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<blockquote data-quote="Iona May" data-source="post: 2449919" data-attributes="member: 544377"><p>Hi Diagram. I have been diagnosed for around 4 months now and all I can say is that there is lots to learn. That said the easy wins are exercise especially first thing in the morning, I walk to work its only 20 mins but it has really helped. Secondly and this is a very simplistic explanation, until you do more reading, but its worked for me stay away from carbs (bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, sweet potato, lentils, etc), sugar, fruit and dairy. I do have some milk but not in large quantities because essentially all those items I just listed will turn to glucose in your bloodstream. So a steak and salad for example will have very little effect on your blood glucose. Take no notice of the eatwell plate or what my fitness pal likes you to eat because we need to eat less carbs than normal people and they dont allow for that. There are people that can explain it better than me but thats the general gist.</p><p></p><p>If you are in the UK get yourself on the diabetes x-pert course its amazing. Also as someone who initially cried over not being able to eat a McDonalds hash brown, try not to mourn the loss of the carbs and sugar, for me Type 2 has actually been a really amazing second chance at life. Good luck, this forum is amazing with so many knowledgeable people to help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iona May, post: 2449919, member: 544377"] Hi Diagram. I have been diagnosed for around 4 months now and all I can say is that there is lots to learn. That said the easy wins are exercise especially first thing in the morning, I walk to work its only 20 mins but it has really helped. Secondly and this is a very simplistic explanation, until you do more reading, but its worked for me stay away from carbs (bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, sweet potato, lentils, etc), sugar, fruit and dairy. I do have some milk but not in large quantities because essentially all those items I just listed will turn to glucose in your bloodstream. So a steak and salad for example will have very little effect on your blood glucose. Take no notice of the eatwell plate or what my fitness pal likes you to eat because we need to eat less carbs than normal people and they dont allow for that. There are people that can explain it better than me but thats the general gist. If you are in the UK get yourself on the diabetes x-pert course its amazing. Also as someone who initially cried over not being able to eat a McDonalds hash brown, try not to mourn the loss of the carbs and sugar, for me Type 2 has actually been a really amazing second chance at life. Good luck, this forum is amazing with so many knowledgeable people to help. [/QUOTE]
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