Prediabetic

[Anthony Jordan]

Hi, I’m new to the site I have recently been diagnosed as pre diabetic so was wondering what best I could do to keep type2 at bay.

 

[IncogKeto]

Hello, welcome to the forum.
Do you happen to know your HbA1c result?
What's your diet like and have you been given any advice about diet or lifestyle changes from your doctor/nurse.

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Hi sorry had to wait to speak to doctor my HbA1c result is 42, doctor advised would like to see me get it to 40 I’m of Afro Caribbean descent.

 

[KennyA]

Hi sorry had to wait to speak to doctor my HbA1c result is 42, doctor advised would like to see me get it to 40 I’m of Afro Caribbean descent.

To some of us an HbA1c of 42 is still normal - top end, but normal. However there is some inaccuracy in the test and probably better safe than sorry. I'm attaching a graphic that shows this. Reducing from 42 to 40 might be easier than it seems.

If you've read around on this forum already you'll have seen that may people have had success with a lo-carb approach. Basically this means reducing or eliminating starches and sugars - carbohydrates - from what you eat. In practice that affects bread and pastry (anything made with flour) pasta, rice, almost all fruit, root vegetables, beer, and sugar itself.

Because you are just on the borderline it might not be necessary to make huge changes to achieve the sort of reduction you want. Normally I would recommend a meter and testing before and two hours after eating - that shows you how well your insulin system dealt with the carb in whatever you ate. You're looking for the second reading to be both lower than 7.8mmol/l and within 2 mmol/l of the first. If it isn't, you don't deal with that food so well and maybe should reduce quantity or eliminate it altogether.

There are carbs in almost all processed foods, and manufacturers regularly add sugar to everything.