Diabetes Type 2

[EndymionXT]

Hello All,

I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 since Friday, December 14. I am currently 25 about 167CM tall weigh about 180LBS. My doctor said currently my A1C is 6.5 of 7.0 as a result I have diabetes type 2, doctor said currently though no medication is required but I would need to get rid of my belly fat as it also causes my hemoglobin to be really high and cut off bubble tea since I use to drink it a lot as well as to try to cut or reduce on rice and bread. He said that half my plate should be veggies, quarter plate carb, and quarter plate protein/meats/fish. Doctor said that fruits are still good for me to eat.

I am still uncertain with myself, does that mean I have a chance to reverse my condition since I'm not on medication yet?. Doctor said that he will do another blood test on me 3 months from now to see if my sugar went up or down. But that for now I eat properly and exercise to lose my belly fat so I've been going to the gym now for 30 minutes of treadmill and 30 minutes of stationary machine workouts.

Lately, all i've been eating now is Blueberries, raspberries, spinach, grape tomatoes, seedless green grapes, chicken with pepper, salt, and paprika, salmon with balsamic vinegar, 2tsp honey, 2 tsp dijon mustard, and wholewheat brown rice sometimes.

I've heard that Diabetes Type 2 is not a death sentence but rather a lifestyle. I am trying to maintain hope that this is true and that maybe one day I can have bubble tea again.

 

[Drummer]

I have no idea what bubble tea is - but if it can be made low carb then there is no reason to give it up.
Your doctor should know better than to advise you to eat 3/4 of your meals as carb containing foods - to continue to eat rice and bread is not a good idea, as they contain high percentages of carbs. You would have no chance of reducing your BG levels with that advice.
Grapes are higher carb than some other berries - I get frozen ones as the carb count is on the packet and they don't go off. You need to watch out for blueberries as they can be high carb sometimes - balsamic vinegar can be sugary, honey is sugar, and wholemeal anything is hardly an improvement over the white sort of anything.
You can have lots of salads, stir fries of low carb veges - I eat a lot of mushrooms, aubergines, sweet peppers, courgettes - and never chose low fat anything as it is usually loaded up with carbs.
I am two yeas from diagnosis and have had normal numbers for some time now.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

You sound similar to me.
I was diagnosed 7 years ago, I didn't go low carb, I decided I didn't really want to try to control the problem with a diet for the rest of my life, so I did as the doctor advised, and lost the fat. There was quite a bit to lose.
This did seem to successfully reverse my type 2 though.
My hba1c has been normal for over 5 years now.

I would have a look at the Newcastle diet, it is a good way to reset yourself, and worked well for me.
And definitely exercise plays its part.

You need to maintain a healthy diet after, I stick to a mostly Mediterranean diet, and don't rule out beer and wine.
Just makes it a bit harder to keep the weight from creeping back on, but if it does, I simply cut back on the calories again.

 

[EndymionXT]

You sound similar to me.
I was diagnosed 7 years ago, I didn't go low carb, I decided I didn't really want to try to control the problem with a diet for the rest of my life, so I did as the doctor advised, and lost the fat. There was quite a bit to lose.
This did seem to successfully reverse my type 2 though.
My hba1c has been normal for over 5 years now.

I would have a look at the Newcastle diet, it is a good way to reset yourself, and worked well for me.
And definitely exercise plays its part.

You need to maintain a healthy diet after, I stick to a mostly Mediterranean diet, and don't rule out beer and wine.
Just makes it a bit harder to keep the weight from creeping back on, but if it does, I simply cut back on the calories again.

I am very interested in this Newcastle Diet, even though you stick to Mediterranean diet after, I know it may be a dump question, but were you still able to ever eat out at restaurants once in a while? or for social gatherings? (I am from an asian background so chinese food is usually present at gatherings)

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I am very interested in this Newcastle Diet, even though you stick to Mediterranean diet after, I know it may be a dump question, but were you still able to ever eat out at restaurants once in a while? or for social gatherings? (I am from an asian background so chinese food is usually present at gatherings)

The Newcastle diet was an 800 calorie diet shake for 8 weeks.
Now I eat normally.
But, it does seem you may be able to relax on the diet, it's the weight loss that is important. I didn't, as the time soon passes.

 

[Eddy Edson]

My approach in simple terms was to go Mediterranean, cut out obvious c**p & reduce portion sizes/calories to lose ~15% of body weight, the target recommended by the Newcastle stuff.

But also, after a while, frequent self-testing to see what does what to me, which resulted in cutting out a lot of bread (my nemesis, apparently) and other grain products.

Apart from the bread part of it, which was a bit tough for a while, this wasn't so hard to do, given that my eating previously had been kind of "Mediterranean plus some c**p". So hopefully where I end up is a sustainable eating pattern and relatively simple to control weight - fingers crossed!

In your case, if I had to guess, I'd say that losing weight and obvious c**p-cutting could take you a long way, without making other radical changes. But that's just a guess!

Anyway, you're starting from a relatively low BG level & I'd say you have time to think, research and experiment. The food you describe sounds fine (and yummy!) to me, but I do very much recommend you get a BG meter and test before and after eating. It's the only way of getting a real handle on which carbs do what to you - eg how sensitive you are to the brown rice etc etc.