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Hi
I was diagnosed in 2013 and still don’t understand it all. Had a check yesterday and was told by the nurse my bloods were at 75 mmol and that’s not good as it could lead to stroke or heart attack . Got to monitor bloods for a week and report back. She also said eating apples with peanut butter was bad as on a diabetic site it said it was a healthy snack. So confused ♀️
I was diagnosed in 2013 and still don’t understand it all. Had a check yesterday and was told by the nurse my bloods were at 75 mmol and that’s not good as it could lead to stroke or heart attack . Got to monitor bloods for a week and report back. She also said eating apples with peanut butter was bad as on a diabetic site it said it was a healthy snack. So confused ♀️
adrian1der
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Apples have quite a high sugar content as do most tropical fruits (bananas, mangos etc). Things with berry on their name are the best choices
Toucan
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Hello @Samtash
Good to hear that you have started testing as this is the best way to find out what foods are causing you problems.
Not sure when you took your after breakfast reading, but you need to leave it for 2 hours after eating. ideally it shouldn't then be much more than 2 points above the pre-eating level.
Bread is quite high in carbs so you may need to be careful about the quantity - maybe half a piece of toast.
Good to hear that you have started testing as this is the best way to find out what foods are causing you problems.
Not sure when you took your after breakfast reading, but you need to leave it for 2 hours after eating. ideally it shouldn't then be much more than 2 points above the pre-eating level.
Bread is quite high in carbs so you may need to be careful about the quantity - maybe half a piece of toast.
The nurse said she not really worried about after food results ♀️
my meds are 4, 500 metformin, lisinoprill, sitagliptin, and empagflozin. Plus a statin. I weigh 10 stone. Unfortunately diabetes runs in the family on both sides as far back as grandparents, both my parents also have it.
my meds are 4, 500 metformin, lisinoprill, sitagliptin, and empagflozin. Plus a statin. I weigh 10 stone. Unfortunately diabetes runs in the family on both sides as far back as grandparents, both my parents also have it.
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Back to basics.
The one thing you can do to bring your blood glucose levels down in the short term is to reduce the amount of carbohydrate you eat. So when thinking about your meals begin to think carbohydrate reduction. How you go about this depends on what you eat. If you prepare and cook a lot of fresh things then the things to reduce are sweet things, root vegetables especially potatoes, grains and things made from flour like pasta. If you use a lot of prepared food, then start checking packet labels. The thing to look for is the nutritional label - its usually black and round the back of the packet. There look for the total carbohydrate. Pick things with lower carbohydrate levels.
Start a diary and make your measurements before eating and 2 hours afterwards with a note of what you have eaten. See which things give you big rises and which things don't. Cut back on the things that give big rises.
Slowly but surely is the way 🙂
The one thing you can do to bring your blood glucose levels down in the short term is to reduce the amount of carbohydrate you eat. So when thinking about your meals begin to think carbohydrate reduction. How you go about this depends on what you eat. If you prepare and cook a lot of fresh things then the things to reduce are sweet things, root vegetables especially potatoes, grains and things made from flour like pasta. If you use a lot of prepared food, then start checking packet labels. The thing to look for is the nutritional label - its usually black and round the back of the packet. There look for the total carbohydrate. Pick things with lower carbohydrate levels.
Start a diary and make your measurements before eating and 2 hours afterwards with a note of what you have eaten. See which things give you big rises and which things don't. Cut back on the things that give big rises.
Slowly but surely is the way 🙂
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What an extraordinary thing to say!?!
I wonder if that is to help support people she speaks to who might become very anxious or upset by seeing high readings after foods?
I would argue exactly the opposite! As @Docb says, by reducing the amount of carbohydrate you are eating, and using your ’2hrs after‘ results to choose the amounts and types of carbohydrate that suit your body best you will reduce your after-meal numbers... which will gradually bring down your before meal numbers too!
You might find this approach helpful: test-review-adjust
You’ll need to be slightly careful and reduce your carbohydrates gradually because of the mixture of meds you are on, but the aim is to balance food and meds with what your body can cope with.
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