You can't tell how foods affect you unless you test. It's really the only way to get some control.Ive seen many of you talking about testing before and after meals. My dr just gave me a prescription for Metformin but didn't mention testing or what were good or bad foods. My day long appointment with the consultant is mid August. Should I be testing? When? How? Sorry to sound so naive. I'd be really grateful for advice.
Thank you. Maybe I need to pester dr for a testing kit then.Do you have a meter and strips? if you haven't been prescribed these then self funding can become quite expensive, the cheapest we know of to self fund is the sd codefree, there is no right or wrong answer to good or bad foods however you may want to look at your carbohydrate intake as it's the carbohydrates that effect us, so be wary of the likes of bread, pasta, rice, porridge and things like that, if you eat a lot of fruit maybe reduce that and stick to lower carb fruits like raspberries, blackberries etc, bananas tend to be a no no for most
Good times to test are waking, before and 2 hours after meals and before bed but many that self fund cant afford to do so but this allows you to work out what effects you so its a great shame that many type 2's miss out on this opportunity
What is a general day food wise to you?
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I'm afraid as the medication your on doesn't cause hypo's you will more than likely get denied a kit and strips, my MIL's prescription for strips was ended due to cost cuttingThank you. Maybe I need to pester dr for a testing kit then.
I'm a vegetarian without a cause. Breakfast=muesli with fruit juice as I don't like milk, a chopped nectarine on top and hot water to drink.
Mid morning = cereal bar or satsuma.
Lunch is either salad of 5 cherry tomatoes, celery, about 10 grapes, small amount of beetroot, sweet corn, peas, radish and cheese. Muller light Yogurt.
Mid afternoon = the cereal bar or satsuma I didn't have mid morning.
Tea = currently its salad as weather is so hot. Otherwise jacket potato with a little cheese or baked beans.
About 9 pm = an orange.
I drink about 3 mugs hot water and 6 mugs de cafe tea per day.
I've cut out all biscuits. I've never been overly fond of cake or chocolate and no certainly no sweets.
My dr didn't give me my bloods results. I think I saw 7.6.
Any advice would be most welcome. Thank you again.
I certainly am not offended, only grateful. I didn't realise beetroot was high in carbs! I guess I realised the others weren't as good as I might be eating, but thought I was being fairly good. I have an egg and soya allergy so struggle with food anyway. Perhaps I should have been a snail and could have lived on lettuce! I'll do more homework on what I can/can't have because I really want this to work. Thanks again.I'm afraid as the medication your on doesn't cause hypo's you will more than likely get denied a kit and strips, my MIL's prescription for strips was ended due to cost cutting
I'd be very wary of muesli, fruit juice and a nectarine, especially all at once as these are very carb high, also cereal bars, what are they? most people here would go for a nature valley protein bar or the likes as these are under 10g carbs a bar whereas cereal bars can be very high, lunch could be quite high in carbs too depending on portion sizes of certain things, the higher of these being the beetroot, peas and sweetcorn, grapes can be known for being little 'sugar bombs' too, muller lights are quite high in sugar, most of us tend to eat full fat natural yoghurt as fat slows the absorption of the carbs we consume
Salad is fine, a lot struggle with jacket potatoes and find they can only tolerate a few new baby potatoes boiled with skin left on
I'm not trying to be picky or anything just trying to give the best advice I can so please don't take any offence at anything I say!xx
Thanks Guzzler, I will check that out as I am definitely struggling with what I can/can't eat. There was I thinking I was quite goodLots of info on Dietdoctor.com, lovely recipes for meals and snacks.
Thanks Guzzler, I will check that out as I am definitely struggling with what I can/can't eat. There was I thinking I was quite good
I have used the phrase “kick up the backside” and also “blessing in disguise” many times about my diagnosis, I am far more healthy than I was beforeI think a lot of us thought we were good and while diet plays a big part it is not the whole story. There is no blame attached to our diagnoses. As you learn more about Diabetes you will come to know that there are a few factors involved and some as yet unknowns. You may find it hard to beleive but quite a few folk in the forum say that being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes has actually done them a favour in terms of improving their overall health after the initial shock. "A kick up the backside" is a phrase oft written here!
By the way, there is a vegetarian section of this forum, you will find it near the bottom of the forum list page. Good luck.
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