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Until you get your blood glucose level down a bit I would avoid cakes, biscuits which are high in carbs. Some deserts are better than others.
If eating out then some places do mini puddings with a hot drink. Profiteroles and crème brule are a couple of the lower carb deserts.
If you are making at home then the recipes on the website sugarfreelondoner have plenty of low carb options.
I make sugarfree jelly with some added berries and have with cream or make fruit crumble with the topping made from ground almonds, low sugar granola, some seeds and butter. No added sugar needed, you may need some sweetener in the fruit depending on what it is.
Greek yogurt and berries are good and there are the Kvarg deserts or high protein fruit yoghurt, low fat and low carb.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
Your HbA1C is not desperately high so some dietary changes should be sufficient to get it down.
You may find this link useful for some ideas. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
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No..I like meat, but am trying to eat lessmeat
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Meat is one of the pretty well zero carb food and a good source of protein which you need if you are reducing carbs. It is the carbs that covert to glucose not protein and healthy fats.
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A good formula is plenty of protein and
veg at every meal and no snacks in between. Protein target these days seems to be 100g per day.
The challenge with desserts is eating in moderation.
Some people will avoid them all together and find their tastes change so that they don’t like food as sweet as they used to.
Others chose to eat foods with artificial sweeteners which do not raise their BG as high.
The other thing to remember is that we are all different. Our bodies react differently and our minds work differently. Therefore, there is no “one size fits all” management strategy for diabetes.
This is why you will find lots of contradictory information. What works for one person will not necessarily work for someone else.
And often, what you read in reply to your questions is great advice of what worked for the person responding or the advice that they have chosen to follow.
Unfortunately, this means you need to find what works for you.
Reducing carbs is a common approach. This could be avoiding carbs and focusing on a high protein (meat is most common but you can do this with fish and veggie options) and high fat diet.
It could be by reducing portion size (e.g. if you gpfancy ice cream try a mini Magnum rather than a big one)
Or by testing your body’s reaction to different foods by doing a BG test before eating and repeating this 2 hours later - if your body can tolerate the meal, your second test should be no more than 2 (some people say 3) higher than the first.
For the latter approach, you will need a meter. Sadly, it is rare for GPs to fund these and the required test strips for someone with type 2. If you buy one, bear in mind, the manufacturers make money out of the test strips. A short term option is to register for the Libre trial. This is a continuous glucose monitor (the white disk you may see on some people’s arms) which send results to an app on their phone.
Sorry for all this information, especially as I have Type 1 rather than type 2. However, I was concerned that the options suggested above were not explaining all that is available to you to try.
Some people will avoid them all together and find their tastes change so that they don’t like food as sweet as they used to.
Others chose to eat foods with artificial sweeteners which do not raise their BG as high.
The other thing to remember is that we are all different. Our bodies react differently and our minds work differently. Therefore, there is no “one size fits all” management strategy for diabetes.
This is why you will find lots of contradictory information. What works for one person will not necessarily work for someone else.
And often, what you read in reply to your questions is great advice of what worked for the person responding or the advice that they have chosen to follow.
Unfortunately, this means you need to find what works for you.
Reducing carbs is a common approach. This could be avoiding carbs and focusing on a high protein (meat is most common but you can do this with fish and veggie options) and high fat diet.
It could be by reducing portion size (e.g. if you gpfancy ice cream try a mini Magnum rather than a big one)
Or by testing your body’s reaction to different foods by doing a BG test before eating and repeating this 2 hours later - if your body can tolerate the meal, your second test should be no more than 2 (some people say 3) higher than the first.
For the latter approach, you will need a meter. Sadly, it is rare for GPs to fund these and the required test strips for someone with type 2. If you buy one, bear in mind, the manufacturers make money out of the test strips. A short term option is to register for the Libre trial. This is a continuous glucose monitor (the white disk you may see on some people’s arms) which send results to an app on their phone.
Sorry for all this information, especially as I have Type 1 rather than type 2. However, I was concerned that the options suggested above were not explaining all that is available to you to try.
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As you are only in the low numbers of the diabetes range you can chose the carbs you eat - though it is possible to make real icecream, real custard and low carb cakes and buns just to help things along.
By cutting out the higher carb foods with any luck your numbers will soon reduce and your metabolism perk up.
There are a lot of swaps you can make, but eating the brown or wholemeal version of the same food is not all that helpful if the food still has around the same amount of carb in it.
By lowering you intake of carbs you should - with any luck - also reduce your blood glucose levels and losing weight will be a lot easier.
I just concentrated only on reducing carbs rather than thinking about losing weight as that had been impossible on the 'healthy diet' I was pushed to stick to, always with the promise of weight loss. At diagnosis I was almost spherical. I was quite surprised to realise just how much I had shrunk down and I was finding that nothing in my wardrobe fitted me. My waist is a foot smaller.
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