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@Steview555 🙂 the food thing takes a while to get your head around, it’s not just the obvious sweet things that we need to avoid but all carbohydrates will also have an impact, the worst culprits are rice, pasta, potatoes and bread. Fruit is something else you need to be careful with, especially tropical fruits / juices as they are also high in natural sugars, a rule of thumb is no more than two small pieces a day. Veg will vary, root veg is higher in sugar so use sparingly or avoid, peas and sweet corn are best avoided but cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, courgette or mushrooms are great
😛 Eggs, cheese, bacon and high meat sausages or burgers are also ok as is most meat. Many of use eat Burgen bread which is a low carb soya and linseed option. I started convinced I would starve to death
😱 and now I love my new way of eating
😛.
Testing your blood sugar is key to working out what foods work for you, test before your meal and again around 2 hours after, ideally you don’t want a higher than 2 increase in your numbers. It’s unlikely your gp will provide a meter so you might want to consider the code free meter, it’s around £12 and has the cheapest strips at around £7 for 50.
Best advice I can give is to go make a cuppa and take some time to read up here, you will find all you need to know between the threads, absorb what you can then ask any questions you have
