Hi

[Vivlar1]

Hi all, I was diagnosed Type 2 in Jan and it was agreed I would use diet and exercise to try to manage my diabetes. It was going ok but then lockdown! Bloods were 60 ? Recent blood test showed down 3points to 57. I tried Metformin but the result was quite explosive!!
I’ve just today started on Sukkarto SR 500mg.
What I was wondering is,
Are there any foods I should NOT eat on these tablets?

 

[rebrascora]

Hi and welcome

Shame that lockdown damaged your efforts to make dietary changes.... quite a few people are finding that being at home all the time is encouraging the to eat comfort food especially as many are feeling stressed about the virus and it's implications. Others are finding that having extra time is allowing them to focus more on their control, eat healthily and get more exercise and are seeing a benefit to it. Just shows how the same situation can affect people in opposite ways.

I don't think there are any foods which you should avoid for the medication but for the control of your diabetes, you need to reduce your total carb intake (not just sugar as many people think) so that means starchy foods like bread, pasta, rice and potatoes etc all need to be cut back on to a greater or lesser extent. Apologies if you were already aware of that.

 

[grovesy]

None but I was advised to take with biggest meal of the day.

 

[Toucan]

Hello @Vivlar1 and welcome to the forum.

I have been taking these Sukkarto SR 500mg for a long time and haven't found any particular foods that I need to avoid.
I find though that it is important though to take them either with or immediately after eating as this avoids some of the unpleasant side effects.

It sounds as if you have found an eating plan that was working, but if you need any more help with this, let us know and we can give you some further information.
The 'Learning Zone' tab at the top of this page also has some helpful information.

Best wishes and I hope that as lockdown begins to lift that will also help you get back on track.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Vivlar1

Sorry to hear that lockdown has thrown a spanner in the works for your diabetes management

I’ve never taken metformin or the SR version myself, but over the years have noticed that by far one of the best ways for folks on the forum to understand how the foods they are eating are affecting their blood glucose variability is to check with a BG meter before, and then again 2 hours after eating, and then modifying the meal (usually the type and amount of carbohydrate in it) to try to get that ‘meal rise’ to be no more than 2-3 mmol/L.

HbA1c checks (the numbers you are mentioning where you get blood taken at the surgery) are brilliant for giving you an overall picture, but far less helpful in telling you which foods or meals give the smoothest BG outcomes, and which give ‘spikes’ in your BG.

Many GP surgeries only consider BG meters important for checking for hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose) in those on insulin, gliclazide sulfs etc, so you may not be able to get a BG meter prescribed.

If you’d like to try this technique, then getting a BG meter with affordable strips reduces the cost considerably. The SD Gluco Navii and Spirit Tee2 both have test strips at around £8 for 50.

Good luck and let us know how you get on 🙂