If you don't have carbs may I ask what you do eat? If you don't mind just for general ideas that may help meYou seem to have understood the point very quickly and that is encouraging. During one of my first meetings with my nurse she said, "Road diggers and marathon runners can eat what they like". That may not be entirely true but I got the point.
I have Weetabix for breakfast but I also have a 2-3 mile walk. It works for me. In the evening I avoid carbs and maybe watch TV.
And yes, only you can do this.
That is fantastic help thank you now i understand what I need to do and crack on lol cheers loveYou are far from stupid Sarah, you have a chronic condition that relies on your management. Health care professionals see you from time to time but you are with it 24/7. Liken it to learning to drive a car. Your first lesson will not make you a proficient driver.
By adding the other food groups to the carbs then you lessen the spike.
If the spike is still too high then you have to reduce the carbs. Say for example you ate a normal portion of rice, pasta, bread, cereals and added all the other food group and you got a spike, (more than 2 points than your previous meal), you could then try eating a half of the amount of carbs. If this didn't work then you could try a third and if that still didn't work then that food would not be suitable for you. We are individuals and have different responses to different carbs.
All carbs on their own, as in the toast, will raise your blood sugars.
Thankyou!!Don't get down hearted. As you are new to this and presumably haven't paid much attention to carbs you're bound to find that at the moment you are really sensitive to them and will get large spikes from even small quantities of sugar and starchy foods.
The easiest way is at this stage to avoid sugar entirely and limit (say initially halve) your intake of starchy foods such as rice, pasta, bread, cereals (including porridge) and any thing that contains flour such as pastry etc. Try swapping to brown versions of everything you can on what's left. Use your meter and try to get to a point where after two hours your level is no more than 2 above where it started from. If you do that then you should start to see all the numbers begin to drop over a period of days or even weeks. It took me 6 to 8 weeks of effectively removing the majority of the starchy foods from my diet to get back to having safe bg levels. Once you've found your tolerance you can then adjust your carbs up and down as appropriate as after you've got control things get easier.
Never heard of that book but I've downloaded the 7 day carb freemeal plan from the diabetes web site will see how that goes an let you knowHave you seen the book Carbs and Cals? It is brilliant for showing you where to find carbs.
I don't think Marmite is guilty in this case
I avoid cereals, potatoes, rice, pasta (which I loved) and bread. Although I will still have some garlic bread if given the chance.
Try yoghurt and fruit for breakfast or eggs. I also like Quorn sausages, mushroom and tomatoes.
Keep some notes and let us know how you get on
Cara
If you don't have carbs may I ask what you do eat? If you don't mind just for general ideas that may help me
Tested my levels 2 hours after lunch they were 6.4 had 1 strawberry before just tested levels are7.4 can a strawberry knock it up like that
OMG how can a strawberry be a carb?? I thought it was rice pasta flour etc I shocked I need a book that tells me what Foods are carbs lolI am not clear when you ate the strawberry in relation to testing. It is a surprising result anyway but you must believe your meter. I looked up strawberries and they are 8% carbs.
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