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Hello,

I'm new here... obviously. I've just been diagnosed with Type 2 and I am a bit lost. The doctor has put me on tablets but I won't see him again until January 10th.

So, I'm not sure what to do now...

They're saying cut down on sugars and carbs but I'm very much someone who works best when I have targets to work to.

Anyone have any suggestions?
 
Just to be clear, it would be sugars and starches, which together are carbohydrates - otherwise some advice might seem a bit strange.
Were you told your Hba1c number, or your blood glucose level at diagnosis?
The advice you get can be better suited to your situation if you do know that - your GP surgery ought to be able to tell you - though some receptionists are not very cooperative.
Maybe a good place to start is to look at a typical day's menu and tot up the amount of carbohydrate you'd have been eating. Even so called 'healthy' foods can be high carb, and should be avoided by those with type two.
 
Good grief Kursal ! if the rest of you is old, there's no hope for me! Yet I haven't even decided yet what I want to do when I leave school.

Sugar IS just a carb - a white, heavily processed carb, the very worse sort of carb ever invented swiftly followed by flour itself and anything with flour in it, including pastry and bread, or rice of any description, then spuds.

All protein is fine as is a normal amount of fat. Most veg are OK too, though parsnips are a tad high carb to eat more than once in a while. Annoyingly most of the lush, juicy, sweet fruits are high carb, though berries all come in a fair bit lower.

It would be good if you can afford to self-test using a blood glucose monitor because then you'd be able to assess properly what X amount of this or that food is doing to your blood glucose, to inform you if you need to cut it out or cut it down - or keep it in your diet.
 
Hi and welcome, I started as new but old but as my blood sugar and weight came down.....i swear i got younger 😉
 
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