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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2422983" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi [USER=546325]@Fordy13[/USER] and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, can I check what kind of diabetes you have? Your profile says T1 but your post sounds as though you have been diagnosed T2?</p><p></p><p>There is a big difference between the two. T1s don't produce enough insulin (eventually stop producing it all together) and need insulin to survive. T2s have almost the opposite problem. Their bodies are insulin resistant, which means they need more and more insulin to process the carbs in their diet, and eventually their blood sugars go high because of that high resistance. Typically, at least at the start of the disease, they overproduce insulin.</p><p></p><p>Many of the T2s on these forums control their sugar levels by reducing the carbs in their diets to a level which their body can cope with. So they swap out many of the carbs in their diet with protein and fats eg cheese, eggs, meat....</p><p></p><p>There's a lot more I can say about that but I'll wait till you've confirmed your diabetes type, as T1s are less limited in food choices than T2s but have to inject for their food. (If you are T2, I suggest you go into your profile and change the label).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2422983, member: 372717"] Hi [USER=546325]@Fordy13[/USER] and welcome to the forums. Firstly, can I check what kind of diabetes you have? Your profile says T1 but your post sounds as though you have been diagnosed T2? There is a big difference between the two. T1s don't produce enough insulin (eventually stop producing it all together) and need insulin to survive. T2s have almost the opposite problem. Their bodies are insulin resistant, which means they need more and more insulin to process the carbs in their diet, and eventually their blood sugars go high because of that high resistance. Typically, at least at the start of the disease, they overproduce insulin. Many of the T2s on these forums control their sugar levels by reducing the carbs in their diets to a level which their body can cope with. So they swap out many of the carbs in their diet with protein and fats eg cheese, eggs, meat.... There's a lot more I can say about that but I'll wait till you've confirmed your diabetes type, as T1s are less limited in food choices than T2s but have to inject for their food. (If you are T2, I suggest you go into your profile and change the label). [/QUOTE]
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