I can recommend the Carbs and Cals book which you can no doubt order from Amazon. Fasting levels are often the last thing to stabilise so concentrate on before and after meals first.Hello all, i do not seem to be coping with my T2, The doctor wants to put me on Insulin!!! Which. Have said no. I am trying to do the low carb diet, the problem is I live in France and they do not seem to put the carb content on things, can anyone advise me how I can work out the carb content please. The other problem I have is my fasting readings in the morning, one day they are high 8.5 the next day they can be 6.5 or even 5.4 ?? I looked up tge carb content for Fromarge Blanc it was low so I thought I could eat it for breakfast, but my levels went up to 9.3.!!!! I am gettng so confused and depressed with all this, I know its not going away so have to persever but its really getting me down when my readings are high and I have tried... Hope someone can help please...
Check the labels, "Glucides dont Sucres" is Carbohydrates including Sugars. Make sure that your fromage blanc didn't have added sugar, even stuff labelled "Natur" might still have some sugar in it.Hello all, i do not seem to be coping with my T2, The doctor wants to put me on Insulin!!! Which. Have said no. I am trying to do the low carb diet, the problem is I live in France and they do not seem to put the carb content on things, can anyone advise me how I can work out the carb content please. The other problem I have is my fasting readings in the morning, one day they are high 8.5 the next day they can be 6.5 or even 5.4 ?? I looked up tge carb content for Fromarge Blanc it was low so I thought I could eat it for breakfast, but my levels went up to 9.3.!!!! I am gettng so confused and depressed with all this, I know its not going away so have to persever but its really getting me down when my readings are high and I have tried... Hope someone can help please...
Fromage Blanc may be low carb, but I have to ask if there was anything else in the breakfast. i,e, crackers? or a roll? or toast? Was there any processed spread such as butter, ir marge? These too can have added sugar.Check the labels, "Glucides dont Sucres" is Carbohydrates including Sugars. Make sure that your fromage blanc didn't have added sugar, even stuff labelled "Natur" might still have some sugar in it.
Fromage blanc is low carb 100 grams having only 3.9 grams of carb but it is zero fat and zero fibre also.So don't know if that makes a difference also depends on what you had with it. Best eat to your meter and build up a log of foods that are OK and those that are not. A bit hit and miss I know.
OK. In the early days of starting an LC diet, it is common for the body to resist the drop in sugar levels by commanding the liver to dump some stored glucose into the blood to take the bgl back up to where it thinks it should be under the old diet regime. This is called Liver dump or dawn phenomenon (DP), and is frequently discussed in this forum. After a while of continued LC diet, these glucose stores should deplete and the body comes out of 'shocked outrage' mode, and slowly settles down. I found it took a few weeks for this to take place when I started.Hi, not anything else, just a cup of tea with milk....
Hi, thank you, hope I can stick at this, feel awful today, I also sffer from Severe Sleep Apnea I stop breathing 75 times an hour and have read somewhere this can cause problems for readings. Thank youOK. In the early days of starting an LC diet, it is common for the body to resist the drop in sugar levels by commanding the liver to dump some stored glucose into the blood to take the bgl back up to where it thinks it should be under the old diet regime. This is called Liver dump or dawn phenomenon (DP), and is frequently discussed in this forum. After a while of continued LC diet, these glucose stores should deplete and the body comes out of 'shocked outrage' mode, and slowly settles down. I found it took a few weeks for this to take place when I started.
If you have sleep apnoea which is so severe then you need immediate treatment - it puts a terrible strain on the heart in particular, but the body in general.Hi, thank you, hope I can stick at this, feel awful today, I also sffer from Severe Sleep Apnea I stop breathing 75 times an hour and have read somewhere this can cause problems for readings. Thank you
Which bit of La Belle France do you live in? Diet varies across the country.Hi, thank you, hope I can stick at this, feel awful today, I also sffer from Severe Sleep Apnea I stop breathing 75 times an hour and have read somewhere this can cause problems for readings. Thank you
If you have sleep apnoea which is so severe then you need immediate treatment - it puts a terrible strain on the heart in particular, but the body in general.
I use a CPAP machine every night to keep me breathing evenly - attend the sleep clinic every two years to get it serviced, and that has sorted it for me.
You do need to eat fats to keep from missing out on essential fatty acids, along with proteins and whatever fresh and crunchy carbs you can tolerate, maybe a few low carb berries and cream - with sugar free jelly too.
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