Hi @cratat nuts are a handy substitute for sweets and if I fancy some chocolate I have a couple of squares of either Green&Black's 85% dark chocolate or Lindt Orange and Almond which is about 70%.
I'm not giving the OP a green light as they will make their own decision as to what to eat. It was merely a suggestion that may help the OP wean themselves off the sweets etc and which can be factored into their eating plan should they want.I believe the OP wants to lose weight? Nuts are high in calories a 90g bag of KP peanuts = 500 calories. Only eating a couple of squares of chocolate amounts to a huge level of self control and re-training of habits. Giving a green light at this stage of the game for @cratat might not be such a good idea
What kind of type 2 diabetes do you have that requires you eat six times per day and a lot of carbs?
My type 2 diabetes is best managed without any medication at all and a very low carb diet. And I only eat twice a day usually. Eating too often is bad for the teeth and spoils your appetite.
Hi Dillinger,I've never heard of carbohydrates regulating the liver? Could you explain what you mean? Looking at, what I'm assuming is your HbA1c, I would suggest that you try the advice on here to the OP; no one needs carbohydrates and as a diabetic they are the key macro-nutrient to avoid. Metformin won't do very much to elevated blood sugars. Cutting out carbs will.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
Dillinger
Thank you, the simple answer is that you haven't got type 2 but secondary diabetes. I've seen it referred to as type 3c.Hi, I go off what my specialist nurse tells me. My pancreas was damaged during a procedure at the hospital which should have blasted gall stones but instead blasted air directly into my pancreas, whilst it functions, it now functions sporadically. Add to this I was put onto sitagliptin for 2 years after the resulting procedure gave me acute pancreatitus and left me in hospital for over a month, if you read the instruction pamphlet, you will know, this is bad for people who have had this illness. This once again gave me pancreatitus.
I am sorry I don't fit the a-typical type 2 format, but my aunt has type 2 and shes managed differently to me (diet and metformin) also so its not a "1 label fits all illness". My doctors surgery told me to quit as many carbs as possible, 1 meal of carbs per day, no more so I went the route everyone here is throwing out there. My morning sugars were around 18-22 because I am advised that my body didnt have enough carbs to function over night (my last meal was around 6-7pm, breakfast 7:30-8am) so my liver kicked in and took them from my body which long term we all know is bad.
When I was referred to my diabetic specialist, she said 3 meals per day with carbs was essential because of the damage to my pancreas and not knowing how well it was working, plus snacks - not 6 meals - that would be both stupid and fattening. My day snacks are usually 2 oat cakes (approx 100 calories total each time) - similar to eating a piece of fruit (which as I said, I cant tolerate anymore as sugars cause my pancreatitus to flare and leaves me stuck at home the whole day). As I said in my post, I make healthy choices in my carbs but do not eliminate them and that works best for me, it may not work for others. I do not eat a high fat diet, and follow low GI with my carbs but don't forget I am also on insulin and as such I can suffer hypos on the days my pancreas decides to kick some insulin out so carbs assist me in maintaining my sugars whilst I am at work throughout the day. As an example, I ate a roast turkey dinner with 2 potatoes (boiled new potatoes no fat), cabbage, carrots and swede. That left me with a hypo because there were not sufficient carbs for my body in it for the afternoon... I was full as a frog but too ill to function which left me craving sugar and shaking at my desk unable to drive home until I fixed it.
Each of us if different, I am working at the gym to remove my excess weight, currently 5 stone down, but this has not had any affect on my blood sugars at all. If I was simply diabetic because of my weight, it should have had an affect by now. Lucky you that you have found something that works for you, I have my specialist working hard with me to figure myself and my body out.
Ahh apologies, my doctors labelled me and my specialist must have amended it - I still refer to myself as type 2 because I hadn't heard of any other types and I am not type 1... usually I say I am type 1.5 (in jest) as my pancreas is a moody little thing but not dead yet.Thank you, the simple answer is that you haven't got type 2 but secondary diabetes. I've seen it referred to as type 3c.
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