Angela Shuttleworth
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hello just recently been diagnosed with type 2. Totally struggling to understand food. Anyone else
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AdeleTurner72
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Welcome Angela.
It is very confusing isn't it? Don't worry, take a good look around this forum, especially the recipes section, and ask as many questions as you need to.
Most of us follow a low carb diet (some of us also need medication) to control our blood glucose levels. That means reducing bread, potatoes, rice and pasta as well as sugar and sweet foods. Many of us also watch how much fruit we eat, and stick to berries rather than bananas.
You will learn a lot here and find your own way of eating and managing your diet.
Good luck x
It is very confusing isn't it? Don't worry, take a good look around this forum, especially the recipes section, and ask as many questions as you need to.
Most of us follow a low carb diet (some of us also need medication) to control our blood glucose levels. That means reducing bread, potatoes, rice and pasta as well as sugar and sweet foods. Many of us also watch how much fruit we eat, and stick to berries rather than bananas.
You will learn a lot here and find your own way of eating and managing your diet.
Good luck x
Hello Angela I’m newly diagnosed 4 weeks tomorrow. It is a bit of a minefield and I still have a long way to go. For me I’ve cut out all the sweet things I love ..... I do have a bar of 70% dark chocolate in the fridge for emergencies when nothing else will do.... cut the carbs and ready meals and checking sugar contents on everything.
Ralph-YK
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Welcome to the forum Angela from a fellow T2.
As diabetics it's carbohydrates we have to manage. It's not food generally that affect our blood glucose levels, it's carbohydrates. We can eat some. How much of which ones is the thing.
If you self test and keep a food diary, then you can see the affect of any foods, and hopefully see a pattern, along with any changes you make.
As diabetics it's carbohydrates we have to manage. It's not food generally that affect our blood glucose levels, it's carbohydrates. We can eat some. How much of which ones is the thing.
If you self test and keep a food diary, then you can see the affect of any foods, and hopefully see a pattern, along with any changes you make.
Martin9
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Hi @Angela Shuttleworth, welcome to the club no one really wants to be in, I just joined myself around just over a month ago, and at that time my head was reeling, I heard diabetes and thought ok need cut down on sugar and did that, then I found this very good forum and found out it was not only the simple sugars that needed cut out but also the more complex carbs also known as starches as the body changes these into glucose easily.
The starches include potato, rice, wheat, pasta, etc, these can raise your Blood Glucose (BG) significantly and as we are all different some more than others.
That is why the members here and I now advocate getting hold of a BG meter, either through GP, or online so you can test yourself and your response to different foodstuffs, to see which spike your BG levels and which are reasonably ok.
Most here follow what they call the LCHF diet you will hear much of this around here some call it low carb high fat diet, I prefer low carb healthy fat diet, which encourages dropping off much of the potatoes, rices pastas and replacing with above ground vegetables aka leafy vegetables.
Most meats are still mostly allowed, eggs, butter, cheese are also good, green leafy vegetables, nuts and fruit (in moderation) .
For starters just be aware of breakfast cereals they are generally full of carbs and the milk adds more carbs, counter intuitivally a small bacon and egg breakfast is less carbs.
Also if you are carrying any excess weight now is definitely time to try address this, as intra organ fat surrounds both the pancreas and liver and makes both underperform leading to the insulin resistance that typical of T2 diabetes.
But for now welcome, read as much as you can around here, limit your google searches as there's so much bad advice out there and ask around here if you need more advice..
The starches include potato, rice, wheat, pasta, etc, these can raise your Blood Glucose (BG) significantly and as we are all different some more than others.
That is why the members here and I now advocate getting hold of a BG meter, either through GP, or online so you can test yourself and your response to different foodstuffs, to see which spike your BG levels and which are reasonably ok.
Most here follow what they call the LCHF diet you will hear much of this around here some call it low carb high fat diet, I prefer low carb healthy fat diet, which encourages dropping off much of the potatoes, rices pastas and replacing with above ground vegetables aka leafy vegetables.
Most meats are still mostly allowed, eggs, butter, cheese are also good, green leafy vegetables, nuts and fruit (in moderation) .
For starters just be aware of breakfast cereals they are generally full of carbs and the milk adds more carbs, counter intuitivally a small bacon and egg breakfast is less carbs.
Also if you are carrying any excess weight now is definitely time to try address this, as intra organ fat surrounds both the pancreas and liver and makes both underperform leading to the insulin resistance that typical of T2 diabetes.
But for now welcome, read as much as you can around here, limit your google searches as there's so much bad advice out there and ask around here if you need more advice..
do read posts and feel free to ask any questions Welcome to the Forum. Cannot add anything really to what has been said. I joined a couple of years ago following a pre-diabetic diagnosis. Got out of it, now in it again. I was astounded when I joined to hear how bad my "healthy" diet actually was. The GP had mentioned cutting down my fruit intake (6-7 pieces a day - eek!!!). However, I was also informed that my breakfast cereal and toast, sandwiches, potatoes, pasta and rice were just as bad so I cut them down or, in the case of rice and pasta, out altogether because I am not bothered about them anyway.
I like to have some bread and buy Burgen Soya and Linseed. I don't eat much of that now as I have got some bread recipes from the dietdoctor.com site and also use the Flaxseed bread which is in the recipes section on here. I am going to try some of Bubbsie's recipes too which are in the recipes section.
I like to have some bread and buy Burgen Soya and Linseed. I don't eat much of that now as I have got some bread recipes from the dietdoctor.com site and also use the Flaxseed bread which is in the recipes section on here. I am going to try some of Bubbsie's recipes too which are in the recipes section.
SB2015
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Hi Angela
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. As you say there is a lot to take in at the start.
I am aware that a lot of people have found the book Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker.
It takes you through her experience step by step and answers so many questions.
Another thing that many find helpful is to start testing their own BG. It is unusual to get test strips on prescription if you are T2, but the SD Codefree meter uses the cheapest available test strips and is reliable. On here people havementioned how it has helped them to find out how different foods impact on their BG.
A good article on this is Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S. Also, because if you have to self-fund you want to make those test strips count: Testing on a budget
Keep in touch and do ask anything you need to. No questions are considered silly on here and there is plenty of help available.
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