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Welcome to the forum.
Would you like to say a bit about your situation, I assume the result of an HbA1C test indicated you were in the at risk category 42 -47mmol/mol.
Many will find that by making some dietary changes they can pull themselves back to normal primarily by reducing their intake of carbohydrates that is not just sugar but foods like bread, potatoes, rice, pasta as they are the big hitters as well as cakes, biscuits and sugary drinks.
This link provides some good information and some ideas for modifying your diet, the nearer you are to the top of that range the more you will need to do. Although there is no need to panic it does need to be taken seriously. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
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Welcome to the forum @Fenster
Glad you have found us!
We have had quite a few members join over the year who have been told they are at risk of developing T2, who have been able to make some modest tweaks and changes to their menu and activity, and who have been able to successfully steer away from the diagnosis threshold.
Some find it can be 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 (not just ‘of which sugars’) - 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, the diary might also suggest some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’) to help your body successfully process your meals.
It’s not about trying to avoid carbohydrates entirely (which would arguably create more problems than it solves!), but choosing slower-releasing sources of complex carbohydrates, and tweaking portion-sizes downwards a little can help relieve the pressure on a metabolism that is beginning to struggle with the modern western diet.
Good luck, and let us know how you get on 🙂
Glad you have found us!
We have had quite a few members join over the year who have been told they are at risk of developing T2, who have been able to make some modest tweaks and changes to their menu and activity, and who have been able to successfully steer away from the diagnosis threshold.
Some find it can be 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 (not just ‘of which sugars’) - 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, the diary might also suggest some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’) to help your body successfully process your meals.
It’s not about trying to avoid carbohydrates entirely (which would arguably create more problems than it solves!), but choosing slower-releasing sources of complex carbohydrates, and tweaking portion-sizes downwards a little can help relieve the pressure on a metabolism that is beginning to struggle with the modern western diet.
Good luck, and let us know how you get on 🙂