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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
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Hello all,
I recently had a blood test which showed by HbA1c level to be 43 (this was a repeat test after the previous one a month or so earlier gave a reading of 42). I saw the nurse at my GP surgery who said this was in the prediabetic range, and advised me to cut out sugary food, and go for wholegrain options of bread, rice, pasta. She said to have scones or teacakes instead of cakes/biscuits as they are lower in sugar, and not to have fruit in-between meals. She also advised me to have 30mins brisk exercise per day. All this sounded fairly manageable, so I came away not feeling too worried.
However I have since been doing lots of reading, including on this website, and the advice almost overwhelmingly seems to be to drastically reduce or cut out carbs altogether, which is a completely different kettle of fish!
My BMI is 19, so I don’t want to lose weight, but I do want to get my blood glucose down. Should I be cutting out all/most carbs? I am due to have a repeat blood test in 6 months but don’t want to spend 6 months doing the wrong thing!
I see a lot of people test their blood at home, should I be doing this?
Also the nurse asked if I wanted to go on a national diabetes prevention course, but because the advice she gave me seemed fairly easy to follow I declined, but I’m now wondering if I should go on this. Does anyone know what it entails?
Thank you in advance for any help and guidance! I am trying to be positive and am grateful that I have been diagnosed at an early point, but still quite anxious and confused about it all.
I recently had a blood test which showed by HbA1c level to be 43 (this was a repeat test after the previous one a month or so earlier gave a reading of 42). I saw the nurse at my GP surgery who said this was in the prediabetic range, and advised me to cut out sugary food, and go for wholegrain options of bread, rice, pasta. She said to have scones or teacakes instead of cakes/biscuits as they are lower in sugar, and not to have fruit in-between meals. She also advised me to have 30mins brisk exercise per day. All this sounded fairly manageable, so I came away not feeling too worried.
However I have since been doing lots of reading, including on this website, and the advice almost overwhelmingly seems to be to drastically reduce or cut out carbs altogether, which is a completely different kettle of fish!
My BMI is 19, so I don’t want to lose weight, but I do want to get my blood glucose down. Should I be cutting out all/most carbs? I am due to have a repeat blood test in 6 months but don’t want to spend 6 months doing the wrong thing!
I see a lot of people test their blood at home, should I be doing this?
Also the nurse asked if I wanted to go on a national diabetes prevention course, but because the advice she gave me seemed fairly easy to follow I declined, but I’m now wondering if I should go on this. Does anyone know what it entails?
Thank you in advance for any help and guidance! I am trying to be positive and am grateful that I have been diagnosed at an early point, but still quite anxious and confused about it all.