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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 2112394" data-attributes="member: 85347"><p>Firstly welcome to the diabetes forum. I'll try my best at answering your questions as best I can from memory, but I dare say some others will be along with the more detailed answers.</p><p></p><p>Firstly to qualify for and pass the enterance exam, you should be in good general health and not on any medications that interfere with the normal processe's of digestion (ie Thyroid hormonal problems, Steroids or specitic body organ failures)</p><p></p><p>Assumingthat this is not present in the individual then a blood test can reveal their blood/glucose level and what is the most important test (the HbA1c - which gives an indication of the individual's blood/gloocose <strong>AVERAGE</strong> level over the previos 12 weeks. Sometime from these tests, if the readings obtained proove to be so great that there is no DOUBTING that they have diabetes, but it is more common to wait a few days and re-do the same test so that a better picture and subsequent diagnosis can be diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>In the past if the HbA1c test results reached or exceeded 7.0mmol/L (I think it's 46 in the new system of measurment (If I'm wrong someone will correct me) and this had to be acheived on the two recent test samples.</p><p></p><p>Pre-Diabetis is considered as being somewher between the <strong>NORMAL NON-DiABETIC</strong> level (Again I moght be wrong but I think it was 5.8 mmol/L and the <strong>UPPER THRESHOLD</strong> level to being diagnosed as diabetic at 7.0 mmol/L (~The upper threshold may have been lowered recently to 6.8 mmol/l)</p><p></p><p>Obviously if someone hasn't crossed the threshold, then thay have every chance by a change in diet, lifestyle and through appropriate exercise in reversing this upward trend and many (If not Most) can successfully avoid becomig diabetic as the ultimate reward.</p><p></p><p>The Low Carb High Fat Diet <strong>(LCHF</strong>) is of particular benifit to us Type 2 diabetics and many go even further in following what is an extreemly low carbohydrate diet (sugar) by following the <strong>KETO</strong> diet.</p><p></p><p>Bananna's are a tropical fruit which though extreemly rich in Potassium is also high in natural sugars, as are many of the Tropical fruits, and we diabetic tend to restrict such foods or find alternatives such as Apples.</p><p></p><p>The best thing to do if you don't already have one is to obtain a simple blood/glucose meter and to measuure your blood/glucose both befor and 2 hours after eating a meal. A popular blood/glucose meter being the Codefree where the test strips are somewhat cheaper. You should aim to keep any increase in the level to no greater than 2.0 mmol/l and over time you will learn what works best for you and what food items to avoid.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully <strong>Daisy</strong> will be along with the standard information that is sent to all new members on this site. It's an awful lot to take in and at time might seem an uphill struggle to understand all these strange terms, words and concepts, Take your time and if you have any further questions then please ask - we're all on this site to help one another and even the longest diabetic member with a wealth of knowledge was at on point in time a newbie.</p><p></p><p>Best Regards - Lazybones</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 2112394, member: 85347"] Firstly welcome to the diabetes forum. I'll try my best at answering your questions as best I can from memory, but I dare say some others will be along with the more detailed answers. Firstly to qualify for and pass the enterance exam, you should be in good general health and not on any medications that interfere with the normal processe's of digestion (ie Thyroid hormonal problems, Steroids or specitic body organ failures) Assumingthat this is not present in the individual then a blood test can reveal their blood/glucose level and what is the most important test (the HbA1c - which gives an indication of the individual's blood/gloocose [B]AVERAGE[/B] level over the previos 12 weeks. Sometime from these tests, if the readings obtained proove to be so great that there is no DOUBTING that they have diabetes, but it is more common to wait a few days and re-do the same test so that a better picture and subsequent diagnosis can be diagnosed. In the past if the HbA1c test results reached or exceeded 7.0mmol/L (I think it's 46 in the new system of measurment (If I'm wrong someone will correct me) and this had to be acheived on the two recent test samples. Pre-Diabetis is considered as being somewher between the [B]NORMAL NON-DiABETIC[/B] level (Again I moght be wrong but I think it was 5.8 mmol/L and the [B]UPPER THRESHOLD[/B] level to being diagnosed as diabetic at 7.0 mmol/L (~The upper threshold may have been lowered recently to 6.8 mmol/l) Obviously if someone hasn't crossed the threshold, then thay have every chance by a change in diet, lifestyle and through appropriate exercise in reversing this upward trend and many (If not Most) can successfully avoid becomig diabetic as the ultimate reward. The Low Carb High Fat Diet [B](LCHF[/B]) is of particular benifit to us Type 2 diabetics and many go even further in following what is an extreemly low carbohydrate diet (sugar) by following the [B]KETO[/B] diet. Bananna's are a tropical fruit which though extreemly rich in Potassium is also high in natural sugars, as are many of the Tropical fruits, and we diabetic tend to restrict such foods or find alternatives such as Apples. The best thing to do if you don't already have one is to obtain a simple blood/glucose meter and to measuure your blood/glucose both befor and 2 hours after eating a meal. A popular blood/glucose meter being the Codefree where the test strips are somewhat cheaper. You should aim to keep any increase in the level to no greater than 2.0 mmol/l and over time you will learn what works best for you and what food items to avoid. Hopefully [B]Daisy[/B] will be along with the standard information that is sent to all new members on this site. It's an awful lot to take in and at time might seem an uphill struggle to understand all these strange terms, words and concepts, Take your time and if you have any further questions then please ask - we're all on this site to help one another and even the longest diabetic member with a wealth of knowledge was at on point in time a newbie. Best Regards - Lazybones [/QUOTE]
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