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<blockquote data-quote="dipsydo" data-source="post: 2266264" data-attributes="member: 371312"><p>As you have a meter you can see what disagrees with you by pushing up your blood sugars , take a reading , just before you eat and about 90 mins after the first bite. If your blood sugar increases substantially then you know not to eat that food in future. Also if you go low carb , or are intermittently fasting, as you are on a med ( Glicazide )which makes your pancreas produce more insulin you need to monitor your blood sugar to make sure the limiting of carbs or timing of intake does not result in a hypo. ( low blood sugar ) . If all goes well with a change of diet you may be able with your doctors agreement be able to reduce meds. </p><p></p><p>You mention fruits sadly they are not good for diabetes as full of sugar apart from berries which are lower and can be eaten in moderation . You mention breaded chicken which is surprisingly high in carbs , as you have already bought them I would cook and remove the crumbs before eating and not buy any in the future . Low carb would mean that potatoes are out as are most below ground vegetable , above ground vegetables are generally OK but peas and other legumes can impact some people but not others so this is when a meter comes in . Baked beans are generally high in carbs as is bread , anything with flour and rice and pasta , so no spag boll , well you can have the boll but not the spag . There are good low carb alternates such as cauliflower rice and if you really need to eat bread then low carb bread such as Livlife is available but expensive. There is low carb ice cream as well available look at the labels . With low carb you need to ensure you drink a sufficient fluids I drink at between 2 or 3 litres. The fat in the the low diet helps with preventing hunger but you can go moderate with the fat . Snacks , if needed, could be olives, pork scratchings, small pieces of cheese , nuts ( not peanuts) or two small pieces of dark chocolate (85%) or more.</p><p>If you like meat it is low carb and most cheese is low carb although some some is not so look at the the label. </p><p>So meat and and salad / green vegs is fine but ditch the baked potato (but you could cook a potato for your other half as long as you can resist it ) . To avoid larger portions , maybe you could use a smaller plate than you other half so yours looks fuller as it sounds that he needs more food than you do. </p><p>Good luck if you go low carb and remember that you are not looking at a short term diet but the food you want to eat for the future and there is lot of help on this site for advice and encouragement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dipsydo, post: 2266264, member: 371312"] As you have a meter you can see what disagrees with you by pushing up your blood sugars , take a reading , just before you eat and about 90 mins after the first bite. If your blood sugar increases substantially then you know not to eat that food in future. Also if you go low carb , or are intermittently fasting, as you are on a med ( Glicazide )which makes your pancreas produce more insulin you need to monitor your blood sugar to make sure the limiting of carbs or timing of intake does not result in a hypo. ( low blood sugar ) . If all goes well with a change of diet you may be able with your doctors agreement be able to reduce meds. You mention fruits sadly they are not good for diabetes as full of sugar apart from berries which are lower and can be eaten in moderation . You mention breaded chicken which is surprisingly high in carbs , as you have already bought them I would cook and remove the crumbs before eating and not buy any in the future . Low carb would mean that potatoes are out as are most below ground vegetable , above ground vegetables are generally OK but peas and other legumes can impact some people but not others so this is when a meter comes in . Baked beans are generally high in carbs as is bread , anything with flour and rice and pasta , so no spag boll , well you can have the boll but not the spag . There are good low carb alternates such as cauliflower rice and if you really need to eat bread then low carb bread such as Livlife is available but expensive. There is low carb ice cream as well available look at the labels . With low carb you need to ensure you drink a sufficient fluids I drink at between 2 or 3 litres. The fat in the the low diet helps with preventing hunger but you can go moderate with the fat . Snacks , if needed, could be olives, pork scratchings, small pieces of cheese , nuts ( not peanuts) or two small pieces of dark chocolate (85%) or more. If you like meat it is low carb and most cheese is low carb although some some is not so look at the the label. So meat and and salad / green vegs is fine but ditch the baked potato (but you could cook a potato for your other half as long as you can resist it ) . To avoid larger portions , maybe you could use a smaller plate than you other half so yours looks fuller as it sounds that he needs more food than you do. Good luck if you go low carb and remember that you are not looking at a short term diet but the food you want to eat for the future and there is lot of help on this site for advice and encouragement. [/QUOTE]
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