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Welcome @milburn60 🙂 Would you like to tell us a little bit about how you were diagnosed with Type 2? Are you on any medication for it?
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Leadinglights
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It might depend if it is a steroid inhaler as steroids are well known for increasing blood glucose. The two medications you have been given act in different ways, metformin helps the body use the insulin it produces more effectively and reduces the output of glucose by the liver and the other one is a 'flozin' which encourages the kidneys to excrete excess glucose via urine but it still needs dietary changes as the medication can only do so much. Your HbA1C must have been quite high to be started on both medications without giving dietary changes an opportunity to work. You need to find out what that result was as it will indicate how much work you have to do. The threshold for diagnosis is anything over 47mmol/mol.
With the flozin meds very low carb is not advised but around 130g per day is usually OK. Were you given any dietary advice?
With the flozin meds very low carb is not advised but around 130g per day is usually OK. Were you given any dietary advice?
Leadinglights
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That seems a lot of medication if your HbA1C is only 48mmol/mol as many would be given the opportunity to made some dietary changes and have no medication for 3 months or the very least only be prescribed metformin.
Many do find low carb works but with the flozin med you need to be cautious. It seems crazy to prescribe a medication that makes it unwise to make dietary choices i.e. low carb that for many people would do the trick. As all carb convert to glucose reducing them in your diet will be important.
Have a look at this link which is a low carb approach based on around 130g per day which should be OK if you are taking those meds. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/ Good explanation and menu plans and recipes.
Do double check that number for your HbA1C and maybe ask if it is indeed 48 if you can try making those dietary changes first before taking the meds.
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Sorry to hear you haven’t been given much information to go on food-wise @milburn70
48mmol/mol is at the lower edge of the diabetes zone, so take heart - you have a good chance of seeing some solid improvements if you start making some positive changes towards a healthier more diabetes-friendly menu.
There’s a downloadable E-book that might give you a helpful overview here
And a range of different meal plans that might give you some ideas here:
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There’s no “one size fits all” diet for people with diabetes, and different people find different strategies and approaches work for them - so it’s a question of trying things out and seeing what works for you, and your particular metabolism. Then trying to develop a way of eating that you can stick with and that you enjoy 🙂
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