I am new to all of this and I’ve become a very easily overwhelmed. I have tried looking online to find out how many grams of sugar you should have a day with type two diabetes as I made myself a vegetable soup and that worked out as having 22 g of sugar in it, and that was just the vegetables !!
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Martin.A
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HI, and welcome to the forum. First of all can I just say that it's carbohydrates that you need to focus on, not sugar. Sugar is a carb but so is starch, so if your soup was heavy on root vegetables that would make it carb heavy and your body will turn all those carbs into glucose.
Leadinglights
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There is some good information, explanations in a straightforward way in this link.
lowcarbfreshwell.com
But as said it is all carbohydrates you need to look at not just sugar. The only time it is worth considering the 'sugar' is when you have two foods with the same carb content and you might then choose the one with the lower sugar as being a better option.
I make soups which are pretty low carb, broccoli and stilton, butternut squash and red pepper, mangetout, celery and leek, courgette and brie.
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lowcarbfreshwell.com
I make soups which are pretty low carb, broccoli and stilton, butternut squash and red pepper, mangetout, celery and leek, courgette and brie.
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Great reply @Leadinglights. The reason @JaneT71 for possibly choosing the option with rhe lower 'sugar' is because that option will probably have a lower Glycaemic Index (GI) and slower rate of digestion - that gives your body more time to manage that potential surge of glucose into your blood. For those like myself who are insulin dependent I must take some quicker acting insulin (bolus) for those carbs regardless and if I think they will digest quickly I might alter my bolus timing to improve the outcome.There is some good information, explanations in a straightforward way in this link.
But as said it is all carbohydrates you need to look at not just sugar. The only time it is worth considering the 'sugar' is when you have two foods with the same carb content and you might then choose the one with the lower sugar as being a better option.Freshwell Low Carb Project - Home
I make soups which are pretty low carb, broccoli and stilton, butternut squash and red pepper, mangetout, celery and leek, courgette and brie.
Martin.A
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A low carb diet is generally considered to be less than 130g per day but many go lower and some much lower. However, a lot depends on what your HbA1c was at diagnosis. Do you know? If you're only just across the line then you may only have to tweak your diet a little.
Martin.A
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That's high, so it'll take more than a few tweaks to your diet. However, some of us have been diagnosed with an HbA1c in 3 figures but have still managed to turn things around through a combination of diet/exercise/weight loss/medication. Have you been prescribed any meds yet?
Leadinglights
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I suspect you will have a similar result unless there was something odd with the test and at that level you are well into the diabetic zone, the threshold is anything over 47mmol/mol so it is likely you will be offered metformin as the first medication which alongside some substantial dietary changes will hopefully bring your blood glucose down.
However you can start to make changes without waiting for that result, the sooner the better.
Have a look at this link for a low carb approach with will be suitable if you are just prescribed metformin. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
It is a low carb approach with is suggested as being no more than 130g carbs not just sugar per day, it is not NO carbs. You will see you can still have filling tasty meals by focusing on meat, fish, eggs, cheese with vegetables, salads and ruit like berries with only small portions of any high carb foods.
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Welcome to the forum
A diagnosis with diabetes can feel overwhelming, and balancing it with ADHD will add a few more challenges into the mix.
But take things steadily. Diabetes is generally a fairly slow-moving foe, and you don’t have to Fix Everything instantly. You can start where you are and make some gradual incremental changes - changes that you can sustain and allow to become your ‘new normal’.
Memory, recall, planning, and impulse control may all be a little more difficult for you, depending on how your ADHD works - so don’t be afraid to use lists, phone reminders, and post-its liberally scattered everywhere as visual triggers if those might be helpful?
A diagnosis with diabetes can feel overwhelming, and balancing it with ADHD will add a few more challenges into the mix.
But take things steadily. Diabetes is generally a fairly slow-moving foe, and you don’t have to Fix Everything instantly. You can start where you are and make some gradual incremental changes - changes that you can sustain and allow to become your ‘new normal’.
Memory, recall, planning, and impulse control may all be a little more difficult for you, depending on how your ADHD works - so don’t be afraid to use lists, phone reminders, and post-its liberally scattered everywhere as visual triggers if those might be helpful?
Thank you so much for your advice someone told me to watch carbs not so much sugars I have taken this on board with fitness pal and it works out if you have less carbs it altomatically means lower sugars this has helped a lot I and doing 130g carbs is this ok? I really am so grateful to everyone ♥️
Leadinglights
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130g per day is suggested as a good starting point ad see how it goes, some people do go lower and that will depend on a number of factors, medication, exercise and your individual tolerance to carbohydrates.
Concentrating on carbs only isn't addressing the root cause which is fat!
Martin.A
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I didn't say anything about concentrating on carbs only, nor has anyone else who's posted. I just wanted to mention that it's not just sugar.
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I used a glucose tester to check that I was staying low enough after eating, so my return to normal numbers was swift - HbA1c of 91 to 47 in 80 days, but that was eating a maximum of 50gm of carbs a day.
I think part of the problem was that 10 years earlier I had a flagged glucose level and nothing was done other than pressing me to go on eating carbs and avoiding fats, plus not repeating the test in subsequent years. Without that I suspect things would be easier now, over 7 years from diagnosis. I remain in remission and can eat more carbs from time to time - at least I have lost a lot of weight and feel so much better now. A lot depends on our individual metabolism and the HCPs we have had over the decades.
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