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<blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 343530" data-attributes="member: 55568"><p>Hi Andy, you're the same age as me but not carrying as much weight. It's good that your doctor is happy to see if you can manage it by diet alone. 4 weeks ago I was in the 9s for fasting glucose. I'd be between 8 and 10 during the day but this has come down with my weight and now, 11Kg lighter I am in 6s and 7s and starting to get little runs of 5.4, 5.7 and so on.</p><p></p><p>I cut out all sweets, biscuits, chocolate bars and the like and started to see what carbs didn't agree with me. These were mashed potatoes, for some reason a couple of boiled new potatoes are OK, white rice and white bread. Long grain brown rice, rye bread or wholmeal breads are OK. I have yet to experiment much with pastas. I'm also cutting down on fats. Things like cheese just have to be on a smaller portion size. I love the stuff. I'm also having to learn how to cook but I find it fun. Fish of course tends to be on the very good side of things. Oily fish are meant to be good for you. I could get quite used to smoked haddock with a poached egg for breakfast, shame I don't have a butler to prepare it for me. I do miss the toast and marmelade though.</p><p></p><p>I have had no symptoms and it was picked up during annual blood testing. However, even though I had no symptoms, I do feel a lot better and am more active. Medication is not inevitable. It is often the case that people go onto meds because they cannot make the lifestyle changes. Lack of time seems to be very common, long commutes, snatched meals of the wrong sort etc. I work from home so that saves me 2 hours a day which is very handy for preparing decent meals. Ot gives me time to google up new recipes too. Another factor which causes progression is that some people on meds adopt the attitude that they can carry on as before now because they are on meds. When I told my GP that I wanted to see if I could control it by diet alone, I got that 'and pigs might fly' look. It becomes a self fullfilling prophecy. At least your doc seems happy that you want to try it for yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorksman, post: 343530, member: 55568"] Hi Andy, you're the same age as me but not carrying as much weight. It's good that your doctor is happy to see if you can manage it by diet alone. 4 weeks ago I was in the 9s for fasting glucose. I'd be between 8 and 10 during the day but this has come down with my weight and now, 11Kg lighter I am in 6s and 7s and starting to get little runs of 5.4, 5.7 and so on. I cut out all sweets, biscuits, chocolate bars and the like and started to see what carbs didn't agree with me. These were mashed potatoes, for some reason a couple of boiled new potatoes are OK, white rice and white bread. Long grain brown rice, rye bread or wholmeal breads are OK. I have yet to experiment much with pastas. I'm also cutting down on fats. Things like cheese just have to be on a smaller portion size. I love the stuff. I'm also having to learn how to cook but I find it fun. Fish of course tends to be on the very good side of things. Oily fish are meant to be good for you. I could get quite used to smoked haddock with a poached egg for breakfast, shame I don't have a butler to prepare it for me. I do miss the toast and marmelade though. I have had no symptoms and it was picked up during annual blood testing. However, even though I had no symptoms, I do feel a lot better and am more active. Medication is not inevitable. It is often the case that people go onto meds because they cannot make the lifestyle changes. Lack of time seems to be very common, long commutes, snatched meals of the wrong sort etc. I work from home so that saves me 2 hours a day which is very handy for preparing decent meals. Ot gives me time to google up new recipes too. Another factor which causes progression is that some people on meds adopt the attitude that they can carry on as before now because they are on meds. When I told my GP that I wanted to see if I could control it by diet alone, I got that 'and pigs might fly' look. It becomes a self fullfilling prophecy. At least your doc seems happy that you want to try it for yourself. [/QUOTE]
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