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Just Diagnosed.

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Have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, was such a shock when I found this out, Have naturally changed my diet and lifestyle and am on medication to help me with this situation. Am waiting to see a dietitian to help me with reference to more information about things
 
Devonboy1965 said:
Have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, was such a shock when I found this out, Have naturally changed my diet and lifestyle and am on medication to help me with this situation. Am waiting to see a dietitian to help me with reference to more information about things
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Hello, and welcome to the forum. I wonder if one of the mods or admins could move this to its own thread in the Newbies section, where it’ll get noticed by more members, and you can be properly welcomed, I’ve seen @Docb around today, or maybe @everydayupsanddowns will be on later.
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. It can be a shock when we diagnosed, but peer support and duk have some wonderful resources to help you get on track with it.

If you have any questions feel free to ask away
 
Just wanted to say hello to everyone, am new to this site, was diagnosed with having type 2 diabetes, was very shocked when I found this out, since this happened, I've naturally made some changes in my life style with reference to the healthy diet front, am on medication for my condition, am naturally learning about things, but it feels like iam walking down a long dark tunnel with reference to what I can and can't do, am naturally educating myself to the best of my abilities, this is all I can do. Best wishes from Devonboy1965
 
Hello @Devonboy1965 and welcome to the forum.

I hope you have already realised that what is 'healthy' for a healthy person, isn't often healthy for a Type 2 diabetic (or even a Type 1 diabetic).
Diabetes.org.uk still has some way to go before they fully recognise this. However in this forum as well as in the other UK diabetes forum, it is well known that there are a few ways of getting Type 2 into remission and that while none of them will be certain to work for an individual, each of them has around a 50% chance of working, so overall the odds are in your favour.
My personal preferences in order of most to least:
1. Low Carb way of eating with high protein and moderate (traditional fats) with no calorie restriction.. This can be anywhere from around 130 gms of carbs (net carbs but including starches & fruit as well as sugars) down to Keto which is almost zero carbs. Decide how low to go based upon your Blood Glucose meter (if you don't have one - then get ones and test before each meal & then 2hrs after first bite aiming for an increase in Blood Glucose of 2.0 mmol or less from the meal.
2. Fasting (if you are obsese) - see books and videos by Dr Jason Fung.
3. If overweight ( some Type 2's like me were always slim) an 800 calorie per day diet (can be either 'Newcastle Diet' ( shakes based) or on e of Dr Michael Mosely's 800 calorie real food diets).
4. Again only if obese - gastric bypass surgery. You may think this is a certain cure- but it's not since it can be 'gamed' so the success rate is still only around 50%.

I suggest trying Low carb first because it does no harm and your resting metabolism isn't reduced (unlike calorie controlled diets which make it harder and harder to keep weight off).
 
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Hello @Devonboy1965 and welcome to the forum.

I hope you have already realised that what is 'healthy' for a healthy person, isn't often healthy for a Type 2 diabetic (or even a Type 1 diabetic).
Diabetes.org.uk still has some way to go before they fully recognise this. However in this forum as well as in the other UK diabetes forum, it is well known that there are a few ways of getting Type 2 into remission and that while none of them will be certain to work for an individual, each of them has around a 50% chance of working, so overall the odds are in your favour.
My personal preferences in order of most to least:
1. Low Carb way of eating with high protein and moderate (traditional fats) with no calorie restriction.. This can be anywhere from around 130 gms of carbs (net carbs but including starches & fruit as well as sugars) down to Keto which is almost zero carbs. Decide how low to go based upon your Blood Glucose meter (if you don't have one - then get ones and test before each meal & then 2hrs after first bite aiming for an increase in Blood Glucose of 2.0 mmol or less from the meal.
2. Fasting (if you are obsese) - see books and videos by Dr Jason Fung.
3. If overweight ( some Type 2's like me were always slim) an 800 calorie per day diet (can be either 'Newcastle Diet' ( shakes based) or on e of Dr Michael Mosely's 800 calorie real food diets).
4. Again only if obese - gastric bypass surgery. You may think this is a certain cure- but it's not since it can be 'gamed' so the success rate is still only around 50%.

I suggest trying Low carb first because it does no harm and your resting metabolism remains isn't reduced (unlike calorie controlled diets which make it harder and harder to keep weight off).
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I am a big fan of Dr Jason Fung and The Diabetes Code as the explanation all makes good sense.
I think that Low carb is a regime that is not difficult to adopt as a lifetime way of eating.
 
You could do far worse than get stuck into the 'Learning Zone' for starters!
 
Many of us follow a low carb way of eating, usually involving increasing our fat intake to make up the deficit in calories from the carbs and find that very effective in managing our diabetes. Once you get the hang of eating like that, it can be very enjoyable. For me the biggest benefit is that I no longer crave carbs or sweet stuff and I had been a rather bad comfort eater for years. I no longer eat bread or rice or pasta and just have a couple of potatoes or sweet potato pieces every couple of weeks or so. It takes a lot of getting your head around at first because we have spent a lifetime of filling our plates up with those beige carbs but once you learn alternative ways of cooking and presenting food and find tasty alternatives, you just don't miss it anymore.
 
Welcome to the forum @Devonboy1965

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis :(

Sounds like you are off to a good start, and have made some positive changes.

Alongside the Learning Zone, which you have already been recommended, you might also find these two resources helpful, which are often recommended by forum members:

Maggie Davey’s Letter to the Newly Diagnosed and

Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year

And keep asking questions on the forum too. We have hundred’s of years of lived experience on the forum from different people each finding their own way through the diabetes maze 🙂
 
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