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Anita05061961 said:

Hi i'm new to this site my name is Anita would really love some tips and any ideas on anythingi just dont want to get to type 2 if i can help it .Many thanks Anitax

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Welcome ! - Can we assume that you are not diagnosed as diabetic? Why are you worried?

Hi and welcome. Most members follow a low carb high fat diet to lower blood glucose and keep it in check.. Have you a Blood Glucose metre and test strips as this is a good tool to keep track on what food spikes your BG. Test before you eat and 2 hours after the first mouthful. A rise of more than 2.0 mmol/l is classed as a spike and maybe avoid that food. There are lots of resources on low carb diets (usually classed as less than 120g carbs a day although I’m on 20g) Search Low Carb recipes in the search bar

Anita05061961 said:

Hi i'm new to this site my name is Anita would really love some tips and any ideas on anythingi just dont want to get to type 2 if i can help it .Many thanks Anitax

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Basically, just learn the basics of insulin insensitivity/resistance, and act on them. https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html is geared to T2's, but would work for a prediabetic to, to stave off diagnosis. You won't have to go as deeply in as the piece suggests as you're not over the diabetic threshold, so you can pick and choose a bit more of what you want to try and cut out, or lessen the intake of. If that's the route you want to take, of course. Cut carbs, and diabetes isn't an absolute given in your future anymore.

In any case, you're going to be fine, you're getting to this early.
Good luck!
Jo

Anita05061961 said:

No i don't have any test strips but on the letter it said they were making an appointmenr i should think the diabetic nurse .Anita

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Don't hold out any great hopes for the appointment.
It's still the case that the majority of health care professionals are hopeless at giving good advice for T2 Diabetics and this often/usually includes eating lots of fruit and whole grains as well as telling us not to test the Blood Glucose spikes from our meals!