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Popcorn81

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Hi there

I'm new to the world of diabetes. My auntie ( mums side) has recently dyed of diabetes which was like a wake up call for to take action as I was been neglecting my self. My father had it too when I was little but I remember he controlled his diet n cured from it!!

So first thing I did is testing. I did the fast test n my glogose reading was 5.2. Friend said its the borderline n I'm predicate but the doctor say no. I only be prediabatic if it was 5.9. Also I asked for insulin test as I'm finding difficult to lose weight but the doctor said there is no difference between the glogose test n insulin test.
I'm clinically obese at a BMI of 37 I'm only 5ft n 14stones. I wasn't like this before but after 2 pregnancies the weight crept on in the last 5 years in fact I was a happily 9 stone person before.
I did diet n lost a stone n half but only was successful on 500 cal a day n 5 times exersice a week until I fell unconscious one day n then stopped.
I also recently been experiencing very short breath in such extent that I can not complete a sentence while I'm just sitting which is from one hand is so embaracing in front friends n from the other hand is quite worrying n I'm thinking like wht the hell going on with my heart. I get sharp pain on my left upper chest too. I mentioned it to the doctors but they all think it's normal. I'm so so confused. Pls pls help!!!
 
Hi Popcorn,

Your levels do not suggest diabetes but in view of your genetic disposition it would be wise to change your diet and employ some exercise to help with your weight loss and a possible diagnosis of diabetes in the future. We do not diagnose on the forum as that is something your Dr. has to decide.

There are some excellent posts in the Newly Diagnosed section concerning diets and it does not matter that you are not actually a diabetic, they are a healthy alternative to help with the weight loss.
 
Hi Popcorn - one fasting glucose test will not be sufficient to diagnose diabetes. Many contributors who diet carefully to control their condition will get a fasting reading below 5.9. Try a reading two hours after a meal including normal carbohydrates. If it goes above 8 you could be diabetic.

It seems your primary concern should be your weight, & a drastic, unsupervised 500 cal diet is not sustainable, especially combined with exercise. The sort of diet I would suggest is say a 1500 cal diet with your calories from protein, & fats including the animal fats & olive or or rapeseed oil, especially nuts, which are a good combination of proteins & fats. (Not peanuts & cashews.)

The surprising truth is that fats don't make us fat - carbs do the damage. Fats are slow digesting & therefore keep us full longer, so we do not feel hungry before the next meal. The body soon learns to use fats as its energy source.

Sadly you are unlikely to get useful advice from a dietitian - the standard "health diet" recommendations include about 40% starchy carbs - which are all the foods that metabolise to blood glucose & excess is stored as fat. Exercising will preferentially use carbs rather than fat reserves. My dietitian has now changed her advice based on my experience - she even invited me onto a diabetes course as an example to others. [I'm 73, 12 years diabetic, suffered crippling complications following her diet, & have cleared all complications with a low carb high fat diet. Tennis this evening - 5 sets last Tuesday.]

Look around the forum - you will see that almost everyone has benefited from carb control.
 
IanD said:
Hi Popcorn - one fasting glucose test will not be sufficient to diagnose diabetes. Many contributors who diet carefully to control their condition will get a fasting reading below 5.9. Try a reading two hours after a meal including normal carbohydrates. If it goes above 8 you could be diabetic.

It seems your primary concern should be your weight, & a drastic, unsupervised 500 cal diet is not sustainable, especially combined with exercise. The sort of diet I would suggest is say a 1500 cal diet with your calories from protein, & fats including the animal fats & olive or or rapeseed oil, especially nuts, which are a good combination of proteins & fats. (Not peanuts & cashews.)

The surprising truth is that fats don't make us fat - carbs do the damage. Fats are slow digesting & therefore keep us full longer, so we do not feel hungry before the next meal. The body soon learns to use fats as its energy source.

Sadly you are unlikely to get useful advice from a dietitian - the standard "health diet" recommendations include about 40% starchy carbs - which are all the foods that metabolise to blood glucose & excess is stored as fat. Exercising will preferentially use carbs rather than fat reserves. My dietitian has now changed her advice based on my experience - she even invited me onto a diabetes course as an example to others. [I'm 73, 12 years diabetic, suffered crippling complications following her diet, & have cleared all complications with a low carb high fat diet. Tennis this evening - 5 sets last Tuesday.]
Look around the forum - you will see that almost everyone has benefited from carb control.
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Wow 5 sets at 73yo :clap:

Also well done changing the dietitians mind :thumbup:
 
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