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Type 2 Diabetes

Google anything you fancy, just put keto in front of it, there is loads of stuff online.

For your training sessions you could make muffins, grab one from your freezer as you go through the door. Plenty of sweet and savory recipes around.

The cheese sauce I make for my cauliflower cheese. Fry a few onions and mushrooms whilst the cauliflower is cooking. Add to the frypan a load of double cream. Add grated hard cheese such as parmesan or similar. Add cauliflower to dish, pour over sauce, add more grated cheese and put in a hot oven until golden and bubbly. To make it a bit different I sometimes put in leeks or broccoli.
 
Hi xfieldok
Now there's a thought! Thank you so much for the recipe too!

I feel less down and more upbeat with all these wonderful suggestions I ma receiving!!

Thank you for your thoughtful reply!


Snogoose
 
Finding a potential recipe online is great but I kept losing them. There is a great app called copymethat. Ok on the pc or phone. If you find a recipe, open the app, copy the URL into the browser part of the app, click the button and your golden.

I do have some good recipe books but most of the low carb ones are too high for me. Stick to online recipes. I always go straight to the nutritional information first. If it is promising I will take it from there.

I missed crackers desperately. Ready sliced Gouda or Edam
Cut into pieces and put on parchment paper on baking tray. Lowest heat your oven will do for an hour. The aim is to evaporate the moisture from the cheese. Crank up the heat to around 200 for 3-5 minutes. I guarantee they won't make it to the storage container.

Google courgette crisps. It's knowing what to look for. I have had loads of tips from this forum.
 
Hi again!

I too collect recipes! I also have experimented by changing out certain ingredients also which works! Particularly with flours for breads! Using mostly wholegrain and Rye flours with just a little of other different flours can also help! Have you tried Matzo flour mixed with oatmeal flour in a recipe for biscuits for Cheese? Combinations/Mixtures of different flours changes the GI Index which lowers Carbohydrate values.
 
Never heard of matzo flour. Sainsbury's have some but it's 83g carb so a non starter for me. I wouldn't use anything wholegrain, nor rye. At the end of the day we are all different, we tolerate carbs differently. No one size fits all.

All we can do is eat to our meter.

You may find the mySugr app useful. Record your food and BG readings. After a few days it will give you an estimated HbA1c number. I found it highly motivating. Turn off the monster sounds in Settings.
 
Hi @snogoose, it is confusing isn't it? You are advised to go 'low carb' but that means different things to different people. This site itself states 'low carb' can be around 130carbs for example but that amount would horrify many low carb advocates, anything under 30 carbs (according to this website) is classed as 'very low carb'. So when a person reads advice about going 'low carb', what some of the posts actually mean is 'very low carb', no wonder you are confused. Your current diet probably falls around 100 carbs a day so that is low carb (again according to this website). I think (as most do) that it is trial and error as to exactly how many carbs your body can tolerate. I have noticed that many new posters list their 'low carb' daily diet and it IS low carb (ie under 130carbs) and then they get confused when the replies sometimes scathingly imply that it isn't.
 
Hi @xfieldok,

I would like to just get back to the way things were with my energy levels the same as they were, before finding out I had Type 2 Diabetes! Confusion is easier to deal with than all the terminology that goes along with it! There seem to be so many opinions being expressed by those in charge of our health! If they cannot all sing from the same song-sheet, then where are to get advice to cope with this disorder?
I must say that since I have been taking more regular blood readings, closer to the time that I eat, I feel so much better. also my blood readings appear to be settling down too.
Kind regards,

Snogoose
 
Last night I was at morris practice - low carb gives me more energy.
I think that you need to adjust your diet to what you need to eat to have normal blood glucose as one method doesn't work for everyone.
Some people can eat porridge for breakfast and for others it is a single large tomato, but only just. Your meter will guide the way to suceed.
 
snogoose said:
. . . . am failing with reducing my score to below 7 on my monitoring system.
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From Diabetes UK.
If you have Type 2 diabetes
  • before meals: 4 to 7mmol/l
  • two hours after meals: less than 8.5mmol/l
It's always worth googling to see what people like Diabetes UK and daibetes.co.uk think one's BG levels should be. Personally I hover between 5 and 7 most of the time but with several excursions into the 8s and 9s, depends on what I eat. I try to keep below 50gms of carb a day, but every now and again a slice of toast creeps in, I'm not perfect.

snogoose said:
I am beginning to feel disheartened by this.
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Don't be. It's worth remembering that we're all very different, despite having a label of type II.

snogoose said:
half a small banana
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That's approximately 25 gms of carb per 100 gms of banana. That might be OK for some, personally I would have to avoid banana. You may have seen the statement "eat to your meter". Sums it up well. Type IIs will have different levels of insulin resistance and in my case even that changes (over 3 years, 4 different tests, 1.7 - 2.4 - 1.7 - 4.7, god knows what happened at the last one).
 
snogoose said:
Breakfast - Natural yoghurt - 125mls with half a small banana and four raspberries mixed to make a shake
Exercise for 45 minutes swimming and gym

Mid morning 1 slice of ham and 1 oz of cheese with some home made coleslaw - yoghurt dressing with lemon juice

Lunch - half a grapefruit 2-3 oz tuna with nicoise salad Dessert - 2 ozs soft cheese and a small apple

Mid afternoon - cup of tea and a digestive

Dinner - chicken breast in a home made cheese sauce with mixed peppers and leeks

Dessert - yoghurt
Cup of coffee

before bed, a half water/ half milk semi skimmed cup of cocoa.

I take no sugar or sweeteners in any drinks and I also drink water during the day. about 2 -4 litres a day.

I attend the swimming pool and gym twice a week. I live a reasonably active lifestyle. gardening and walking at least once a day. 20 minute walk and in the garden for about 20 minutes a day. I will admit I used to be a lot more active, but due to recent illness I had to cut back. I ma now looking to increase my activity to what it was.
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Hi Snogoose.
I fully understand what you're going through as I was getting the wrong professional advice through my diabetes journey. After a lot of frustration and longing to get better, I decided to take responsibility of my own health and be proactive. I did a ton of research, studied and qualified, applied what I learnt and this changed my life!
My HB1Ac was very high back then and I was able to reverse my type 2 diabetes within 6 months. See the results below:
01 Mar 2016: Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 114 mmol/mmol (Range:20 - 41)
31 Jan 2017: Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 79 mmol/mmol (Range:20 - 41)
15/06/2018: Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 70 mmol/mmol (Range:20 - 41) (After this test, I decided to do this mind lowing diet), 6 monts later, diabetes free!
18/12/2018: Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 37 mmol/mmol (Range:20 - 41)

The quality of food and the frequency in eating within a day are keys for success.
 
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