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<blockquote data-quote="Ryhia" data-source="post: 2206735" data-attributes="member: 503862"><p>Hi and welcome to the thread. </p><p></p><p>Sounds like you are doing great with your bloods if they were initially 25.6 and you have seen 11.6 today, keep doing what you are doing. Don't know if you are testing before and around 2 hrs after meals. This is useful as it gives you some indication how your body responds to the meal you have eaten. You don't want to see your bloods rise more than 2mmol. Useful to keep a food diary. It sounds as if it is early days for you. The food I was recommended to eat by my DN, I found I couldn't touch without raising my bloods to levels I would not want to see, things like sweet potato, brown bread, brown rice, porridge, etc. so be careful, test, test, test, it seemed to me the food they recommended is more about protecting your heart than getting your diabetes under control. My DN even gave me a healthy heart eating plan instead of a diabetic eating plan as she had run out of the latter. Just remember too, that the mindset of DNs are that they are used to prescribing meds because this is the "norm". Most people seem to be content to take meds which I find so sad. Had a conversation with my sister yesterday who does not control her diabetes very well she is Type 2 insulin dependent. She was quite impressed at how much weight I have lost plus how much my bloods are better controlled than hers, but at the same time is not prepared to give up her biscuits. You can take a horse to water etc. </p><p></p><p>Keep going, its a long haul but there is plenty of support and encouragement on this forum.</p><p></p><p>Cheers C.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryhia, post: 2206735, member: 503862"] Hi and welcome to the thread. Sounds like you are doing great with your bloods if they were initially 25.6 and you have seen 11.6 today, keep doing what you are doing. Don't know if you are testing before and around 2 hrs after meals. This is useful as it gives you some indication how your body responds to the meal you have eaten. You don't want to see your bloods rise more than 2mmol. Useful to keep a food diary. It sounds as if it is early days for you. The food I was recommended to eat by my DN, I found I couldn't touch without raising my bloods to levels I would not want to see, things like sweet potato, brown bread, brown rice, porridge, etc. so be careful, test, test, test, it seemed to me the food they recommended is more about protecting your heart than getting your diabetes under control. My DN even gave me a healthy heart eating plan instead of a diabetic eating plan as she had run out of the latter. Just remember too, that the mindset of DNs are that they are used to prescribing meds because this is the "norm". Most people seem to be content to take meds which I find so sad. Had a conversation with my sister yesterday who does not control her diabetes very well she is Type 2 insulin dependent. She was quite impressed at how much weight I have lost plus how much my bloods are better controlled than hers, but at the same time is not prepared to give up her biscuits. You can take a horse to water etc. Keep going, its a long haul but there is plenty of support and encouragement on this forum. Cheers C. [/QUOTE]
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