newbi needs advice

Hi tigerlily,
Yes it is confusing at first to know what you can and cannot eat. Telling someone to use a G.I. diet without explaining it is not very helpful as you have found.
I follow this eating plan but would stress that it does not work for everyone, we are all different and I'm afraid that one size does not fit all.
You need to get a good book called the G.I. Diet by Rick Gallop. Waterstones sell it where I live but if you cannot get a copy there it is for sale on Amazon. Several of the forum members who use this diet also use this book. It explains the principles behind it, how it works, how much you can eat of any given food and the amount of exercise needed. There is a reduction in the amount of carbohydrates for each meal but it is quite easy to follow.
You do not say if you have a meter to test your blood sugars. This is vital as you need to test to see how your blood sugars react to certain foods. They are reasonable to buy but the test strips are expensive. Ask your G.P. to provide one as it is impossible to monitor your progress without
Keep asking questions on the forum, we are all here to help.
Catherine.

I personally find Splenda the only tolerable artificial sweetener.
As to what is good for you, that varies with your personal needs at the time. There's no such thing as good or bad food. I'm sure Ally would agree that even the foods she calls "junk" are ok once in a while for a treat.not the basis of an eating pattern. For example, I used to allow one trip per school holiday to a burger place.

Hi tigerlilly,

Just a couple of quick bits of advice. I have been trying out a new sweetener called Zsweet over the Xmas holidays. I was quite impressed that it tasted good and seemed to have very little effect on my blood sugar.

Second, I'd recommend a book called 'The Diabetes Revolution' by Professor Charles Clark. It's very concise, covers all of the important dietary advice, and comes with lots of great recipes too!

Good luck, and keep in touch

fergus

Be careful of "diabetic" cookery books, many of them push the Healthy High Carb Low Fat diet - which isn't. Dana Carpender comes recommended.

Sounds like you have the beginnings of peripheral neuropathy which should improve with BG control, mine never got beyond numbness, foot going to sleep and occasional pins and needles but now I have no symptoms - until my BG goes over around 8 when it comes back to bite me