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First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy new year
I am a 47 Asian male diagnosed with type 2 over 4 years ago
but to be honest I did not really take any care to control as I was suffering with depression
I now want to reverse this and will do what it takes
Please can you advise on what to do
Iam 5ft 8 and 16 .5 stones
I don't really eat meat or eggs only once in a while.
My sugar count was 115 and now iam very worried as I get tingling in my toes hand and burning sensation when I go for a pee
I take 2 metaformin and 2 glicazide in morning and then same again at night
Thankyou
 
Welcome to the forum Saros from a fellow T2.
Is there a particular reason you don't eat meat or eggs? Are you eating a lot of carbs?
I'd suggest looking at the carbs, possibly reducing. Increase the meat and eggs.
If you self test then you see the affect food has on your blood glucose levels (along with any changes you make). The Code free meter is cheap, and has the cheapest strips.
Since you're on glitizide, which increases insulin production, you might need to keep an eye out for hypos when reducing carbs.
Keep a food diary, along with a record of your levels. After a couple of weeks you'll could start to see a pattern.
Since you're on gliclazide, would your GP practice consider prescribing strips? (If they'll do more than 50 at a time it'll be cheaper.)
 
As for the effects you're feeling, speak to your gp.
If your blood glucose is that high, you are probably dumping glucose in your urine and that may be helping an infection take hold. It will possibly need medication to deal with the infection and a reduction in glucose levels to reduce chance of it returning...
But also look at reducing carbs in your diet.
 
Hello Saros,
It's good to know that you are now ready to take action to improve the control of diabetes. I am sure that you will find the forum helpful, as there is a lot of knowledge here, as you will see from the messages you have already received. I am sure that loosing weight by following a healthy diet will help. There are links to more information about this in the 'useful links for newbies' thread at the top of this section.
Is it an option for you to increase exercise? If you do not normally take much exercise then can you try just taking a short walk each day, or if you are already fairly active then try to increase what you do. This will help with weight loss, and is also good for helping with lifting your mood and the 'feel better' factor.
 
Thanks to all
What do u recommend
This was my normal routine before
Breakfast , cup of tea few biscuits 9.30m

Lunch - chips and chicken tikka 12.30pm

Afternoon - crisps or sweets 4.00pm

Evening - 2 chappatis or naan with a curry
Chicken with soft drink 7.30pm

I now want to change this routine any advice on foods , my usual diet is Indian spicy foods
But I’m ready to leave everything
 
Hi Saros,
I'll have a try at some recommendations, but this is all based on what I would eat, so you will need to work out your alternatives. The general principles are cut out sugary things, reduce carbs and try to eat more vegetables!
No problem at all with curries and spicy foods, it is what you have with them that may need to change.
Breakfast - A cup of tea is always a good start to the day, but best to replace the biscuits. Do you like yoghurt, if so a bowl of full fat Greek yoghurt with some berries, sprinkled with a few nuts and seeds and cinnamon. ( In general don't eat too much fruit but one small portion a day is good and nutritious.)
Alternative is something using eggs cooked however you like them - scrambled, poached, boiled or even fried.Tomatoes and mushrooms can be added. If you really need some carb to go with this try a very low-carb bread or some oatcakes.

Lunch - chicken tikka is fine, but best to cut out the chips. Would you be Ok with a green salad to go with it?

Afternoon snacks - can you replace crisps and sweets with some nuts and seeds?

Evening meal. Curry is good ( I have a prawn curry recipe that I particularly enjoy). Can you replace the chapatis and Nan with a vegetable curry?
Soft drinks can be high in sugar, so best to avoid these if you can.

This is all quite a harsh change, so maybe best to take it in stages.
There are many other eating ideas, if you have a look around at the other section of the website.
Good Luck and let us know how it goes.
 
Saros said:
Breakfast , cup of tea few biscuits
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I'd say cut out biscuits unless you're hypo (low blood glucose). Have something lower incarbs.
Saros said:
Lunch - chips and chicken tikka
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It's possible you're ok with a couple of chips. They are something to watch and test for.
Saros said:
Evening - 2 chappatis or naan with a curry Chicken with soft drink 7.30pm
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Small amounts of bread can make a surprising amount of difference to your BG. Try vegetables etc instead.
 
Hello @Saros and welcome to the forum. Good advice above from the others, certainly what you are having at the moment is quite high carb so not helping your bg levels but as @Toucan says this will be a big change for you so try to change things gradually but with determination. Certainly as someone who had a high level when diagnosed and a very fussy eater I have, and at times still struggle with what I can or should eat to keep my bg level low but trust me it can be done. The fact that you want to change is great and we will all support you as best we can so please keep asking questions whatever they may be and together we can help you on your journey. All the best. Sue
 
Hi and welcome
Not diabetic myself but my son was diagnosed T2 in September last year, he weighed 16.5 stone (6ft tall) and since then he has lost 4 stone easily following low carb diet. His diet was previously a little similar to yours with sweets and other unhealthy foods. He has omelets or Greek yoghurt or cheese on low carb toast, homemade soup salad hummus plus chicken or ham or tuna for lunch, low carb cereal bars, then meat veg meal for dinner (lots of low carb recipes including curries) cut down on beer and cider, sugar free squash to flavour water or diet fizzy as a treat , coffee with cream, nuts peanut butter olives dark chocolate ...10 weeks later diabetes in remission gliclazide stopped, still on metformin but hoping to come off that in next few weeks... good luck
 
Welcome to the forum @Saros

As others have said a steady reduction in carbohydrate intake will probably make you realise just how rough you’ve been feeling - as you reach a level of carbs that you it body and metabolism can actually cope with.

Cutting out the obvious sweet stuff and empty carbs is a no-brainer, but you may well also find you need to get creative with swaps for some of the carbs you generally eat at meals (rice, naan flatbreads etc). Many members here find cauli ‘rice’ a great accompaniment to curries without any of the BG upheaval

good luck!
 
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