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[Gamaathige]

Hello everyone
I am new to this forum,Recently diagnosed with type 2 ,my working environment was at sea as a seafarer , would like to here suggestions from all of you(if any seafarers) ,How to reduce sugar level within 3 month to normal if it is possible why I said 3 months as I need to call my duty within 3m and I have no idea how to do that bcz recently Diagnosed appreciate and thank you all

 

[Lily123]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Gamaathige 🙂 Looking at your diet is a good first step. Look for places where you can reduce carbs - all carbs not just sugar. So, bread, pasta, rice, cereal, potatoes, etc.

Do you know your ‘number’ - that is the test result you got when you were diagnosed with Type 2? That will show how much into the diabetic zone you are.

 

[Gamaathige]

Welcome @Gamaathige 🙂 Looking at your diet is a good first step. Look for places where you can reduce carbs - all carbs not just sugar. So, bread, pasta, rice, cereal, potatoes, etc.

Do you know your ‘number’ - that is the test result you got when you were diagnosed with Type 2? That will show how much into the diabetic zone you are.

 

[Gamaathige]

Thank you very much for giving me such a valuable advice

 

[Leadinglights]

As you have a bit of a deadline (sorry bad expression) then you need to be proactive in dealing with your situation. Knowing the HbA1C that gave you your diagnosis will be one thing that will enable you to know if you have a mountain or a hill to climb.
Getting a blood glucose monitor so you can test the effect your meals are having will help you make better food choices. It maybe that you just need to cut down on portion sizes for high carb foods and cut a few things out or make some substitutions.
Keeping a food diary of everything you eat and drink with an estimate of how much carbs you are having will help you see where changes can be made. That information can be found on the back of packets TOTAL carbs is what you need or by doing a google search for food X and total carbohydrate.
Many people find success on following a low carb normal fat (not low fat) dietary regime which is less than 130g per day so by looking at your food diary you can see where you are compared to that. Reducing carbs slowly so by one third for a week, then another third until you get to where you need to be as that will minimise any eye or nerve issues.
You blood glucose monitor will guide you as testing before meals and after 2 hours aiming for no more than a 2-3mmol/l increase and ideally no more than 8.5mmol/l, otherwise your meal was too carb heavy.

 

[Gamaathige]

It is a very good idea to follow now I feel very free mind I unlike before bcz this platform is very helpful for obtain valuable information thank you very much

 

[Leadinglights]

It is a very good idea to follow now I feel very free mind I unlike before bcz this platform is very helpful for obtain valuable information thank you very much

You may benefit from looking at the Learning Zone (orange tab at the top) also the thread What did you eat Yesterday in the food forum for ideas of what Type 2 folk have, just bare in mind some people will be diet only or diet and oral med or be taking insulin so the amount of cabs they have may differ.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

It is a very good idea to follow now I feel very free mind I unlike before bcz this platform is very helpful for obtain valuable information thank you very much

Glad you are finding the responses from forum members helpful @Gamaathige 🙂

You might need to bear in mind that local healthcare options in your home country may not exactly replicate suggestions from folks in the UK, so you might need to adapt ideas to your local healthcare system 🙂

 

[Drummer]

I went from a Hba1c of 91 to 47 in 80 days eating no more than 50 gm of carbs a day, and I am just coming up to 5 years of non diabetic Hba1c tests.
I used a glucose tester to check my levels after eating and that helped a lot to discover the foods which I can get more carbs from than their listed values - peas and beans - and showed me when I was on the right track.
I can now eat more carbs than when I started out, but I don't as I would put on weight very easily - the same as I have done all my adult life.
On these winter days I eat stews and stirfries, meat, fish seafood eggs cheese and other dairy, drink coffee with cream, and have only two meals a day but that is all I need - you'll need to find your own level of maintenance, but I find that I am a lot stronger and have more stamina than most 70 year olds.