case) at check-out, you’ll get the meter free.
https://homehealth-uk.com/all-produ...ose-meter-test-strips-choose-mmol-l-or-mg-dl/
Total for 5 packs + meter should be £31.76 - you can select free postage too. Their check out isn’t the most obvious so you need to look for the box and check the discount has been applied.
There are also discount codes for when you come to buy more strips - "navii5" and "navii10" will give you 20% off purchases of 5 packs of strips and 25% off 10 packs of strips. Buying a pack of 10 boxes of strips using the discount code works out at £5.68.
The SD Codefree from Home Health has similarly priced strips, but is rumoured to be being discontinued at some point.
The Tee2+ from Spirit Healthcare also has relatively cheap strips, (although they have recently gone up in price): https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/products/copy-of-copy-of-tee2-blood-glucose-meter with the strips found here: https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/products/copy-of-tee2-test-strips
I got a free Tee2+ by phoning up to order the meter and 10 boxes of strips and they threw the meter in for free. Phone number 0800 8815423.
Also from Spirit Healthcare, with more expensive strips than the Tee2+ is their Caresens Dual. This can be used for testing ketones too (strips for that very expensive). https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/collections/caresens-dual
Don’t forget to check the box (or mention on the phone) to say you have diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips)
