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Just Diagnosed T2 & Confused!!

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Hi -many thanks for your help so far!

I went to see the Diabetes nurse today for the first time - she referred to my blood results from 2 weeks of being diagnosed.

So it's been a month since being diagnosed and I have been following LCHF and I have lost over half a stone and whilst it has taken some adjustment I am so pleased with the weight loss. It's encouraged me to exercise more and I have been embracing some new foods! I do miss bread/rice/pasta now and again but it's not a major problem. I have not been testing my own blood yet - but have ordered the kit and strips.

So my nurse told me today that my HbA1c was 49 at diagnosis and the most recent bloods from 2 weeks ago were 44 - so she says I am actually pre-diabetes - so at risk of T2 but not there and it can be managed. My BMI has come down from 27 to 23.

As for diet - I told her I had done some research etc and was following LCHF - she didn't agree with that. She promoted the low GI, good carbs, Mediterranean Diet. She told me to start the day with Porridge etc.

Next blood test etc. will be in 1 year.

So I am confused again now - I suspect that my following LCHF has resulted in this change and I should ignore what she says. I should start testing my blood and experiment with different carbs to see the effect and what I can tolerate.

Just after some confirmation I am doing the right thing - as when a health professional tells you that eating too high fat can also cause your blood sugars to rise and cholesterol etc. I started doubting myself.

Thanks!
 
Hi Anil, I would question why she wants you to eat more carbs and less fat. Thinking on diet is changing very much these days and the old advice about low fat being the way to go is being discredited by much current research. As you have surmised, you eat according to your tastes and your tolerance for carbs. Some people enjoy porridge for breakfast, others find any form of carbs in the morning very difficult to deal with. Testing will tell you where you fall. I think that, as long as you are getting a good balanced diet and maintaining a good weight - which you appear to be doing - then there is no problem. And it is not high fat that raises cholesterol, it is high carbohydrate!

It is mighty confusing, I know, but I have learned not to take what a healthcare professional tells me as the undisputable truth, because there will be another one round the corner who will say something different! 🙄
 
Hi Anil, I follow the test, review, adjust,and I have found that if I eat and test the same food 3 days running ie porridge, and get the same result. then that tells me, a) kick it off my food list, or b) buy it again it works for me. We are all different how can one set of eating rules apply to all.
Good luck on your journey I wish you well. Al
 
Anil said:
So my nurse told me today that my HbA1c was 49 at diagnosis and the most recent bloods from 2 weeks ago were 44 - so she says I am actually pre-diabetes - so at risk of T2 but not there and it can be managed. My BMI has come down from 27 to 23.
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Congratulations Anil, you must be doing something right!!! If it were me I'd stick at what is working.
Anil said:
high fat can also cause your blood sugars to rise and cholesterol
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I am not a nutritionist but I beg to differ... I have researched LCHF (albeit on the WEB), Fat cannot be converted to glucose (hence it breaks down into Ketone Bodies) & dietary cholesterol forms a small part of the blood cholesterol, instead they are generated in the liver as a product of the metabolism of carbs!!!
 
Thanks all! I think I'll stick with what I am doing - I believe it is working.

My testing kit should arrive this week, so I'll test what is good and bad for me and go from there.

It's ironic - I have struggled for years on diets/exercise etc. using conventional wisdom to try to lose a little weight - and for me it never really worked. After a while I fell off the wagon on the diets and then exercise soon followed. I've seen more results on LCHF in a month than what I have managed before and I can see myself eating like this on-going. Through testing, maybe I can introduce some carbs that are ok for me - and hey presto that would be perfect!
 
Well done, Anil on weight loss, increased activity and blood results. You're really aiming to maintain levels and weight now, so you're right to trust your own instincts and do what works for you.
 
Since going LCHF, my cholesterol has gone down. Basically this proves the high fat does not contribute to high cholesterol.
 
It would indeed Anil - you have almost got it absolutely cracked, because you are doing all the RIGHT things despite Nursie Nightshade! - on another forum I infest, she actually has a 'smilie' of her own - a purple head and face, wearing a nurses cap - because the co-founders of it (and it pre-dates this one) discovered she had numerous cousins just like her, all over the UK!
 
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