Good evening and thank you for letting me join I have just been told that I am borderline diabetic a so I am now waiting to talk to someone as what to do next obviously will need to loose some weight until I get to see someone any ideas about what to eat would be grateful thanks in advance xx
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Welcome to the forum @Alfiecoco
One of the biggest questions when trying to get to grips with being told you are at risk of developing diabetes is often ‘what can I eat’ and while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will want to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and many fruits.
Many new members find it can be really helpful to keep a brutally honest food diary for a week or two. Note down everything you eat and drink, along with a reasonable estimate of the total carbohydrate content in your meals and snacks - it doesn’t have to be gram-perfect, the nearest 5-10g is fine. It might sound like a bit of a faff, and will involve weighing portions, squinting at the fine print on packaging, and possibly looking up things on the internet, but it will give you a really good idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu. Once you can see which meals or snacks are your ‘big hitters’, and where carbs might be unexpectedly lurking, you will lrobably spot some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’).
Moderating your carbohydrate intake, along with trying to lose any excess weight you might be carrying, and increasing your general levels of activity can be is extremely powerful.
As you are still yet to cross over the diagnosis threshold for diabetes it’s quite likely that fairly modest adjustments to your current menu might be all that is required to delay or avoid a full-blown diagnosis with T2 Diabetes.
Good luck and let us know how you get on 🙂
One of the biggest questions when trying to get to grips with being told you are at risk of developing diabetes is often ‘what can I eat’ and while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will want to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and many fruits.
Many new members find it can be really helpful to keep a brutally honest food diary for a week or two. Note down everything you eat and drink, along with a reasonable estimate of the total carbohydrate content in your meals and snacks - it doesn’t have to be gram-perfect, the nearest 5-10g is fine. It might sound like a bit of a faff, and will involve weighing portions, squinting at the fine print on packaging, and possibly looking up things on the internet, but it will give you a really good idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu. Once you can see which meals or snacks are your ‘big hitters’, and where carbs might be unexpectedly lurking, you will lrobably spot some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’).
Moderating your carbohydrate intake, along with trying to lose any excess weight you might be carrying, and increasing your general levels of activity can be is extremely powerful.
As you are still yet to cross over the diagnosis threshold for diabetes it’s quite likely that fairly modest adjustments to your current menu might be all that is required to delay or avoid a full-blown diagnosis with T2 Diabetes.
Good luck and let us know how you get on 🙂
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Hi @Alfiecoco, it's great to see you've joined the online forum! Finding out what the best thing to eat can be a bit challenging at first. I've attached a link which covers, understanding food labels and healthy snack swaps. Hopefully this is helpful - https://bit.ly/387ocxL. 🙂
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