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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 647477" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome!</p><p></p><p>I so agree on the nagging, bullying about diet and weight.</p><p></p><p>When I was told I was prediabetic (10 yrs ago ish) I was sat down and handed a badly photocopied diet sheet telling me to stuff myself with brown rice and bread, base my food around carbs, and lose weight.</p><p></p><p>Gosh. How silly I had been! I had stopped eating those things because they made me feel ill, and put on weight.</p><p>Clearly, I should pile those pounds on! NHS orders!</p><p>Ridiculous. I smiled sweetly and threw that diet sheet away.</p><p></p><p>This year, 300 miles away from my previous surgery, the very overweight nurse handed me exactly the same diet on an equally scratty bit of paper.</p><p></p><p>And I'm still ignoring the advice. And feeling very good on the diet I do follow. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Regarding the fruit thing - get yourself a blood glucose testing kit. Eat fruit. Test to see what happens to you. It really is the only way to find out.</p><p></p><p>Me? Fruit does terrible things to my blood sugar. No fancy study result is ever going to persuade me to go against the evidence of my blood glucose meter. Extensive testing has shown me that I can eat berries, a few cherries, and very very very small quantities of apples, pears and kiwis without my blood glucose spiking. Every other type of fruit (except tomatoes and similar 'vegetables') sends my BG sky high.</p><p></p><p>Since you are prediabetic, you may have much more leeway than that, but it's probably still worth checking... <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="Brunneria, post: 647477, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome! I so agree on the nagging, bullying about diet and weight. When I was told I was prediabetic (10 yrs ago ish) I was sat down and handed a badly photocopied diet sheet telling me to stuff myself with brown rice and bread, base my food around carbs, and lose weight. Gosh. How silly I had been! I had stopped eating those things because they made me feel ill, and put on weight. Clearly, I should pile those pounds on! NHS orders! Ridiculous. I smiled sweetly and threw that diet sheet away. This year, 300 miles away from my previous surgery, the very overweight nurse handed me exactly the same diet on an equally scratty bit of paper. And I'm still ignoring the advice. And feeling very good on the diet I do follow. :) Regarding the fruit thing - get yourself a blood glucose testing kit. Eat fruit. Test to see what happens to you. It really is the only way to find out. Me? Fruit does terrible things to my blood sugar. No fancy study result is ever going to persuade me to go against the evidence of my blood glucose meter. Extensive testing has shown me that I can eat berries, a few cherries, and very very very small quantities of apples, pears and kiwis without my blood glucose spiking. Every other type of fruit (except tomatoes and similar 'vegetables') sends my BG sky high. Since you are prediabetic, you may have much more leeway than that, but it's probably still worth checking... :) [/QUOTE]
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