xfieldok
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Sorry. load of tosh.
Sorry. load of tosh.REDUCE carbs and ELIMINATE sugar. No potatoes,no rice, no pasta,nothing sweet,no processed snacks.
Nothing fried but boiled.
Two slices of brown bread daily cannot harm you.
Eat reasonable portions of fruits, but no juices at all.
Daily fat intake from cheeses,nuts and olive oil. (Do not eat saturated fats whatever they say, because they will clog your arteries).
Do not listen to keto diets, they are dangerous. Otherwise they would be suggested to children with T2 and they are NOT.
Reported your post. Hopefully a mod will help out.I've tried posting on here, but get a silly artificial intelligence type message to say that the content is probably "too spam-like".
It then tells me to contact an administrator - I can't find one. Can an admin help me out? I'll gladly send you the post for you to moderate before it's published.
I've tried posting on here, but get a silly artificial intelligence type message to say that the content is probably "too spam-like".
It then tells me to contact an administrator - I can't find one. Can an admin help me out? I'll gladly send you the post for you to moderate before it's published.
REDUCE carbs and ELIMINATE sugar. No potatoes,no rice, no pasta,nothing sweet,no processed snacks.
Nothing fried but boiled.
Two slices of brown bread daily cannot harm you.
Eat reasonable portions of fruits, but no juices at all.
Daily fat intake from cheeses,nuts and olive oil. (Do not eat saturated fats whatever they say, because they will clog your arteries).
Do not listen to keto diets, they are dangerous. Otherwise they would be suggested to children with T2 and they are NOT.
Sorry. load of tosh.
I've recently been diagnosed with T2 and apart from my GP advising me to cut out sugar, reduce bread intake, and take more exercise, I've not received any professional advice about diet. I'm seeing my GP again next week and I'll request a dietician referral.
My eating habits to date haven't been the healthiest to be honest. Bread, potatoes and a sweet dessert formed part of most meals. I've been attempting (and failing spectacularly) at carb limiting to the extent that I'm neglecting the other food groups and feel very light-headed most of the time. I'm finding the whole diet thing really overwhelming and don't see how I can change. Cutting out sweet stuff won't be a problem, it's finding nutritious and filling 'main' foodstuffs that's the problem. N.B. I don't eat fish or eggs.
My question to experienced T2-ers is:- How did you manage the transition from 'normal' eating to carb-conscious eating?
And how would that be exactly?Do not listen to keto diets, they are dangerous.
You need to know the numbers of your cholesterol. Your GP's idea of "high" depends on which numbers he is looking at, and is probably the Total Cholesterol, which is meaningless. You can ask for a print out of your blood test results. This will tell you all you need to know, and I suggest you do this immediately so you have time to ask questions on this forum and do some research. Anything you don't understand, people on here will help and explain. You need your HbA1c, and your serum lipids (HDL, LDL and triglycerides) These are essential knowledge.
Your HbA1c at 47 mmol/m shows you are at the high end of pre -diabetes 48 and more is "full blown" T2.Would you please explain my HbA1c, HDL, LDL and triglycerides.
Thanks
Would you please explain my HbA1c, HDL, LDL and triglycerides.
Thanks
REDUCE carbs and ELIMINATE sugar. No potatoes,no rice, no pasta,nothing sweet,no processed snacks.
Nothing fried but boiled.
Two slices of brown bread daily cannot harm you.
Eat reasonable portions of fruits, but no juices at all.
Daily fat intake from cheeses,nuts and olive oil. (Do not eat saturated fats whatever they say, because they will clog your arteries).
Do not listen to keto diets, they are dangerous. Otherwise they would be suggested to children with T2 and they are NOT.
Apologies for being MIA for a few days but work things got in the way. I work in broadcast news and there was some major event in the UK on ThursdayHello Captain Crunch and welcome.
The first rule to take on board is Don't Panic! You've taken the first step and found this forum and were motivated to post.
Practically everyone on here was diagnosed and faced the worry same as you. you will find that there is a huge wealth of knowledge and experience on here along with multiple ways to get your numbers down.
You need to know your numbers, if you don't have them tell your GP surgery you need them. It can help to sign up online with your surgery so that you can see your results quicker despite GPs and DNs saying the results will take a week to come back mine are available on line the next day.
Test results mean nothing unless you know what your BG is every day. Some GP surgeries will give or loan you a BG monitor and you should have lancets and testing strips put on repeat along with a yellow sharps disposal box. I bought my meter and my GP put the lancets, strips and box on repeat.
You need to test before and two hours after eating and record what you ate and what the readings are. Over time you will be able to see what spikes your BG and what doesn't. We are all unique, potatoes don't hugely spike my BG but carrots do. You have no way of knowing unless you test.
You didn't become type 2 overnight and you won't unless you're very lucky get your numbers down overnight. It takes time and without knowing what individual foods do to your BG you can't get a handle on things.
Most of us on here follow LCHF with varying amounts of carbohydrates, from practically none up to around 100. I keep mine between 50 and 80 g a day. That suits me, in three and half years I've lost over seven stones and my numbers steadily decrease. I keep to my LCHF 95% of the time. I can be 100% for weeks but I'm human I can fall off the wagon for one meal or one snack but then get straight back into plan. You do not fail if you get back onto LCHF again.
Make www.dietdoctor.com your friend put any foodstuff into search and you will find suggestions or reasons why it's not a good idea. There are recipes there for all sorts of things including chocolate fudge which is my favourite at the moment. You do have to pay to access after a free trial but I think it's worth it. There's meal plans, video, research results on there.
You've found this forum, explore some of the discussions you don't have to join in every time but there's always someone around to support you when you need it.
So hopefully you haven't run out of energy reading this!
Don't panic
Test and record BG and what you've eaten take it to every medical appointment you have
You probably didn't get diabetic overnight, getting it under your control will take time
Look around the forums
Have a look at diet doctor
Make a plan and try to stick with it 90-100% of the time
Don't panic.
Let us know how you get on
I was disturbed to read from @Alwyn that on a high protein diet, the protein can be converted into glucose as I've been living off chicken or beef with broccoli or cauliflower for a week or so now.
Fruit can really boost your blood sugar levels. Wheat Bread can be very boosting of insulin levels and can hurt you. So I don't agree with that. Are Keto diets really dangerous ? I am not sure about that. Re diets and children, the NHS still recommend Low Calorie low fat, and those are really dangerous. When I was on that diet I lost 3 stone, had constant hunger pangs, my metabolism ground to a halt, and I got really ill and put all the weight back on. With Low Carb I have lost weight, 3 stone again. don't get hunger pangs and my energy and health is really improved. And my blood sugar levels have been 40 or under since June 2018, and are down to 36 in November 2019. Trans fats are dangerous, but I am not sure about saturated fats. They were attacked but I believe new evidence shows that it is the demon that it is made out to be. Fasting can also be effective and I know do regular 24 hour water only fasting.REDUCE carbs and ELIMINATE sugar. No potatoes,no rice, no pasta,nothing sweet,no processed snacks.
Nothing fried but boiled.
Two slices of brown bread daily cannot harm you.
Eat reasonable portions of fruits, but no juices at all.
Daily fat intake from cheeses,nuts and olive oil. (Do not eat saturated fats whatever they say, because they will clog your arteries).
Do not listen to keto diets, they are dangerous. Otherwise they would be suggested to children with T2 and they are NOT.
I was disturbed to read from @Alwyn that on a high protein diet, the protein can be converted into glucose
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