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What new food have you started eating since diagnosis?

Lamont D

Lamont D

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I do not have diabetes
Mine is spinach, (not cooked) in a baby leaf salad?
 
Cheese, bacon, tomatoes, eggs, small amount veggies, liver, chicken, cooked spinach, prawns, all fish, you name I try it.if it spikes, then I leave alone. Last night I had chicken curry, first time, thought I would try it it was a frozen one. ok. no problems. yoghourt with fruit, blue berries, strawberries, just few, Pate on toast beef, small amount, porc same.

I try most things, did have a pizza one night went thru the roof. so leave that alone. it was a vegetable one.
Today had 2 cheese on toast and sliced tomatoes. lovely.
The only thing I eat with caution is cakes once aweek, and biscuits, which I love, but now keep to very few during the week. I drink ground coffee not instant. not a problem always black same as tea, no sugar.

So many things to try, got them all from the guys on the forum, so thought well if I try them and they work. it is ok. And most of them do work.
I test before eating and after around 2 hours later.
I might be over doing the testing, but need to know what is happening. so will not take so much......... as the food is varied,
Cauli small ok. asparages, carrots small amounts though. Do not eat many peas, as they contain sugar.

I have had good results. I do sometimes do things I should not. but still get a cravings for things. But more in control now. thanks to everyone.
I know I always say this each time I write. Listen to these guys, they know a thing or too.
Best of luck
#Anne T2
 
south711 said:
Cheese, bacon, tomatoes, eggs, small amount veggies, liver, chicken, cooked spinach, prawns, all fish, you name I try it.if it spikes, then I leave alone. Last night I had chicken curry, first time, thought I would try it it was a frozen one. ok. no problems. yoghourt with fruit, blue berries, strawberries, just few, Pate on toast beef, small amount, porc same.

I try most things, did have a pizza one night went thru the roof. so leave that alone. it was a vegetable one.
Today had 2 cheese on toast and sliced tomatoes. lovely.
The only thing I eat with caution is cakes once aweek, and biscuits, which I love, but now keep to very few during the week. I drink ground coffee not instant. not a problem always black same as tea, no sugar.

So many things to try, got them all from the guys on the forum, so thought well if I try them and they work. it is ok. And most of them do work.
I test before eating and after around 2 hours later.
I might be over doing the testing, but need to know what is happening. so will not take so much......... as the food is varied,
Cauli small ok. asparages, carrots small amounts though. Do not eat many peas, as they contain sugar.

I have had good results. I do sometimes do things I should not. but still get a cravings for things. But more in control now. thanks to everyone.
I know I always say this each time I write. Listen to these guys, they know a thing or too.
Best of luck
#Anne T2
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South - I'm curious about your rationale where you state you don't eat many peas, as they contain sugar, but you have cakes once a week and biscuits. Have I misinterpreted your words?

What sort of blood scores are you getting with your new way of eating?
 
Since being diagnosed, all my carbs come from plants and vegetables,,, for example:
Breakfast: 2 omega 3 eggs, scrambled with asparagus and mushrooms in butter or coconut oil ,,,topped with Pine Nuts :) ,,,sometimes with a side of bacon !,,,, and coffee with cream !
Lunch: usually just some full fat yogurt mixed with blueberries and flaxseed ,,,,
Dinner: oven roasted chicken with a vegetable stir fry ( celery, cucumbers, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, spinach or kale)

Snacks: either a handful of walnuts/cashews/almonds or some full fat cottage cheese topped with sunflower seeds :)

Lots of water through the day as well ! :)

This diet has been keeping my pre meals BG in the low 5's and post meal BG in the low 6's ,,,,, my only issue I'm dealing with is my BG reading when I first wake up ,,,,it's the highest of my day,,,always 6.5-7.5 ,,, not sure how to bring it down,,, any ideas appreciated :)
Just before bed, my BG reading is always 5.2-5.4 ,,,,
 
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It is probably dawn phenonemen that you are experiencing. It's your liver dumping insulin and glucagon! Half of diabetics get it!
 
