Mally love - I was prescribed Metaformin and have not yet used it (yet); I said I wished to try and control the diabetes by diet alone (nor would I take the statins). The doctor wasn't keen as my blood glucose levels had gone up so much, but I was insistent. Spent the next few days (and long/late evenings reading, listening to lectures eg., 'Professor Tim Noakes lectures, and his book: The Real Meal Revolution were some. I watched his u-tube video lecture on LC/HF and why humans should eat this way, then other leads people on the forum suggested. I looked at the various diets and I decided to try the 'Low Carb / High Fat / no added sugar' life-style change as MY personal choice - as I could fit it in with my lifestyle and still change my previous eating lifestyle without having to buy expensive type foods. (NB I think I keep the full fat yoghurt and cheese manufacturers in business, ha ha).
Therefore my normal type day of food is: Breakfast (NO cereals as too high in carbs and sugars) meals I choose are: full English breakfast without the bread or hash browns; bacon and eggs and fried mushrooms, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, cheese + tomato omelette (can add ham/bacon or whatever you like). NB I asked for an electric omelette maker for a Birthday present and it is just SO easy and useful ! Or I have just half a Lidl High Protein Bread Roll spread thickly with FULL FAT soft cheese and add toppings, etc. These bread rolls are only 9.8 carbs, but I find them so filling that I can't eat a whole one!
Lunch I always have a good sized pot - made up at home with Full Fat natural plain yogurt (Greek possibly, and preferably bio live yoghurt) and I add mixed seeds and chopped nuts, 8 or so blueberries and sometimes raspberries - and stir. That fills me up and the high fat keeps my body fed until dinner time.
Dinner: well any meat or protein you like, fried too in REAL butter & Olive Oil, with any green vegetables you like, but root vegetables only in very small amounts as they are high in carbs. I often use the recommended broccoli & cauliflower mash nowadays with full fat cream cheese stirred through it i instead of carbs. I avoid pasta, rice, breads, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pulses etc., and always count the CARBS not the Calories. The LC/HF lifestyle means you have plenty of protein and fats so that the body is using fats for fuel, ie., the body gets used to living off good fats and uses it's own body fat - rather than relying on starchy carbohydrates - which push up the blood sugar..... I am hardly ever hungry on this type of food and my blood sugars have come down to near normal levels.
You DO need to eat well for energy and stabilisation, but not lots of carbs. Please do more reading and decide on which type of diet will best suit your own lifestye. However trying Low Fat/High Carbs and sugars is NOT going to work; nor can you mix low fat and high fat products with low carbs; you need to eat your proteins.
I have read many messages and books now saying Some people on LC/HF diet have reversed their diabetes and come off their medication after a few months. The LC/HF lifestyle takes about 10 weeks to adjust to I gather - so I am still working at it = I am still learning and reading and looking at recipes to find what I can/cannot eat. But YOU MUST EAT. Regards Alison