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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 546647" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Sounds like your advice has been distinctly amateur. You will find an alternative flavour of 'amateur' advice on this forum which may actually help you. Yes, you must reduce your carb intake. Set yourself a daily target to aim for; perhaps 180gm/day to start with. Your meter will show you what foods affect you most. Test 2 hours after a meal and just before if you can afford the strips. Don't worry so much about morning fasting tests. When you do have carbs try to keep them low-GI to smooth conversion to glucose in the body. To balance the low carbs you should have enough fat and protein together with lots of veg to give you the calories you need. Ignore any NHS dietician advice to go low-fat as it's carbs that are the diabetics enemy. You should find with your new diet that blood sugar should settle and any excess weight will reduce. The Metformin will help a bit and may be increased up to 2000mg. It's a good safe drug but if you have stomach upset then ask for the SR (Slow Release) version. Exercise will help but diet is the highest priority. Do come back with any more questions</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 546647, member: 21149"] Sounds like your advice has been distinctly amateur. You will find an alternative flavour of 'amateur' advice on this forum which may actually help you. Yes, you must reduce your carb intake. Set yourself a daily target to aim for; perhaps 180gm/day to start with. Your meter will show you what foods affect you most. Test 2 hours after a meal and just before if you can afford the strips. Don't worry so much about morning fasting tests. When you do have carbs try to keep them low-GI to smooth conversion to glucose in the body. To balance the low carbs you should have enough fat and protein together with lots of veg to give you the calories you need. Ignore any NHS dietician advice to go low-fat as it's carbs that are the diabetics enemy. You should find with your new diet that blood sugar should settle and any excess weight will reduce. The Metformin will help a bit and may be increased up to 2000mg. It's a good safe drug but if you have stomach upset then ask for the SR (Slow Release) version. Exercise will help but diet is the highest priority. Do come back with any more questions [/QUOTE]
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