Mine is every kind of vegetable/fruit available, I never ever used to eat healthy and it's completely changed my life. Can't imagine life without a plate of vegetables every day hahaha
 
Mine is more what old foods don't I eat!! Most of what I eat now I used to eat before, I've just cut out all the baddies... I've always enjoyed the "virtuous" healthy foods as well as the starchy sugary stuff that I've now abandoned. However three things I'd not tried before are coconut flour & coconut oil, and roasted celeriac.

Robbity
 
I am buying many foods now that I didn't buy before diagnosis to expand my menu. So far so good.

85% chocolate
Aubergines
Capers
Tinned artichoke hearts
Flax seeds
Psyllium husk powder
Coconut oil
Coconut milk powder
Jelly!
 
I forgot about the chocolate, fancy mentioning chocolate!
The jelly has been mentioned before by Brunneria, I will have to look that up again!
Cannot get away from my sweet tooth,!
 
I don't really eat anything new I always ate anything and everything savoury never had a sweet tooth (just too much of it) apart from chocolate, never really ate chocolate but now I eat 90% choc about once a week! - more than I ever ate before haha
 
Fat, coconut oil, loads of meat, fish, butter, cream, Brie, salami, nuts, seeds, salad, rye bread (but not lately), sausages, burgers, Greek yoghurt, strawberries.


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Diagnosed prediabetic Easter 2014. Just left to get on with it, no guidance or help from GP. Every day I'm learning something new.
 
Sweet potato, salmon and mackeral...totally gruesome horrible foods until I realused I needed more fat... So all accompanied by lashings of philadelphia or any cheese!!!


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Oh, gosh forgot... coconut oil arrived today... Still building up to the thought of coconut oil and butter coffee!!!


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donnellysdogs said:
Sweet potato, salmon and mackeral...totally gruesome horrible foods until I realused I needed more fat... So all accompanied by lashings of philadelphia or any cheese!!!


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When I was first married and pretty broke, fresh mackerel was one of the nutritious and cheap foods we used to live on - until the day we ended up with some that was a bit off, and that put us off for a long time...:hungover::hungover: I used to bake it in the oven with canned tomatoes, onion and a sprinkling of herbs.

More recently my husband used to buy packs of smoked mackerel to eat cold with salads, but he's ditches that now in the favour of kippers - but for breakfast though!!
Maybe I'll have to get him to add it to our shopping list again.

Robbity
 
Hubby liked the oily fish out of tins, but I could never stand the smell!!
I know I got turned off fish by seeing them trawled up on to tug boats when young and knowing they were going to be killed.

Eating fish is taking a bit of getting used to, but started eating when I had a cold and couldn't taste or smell anything.

Still can't eat anything that still looks like a fish tho. Oh has to cut up mackeral to help me!!
Was the same with chicken too. Could only eat breast until a couple years back...due to a whole chicken still looking like a chicken...




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donnellysdogs said:
Hubby liked the oily fish out of tins, but I could never stand the smell!!
I know I got turned off fish by seeing them trawled up on to tug boats when young and knowing they were going to be killed.

Eating fish is taking a bit of getting used to, but started eating when I had a cold and couldn't taste or smell anything.

Still can't eat anything that still looks like a fish tho. Oh has to cut up mackeral to help me!!
Was the same with chicken too. Could only eat breast until a couple years back...due to a whole chicken still looking like a chicken...




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I am the same except for, the likes of cod, haddock. Cannot face the tinned fish, sardines, I just want to throw up! Kippers! Yeeuuk!!
I love chicken, have a roast one at least once a week, with a baby leaf salad!
 
Celeriac, lovely roasted and chipped.
Ditching margarine and rediscovering butter.
Artisan breads,wholegrain organic traditionally ground and raised (once a week treat).
Asparagus, can't believe I never tried these before as they are now my favourite veg.

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Oh rden66, isn't asparagus fantastic. My most loved veg too!

Never tried celeriac.. Would have to look on line how to prepare it.. Is it peeled?


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