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My name is Joyce Justice and a newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic and have a lot to learn about the disease and controlling it. I have been involved within the NHS for over 30 years. Firstly as a consultants medical secretary in a large teaching hospital in Nottingham for 13 years until I retired. And the most recent I had to step down as a governor for Sheffield Teaching Hospital in June last year after serving 9 years, which is in constitution.

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Hi Joyce, your not alone in having a lot to learn about Type 2 diabetes - much of the NHS does as well since the main factor under our control which pushes up Blood Glucose is the carbohydrates we eat. All carbs (both starches and sugars) turn into glucose when we eat them. So that include all that tropical fruit and whole grains we are encouraged to eat !
 
Having worked in the NHS you must have seen much change, some good, some bad no doubt and probably have a good idea of the frustrations people experience.
I think you have a few replies on your other thread.
You might like to look at the thread What did you eat Yesterday in the food/recipes forum to get an idea of what Type 2 folk have for meals but bare in mind people will be on different dietary regimes, diet only managed, or with oral meds or insulin so there will be variation in the amount of carbohydrates people have per day
 
.I welcome any advise/help. I am very well up on most aspects of medicine but not diabetes. For instance I do not know the value in foods or what I should or not be eating
 
Selenajane said:
.I welcome any advise/help. I am very well up on most aspects of medicine but not diabetes. For instance I do not know the value in foods or what I should or not be eating
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Welcome to the forum,the foods you will mainly want to avoid are thing like bread,potatoes and pasta and all things that are really high carb. Sweet treats you will have to cut down on. It’s any food that is high carbs. With testing your BG before eating and 2 hours after you can see what foods your body can tolerate without making your BG go high
 
Selenajane said:
.I welcome any advise/help. I am very well up on most aspects of medicine but not diabetes. For instance I do not know the value in foods or what I should or not be eating
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I highly recommend the book Carbs and Cals as a good guide to carb values of a whole range of foods, also if you so a Google search for Total carbs of food X.
It is the Total carbohydrate you nee to be looking at in foods and choosing ones with a lower carb amount for the portion you are going to have. Things with added sugar like cakes, biscuits, sugary drinks which are obvious but also foods like bread, pastry, cereals, potatoes, rice, pasta, pulses, tropical fruits are high carb. Meat, fish, eggs, cheese, full fat dairy, vegetables, salads and fruit like berries are all low carb.
Beware of prepared ready meals and sauces as they can have hidden carbs because of added sugar or starch.
 
Welcome to the forum @Selenajane

Glad you have found us. Keep asking away with any questions as they occur to you - we have hundreds of years of lived diabetes experience on the forum, and nothing will be considered ‘too obvious’ or ‘silly’.

There’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach that will work for everyone, and diabetes can be fickle and frustratingly individual - so a lot of the game is experimenting, listening to your body, and seeing what happens for you as an individual.

Similarly there’s no one ‘right’ diet that will suit everyone’s tastes, gut biomes, and metabolisms. What you are looking for is a way of eating that you can sustain long-term, and which supports your goals for BG management and your desired weight.
 
Thank you for the help already given. I was only diagnosed with type 2 diabetes just over a week ago and I am really a novice and the help given I really do appreciate. Thank you all so much. I have other medical problems which includes bowel disease which in itself causes problems with what I eat
 
Hi Joyce. Sorry everything is a bit more complicated for you, esp when diet plays a huge role in t2 management.

There is a thread called "what did you eat yesterday" HERE where you might spot some meal ideas that fit both t2 and bowel disease.

Keep asking questions as you think of them. We have all been there with the uncertainty and I was like a deer caught in the headlights in the first few weeks. I'm thankful that I found the forums here where no question is too silly and everyone understands the struggles.
 
I don't know if anybody has suggested the Carbs and Cals book which I found very useful but some people do use other apps to check out the carb value of foods.
Your starting point has to be based on the foods you can eat with your other condition but then look at the carb amount in those and start by reducing the portion of anything high carb and increasing the proportion of the other low carb things you can eat to compensate.
If you give a few examples of the sort of meals you have and things you cannot eat, people can make some suggestions as to where you could make some savings on carbs.
 
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