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<blockquote data-quote="add19" data-source="post: 1268751" data-attributes="member: 111224"><p>Hi Rich. I was 38 when I was diagnosed with T2. It's been 3 years now. It's well managed and at the moment not taking medication. My A1c was 9%(don't know the British conversion). I was on med for a long time but gradually the dosage dropped and been 5 months since I last took one. So there is hope. You may have heard that our condition deteriorates and we all go back to the meds and maybe later in life end up with insulin shots. I beg to differ. If you watch what you eat you should be OK. Besides low carbs, mind portion size. It doesn't mean you can eat anything low on the carbs with out any limits. There are under lying circumstance in your life that might have been a factor which lead to T2. If it's depression, seek counseling. lack of exercise, get out of your couch and hit the gym or do the 30 minutes 5X a week brisk walks. Just dropping few pounds should help keeping your blood glucose show some improvements. But you must be committed. One more thing before I go. Try to avoid whole grain(I seldom use eat moderately). If you do, you'll see a significant reduction. Until you see some changes, I strongly recommend you to stop eating fruits. When your situation improves, you can eat berries. But when I say this, don't starve yourself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="add19, post: 1268751, member: 111224"] Hi Rich. I was 38 when I was diagnosed with T2. It's been 3 years now. It's well managed and at the moment not taking medication. My A1c was 9%(don't know the British conversion). I was on med for a long time but gradually the dosage dropped and been 5 months since I last took one. So there is hope. You may have heard that our condition deteriorates and we all go back to the meds and maybe later in life end up with insulin shots. I beg to differ. If you watch what you eat you should be OK. Besides low carbs, mind portion size. It doesn't mean you can eat anything low on the carbs with out any limits. There are under lying circumstance in your life that might have been a factor which lead to T2. If it's depression, seek counseling. lack of exercise, get out of your couch and hit the gym or do the 30 minutes 5X a week brisk walks. Just dropping few pounds should help keeping your blood glucose show some improvements. But you must be committed. One more thing before I go. Try to avoid whole grain(I seldom use eat moderately). If you do, you'll see a significant reduction. Until you see some changes, I strongly recommend you to stop eating fruits. When your situation improves, you can eat berries. But when I say this, don't starve yourself. :) [/QUOTE]
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