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<blockquote data-quote="ziggy_w" data-source="post: 2315352" data-attributes="member: 323454"><p>Hi [USER=531359]@Humminglime[/USER],</p><p></p><p>Lots of good and important questions.</p><p></p><p>Personally, if i am out and about for a longer period of time, I usually take some snacks with me. These include nuts (pecans, almonds, brazils, walnuts and hazelnuts), babybel cheeses and high-cocoa-content chocolate (I use 88%, but it might be better to work your way up maybe from 70%).</p><p></p><p>For breakfast, eggs in any which form is a good goto option, maybe accompanied by bacon. I often have scrambled eggs with spring onions and cheese or sometimes roasted eggplant.</p><p></p><p>Foods that most of us avoid are high sugar or high starch foods such as cereal and grains, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice and tropical fruits.</p><p></p><p>Ideal readings are probably between 4 mmol and 8 mmol, slightly higher or lower than this shouldn't be a problem. As you are not on any medication, you shouldn't have to worry about going too low.</p><p></p><p>The Contour Next One is an excellent meter (and one of the most precise), but strips can be a bit pricey. There are cheaper options out there,[USER=400972]@Rachox[/USER] has some great advice on those.</p><p></p><p>You can always try to get a prescription for strips -- sometimes GPS will prescribe them for a couple of months for newly diagnosed T2s to help get glucose levels under control. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I have never tried and tested obviously high carb foods, just those on the borderline such as legumes -- which seem to be fine for me unless in huge quantities. However, this having been said, it is a very individual decision and may depend a bit on how important continuing to have these higher carb foods as part of diet is for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy_w, post: 2315352, member: 323454"] Hi [USER=531359]@Humminglime[/USER], Lots of good and important questions. Personally, if i am out and about for a longer period of time, I usually take some snacks with me. These include nuts (pecans, almonds, brazils, walnuts and hazelnuts), babybel cheeses and high-cocoa-content chocolate (I use 88%, but it might be better to work your way up maybe from 70%). For breakfast, eggs in any which form is a good goto option, maybe accompanied by bacon. I often have scrambled eggs with spring onions and cheese or sometimes roasted eggplant. Foods that most of us avoid are high sugar or high starch foods such as cereal and grains, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice and tropical fruits. Ideal readings are probably between 4 mmol and 8 mmol, slightly higher or lower than this shouldn't be a problem. As you are not on any medication, you shouldn't have to worry about going too low. The Contour Next One is an excellent meter (and one of the most precise), but strips can be a bit pricey. There are cheaper options out there,[USER=400972]@Rachox[/USER] has some great advice on those. You can always try to get a prescription for strips -- sometimes GPS will prescribe them for a couple of months for newly diagnosed T2s to help get glucose levels under control. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Personally, I have never tried and tested obviously high carb foods, just those on the borderline such as legumes -- which seem to be fine for me unless in huge quantities. However, this having been said, it is a very individual decision and may depend a bit on how important continuing to have these higher carb foods as part of diet is for you. [/QUOTE]
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