All newly diagnosed type 2 DM is entitled to see a state registered NHS dietitian. Ask your GP for referral.
In the meantime, Diabetes UK is a helpful resources online nationally. Its no need to blood glucose monitor yet unless your diagnosed glycaemic control, HBA1C was extremely high. (Above 76mmol/mol)
Carb and cal book will be useful if you want to learn carbohydrates portion in sizes. Its app as well.
If you dont want to wait for referral, private dietitian will be an option. Good luck.
Usual blood glucose reading targets are between 4-8mmol/L.
you won’t get much agreement in here with that advice. I’m going out on a limb here and assuming you’re a dietician or similar? Trained in the glories of eatwell? touting subtly for business perhaps? Perhaps you could clarify your experience and knowledge of eating for type 2 so others don’t leap to conclusions, as I might be doing?
You do realise you are on a forum run by a different diabetes information organisation than the .org page don’t you? One that isn’t sponsored by liquid sugar drinks (Britvic)
Appalling advice about not testing unless really high. Would you drive a car without a speedo and wait for the ticket in the post months later? Do you understand how to test in type 2 or believe it’s all about avoid hypos and insulin dosing ? Readings before and after meals show what your response is to the food you ate and allow you to make judgment about the implications to your diabetes and adjustments to achieve better results. It’s that simple.
Eatwell is general start point but wont fit everyone. It needs professional assessments to work on individual cases. Glad to hear that you are finding your own ways.
I personally like the Canada guidelines, food snap guide for visual meal portion plate suggestion.
more touting for business?
The Canada plate is an improve on the eatwell for sure but still for a type 2 insulin resistant person may well contain too many carbs to achieve good control. Not too mention the effect of fructose on what likely to be a non alcoholic fatty liver in a may cases. And we are back to the testing to establish personal levels.
Eatwell rarely works to good control of type 2 and IR. And quite possible the reliance on cheap filling (temporarily before the bgl/insulin rollercoaster starts up) carbs is the reason we have a diobesity epidemic. The only time it’s useful is if the person concerned is eating even worse and this represents an improvement - not an ideal. Many of us got to diagnosis following such a diet and continued to get worse on such a diet.