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Hi Lee
As Zola said on your other post, you'll get a welcome message form Daisy with lots of info. Take a look and ask questions.
I would ask about what foods you eat, do you have any weight to lose and can you exercise?
I made changes a few months ago, thanks to the advice I found here and I feel so much better.
I bet we could get it under 11 !
Cara
As Zola said on your other post, you'll get a welcome message form Daisy with lots of info. Take a look and ask questions.
I would ask about what foods you eat, do you have any weight to lose and can you exercise?
I made changes a few months ago, thanks to the advice I found here and I feel so much better.
I bet we could get it under 11 !
Cara
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- Diet only
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- Whelks,winkles... All crustaceous seafood except prawns. Can't do crab.lobster or scallops.
Don't like the way they are killed and cooked. Save our Scallops. SOS !!!
Also HATE evaporated milk.
lee-vespa said:
Have you got a blood glucose monitor to test foods to let you know which foods make your blood sugars spike ?
Scrap that. Just seen your other reply on your other thread.... :crazy:
When you get your official welcome message take a look through it. Especially the points on food
Lots of the diet advice given by medical professionals isn't as good as they would like to think.
The role carbohydrates play in the diet for diabetics can be very important. It's often not just the case of cutting out sugary snack and swapping to wholemeal bread.
But weight loss and exercise will help you.
Lots of the diet advice given by medical professionals isn't as good as they would like to think.
The role carbohydrates play in the diet for diabetics can be very important. It's often not just the case of cutting out sugary snack and swapping to wholemeal bread.
But weight loss and exercise will help you.
daisy1
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- Cruelty towards animals.
carraway said:
Hi Lee and welcome to the forum
Here is the information we give to new members and I hope you will find it useful. As Cara says, ask all the questions you need to and someone will help.
BASIC INFORMATION FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETICS
Diabetes is the general term to describe people who have blood that is sweeter than normal. A number of different types of diabetes exist.
A diagnosis of diabetes tends to be a big shock for most of us. It’s far from the end of the world though and on this forum you’ll find well over 30,000 people who are demonstrating this.
On the forum we have found that with the number of new people being diagnosed with diabetes each day, sometimes the NHS is not being able to give all the advice it would perhaps like to deliver - particularly with regards to people with type 2 diabetes.
The role of carbohydrate
Carbohydrates are a factor in diabetes because they ultimately break down into sugar (glucose) within our blood. We then need enough insulin to either convert the blood sugar into energy for our body, or to store the blood sugar as body fat.
If the amount of carbohydrate we take in is more than our body’s own (or injected) insulin can cope with, then our blood sugar will rise.
The bad news
Research indicates that raised blood sugar levels over a period of years can lead to organ damage, commonly referred to as diabetic complications.
The good news
People on the forum here have shown that there is plenty of opportunity to keep blood sugar levels from going too high. It’s a daily task but it’s within our reach and it’s well worth the effort.
Controlling your carbs
The info below is primarily aimed at people with type 2 diabetes, however, it may also be of benefit for other types of diabetes as well.
There are two approaches to controlling your carbs:
- Reduce your carbohydrate intake
- Choose ‘better’ carbohydrates
A large number of people on this forum have chosen to reduce the amount of carbohydrates they eat as they have found this to be an effective way of improving (lowering) their blood sugar levels.
The carbohydrates which tend to have the most pronounced effect on blood sugar levels tend to be starchy carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, bread, potatoes and similar root vegetables, flour based products (pastry, cakes, biscuits, battered food etc) and certain fruits.
Choosing better carbohydrates
Another option is to replace ‘white carbohydrates’ (such as white bread, white rice, white flour etc) with whole grain varieties. The idea behind having whole grain varieties is that the carbohydrates get broken down slower than the white varieties –and these are said to have a lower glycaemic index.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/food/diabetes ... rains.html
The low glycaemic index diet is often favoured by healthcare professionals but some people with diabetes find that low GI does not help their blood sugar enough and may wish to cut out these foods altogether.
Read more on carbohydrates and diabetes
Eating what works for you
Different people respond differently to different types of food. What works for one person may not work so well for another. The best way to see which foods are working for you is to test your blood sugar with a glucose meter.
To be able to see what effect a particular type of food or meal has on your blood sugar is to do a test before the meal and then test after the meal. A test 2 hours after the meal gives a good idea of how your body has reacted to the meal.
The blood sugar ranges recommended by NICE are as follows:
Blood glucose ranges for type 2 diabetes
- Before meals: 4 to 7 mmol/l
- 2 hours after meals: under 8.5 mmol/l
- Before meals: 4 to 7 mmol/l
- 2 hours after meals: under 9 mmol/l
- Before meals: 4 to 8 mmol/l
- 2 hours after meals: under 10 mmol/l
Access to blood glucose test strips
The NICE guidelines suggest that people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes should be offered:
- structured education to every person and/or their carer at and around the time of diagnosis, with annual reinforcement and review
- self-monitoring of plasma glucose to a person newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes only as an integral part of his or her self-management education
Therefore both structured education and self-monitoring of blood glucose should be offered to people with type 2 diabetes. Read more on getting access to blood glucose testing supplies.
You may also be interested to read questions to ask at a diabetic clinic
Note: This post has been edited from Sue/Ken's post to include up to date information.
Daibell
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Hi. You say you have been put on some 'clickaside' stuff? Does this mean Gliclazide? If you are overweight you would normally be started on Metformin as this helps reduce insulin resistance. If you are on Gliclazide and it doesn't help then do ask to be swapped to Metformin assuming there isn't a good reason that your GP avoided it. Your number 1 priority is to reduce your carbs to get both the weight and blood sugar down. Exercise will help as the number 2 priority.
