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Welcome, Giovanni 🙂 You could start with the orange Learning Zone tab at the top of this page. Do ask any questions you like. No question is silly or too trivial. There are lots of friendly people here who give your advice and chat about their experiences🙂
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Welcome to the forum @titanif
Were you told the result of your HbA1c check? This will be a number between 42-47mmol/mol, and in the UK, 2 results above 48mmol/mol confirm a diagnosis with diabetes.
Many new members find it can be really helpful to keep a completely honest food diary for a week or two. Note down everything you eat and drink, along with a reasonable estimate of the total carbohydrate content in your meals and any snacks.
It will involve weighing portions, squinting at the fine print on packaging, and possibly looking up things on the internet, but it will give you a really good idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu.
Once you can see which meals or snacks are your highest in carbs, and where they might be unexpectedly lurking, the diary might also suggest some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’).
Were you told the result of your HbA1c check? This will be a number between 42-47mmol/mol, and in the UK, 2 results above 48mmol/mol confirm a diagnosis with diabetes.
Many new members find it can be really helpful to keep a completely honest food diary for a week or two. Note down everything you eat and drink, along with a reasonable estimate of the total carbohydrate content in your meals and any snacks.
It will involve weighing portions, squinting at the fine print on packaging, and possibly looking up things on the internet, but it will give you a really good idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu.
Once you can see which meals or snacks are your highest in carbs, and where they might be unexpectedly lurking, the diary might also suggest some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’).
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