Newly diagnosed with Type 2 - any diet tips?

[Patrick Coleman]

Hi All

Just been told I have Type 2 diabetes - Worried. Any diet plans I need to follow

 

[Flower]

Hello Patrick Coleman, I'll ask @everydayupsanddowns to move your post to a new thread so you get answers specific to your question.

 

[Mark Parrott]

Hi @Patrick Coleman, and welcome to the forum. We are all individuals, so the only dietary advice I can give is from personal experience. All carbs raise our blood sugars (BG) including bread, pasta, rice & potatoes as well as the usual sweet stuff. Even wholemeal versions aren't very good though are a bit better. If you eat meat, that's fine, just make sure it's of a high quality & not full of fillers. Natural fats are good, such as butter, cheese & cream (these are healthy fats, despite what you may have been told over the years), You may have to avoid cereals, as these are generally very high carb, though you may be able to tolerate a smaller amount. I also advise getting a meter and testing your BG. It's the only way to know what you can tolerate. Your GP will most likely say no, because they are silly, but it's the only way to control this 'inconvenience' as I call it. Good luck.🙂

 

[Jeandp]

Welcome Patrick. Spot on advice from @Mark Parrott Best to look on it as a new way of eating, rather than a diet. There are lots of lovely alternatives to all those heavy carbs, have a good look in the food and carb section of this forum. If you have any questions ask away.

 

[Martin9]

Welcome
I'm newly diagnosed myself, so it's all a bit confusing at first but there's great advice in here about diet etc.seems carbs are the big villains in a diabetic diet as the previous posters have suggested.
Have you considered using a app for your tablet for your diet so you can track what you are eating on a daily basis for any given food they will tell you how many kcal, fats ,carbs, protein etc.and tot up the values for you.
I use Nutracheck myself but there are many others.. I find it very useful...

 

[Drummer]

If you can get a meter to see how foods affect you then it is not difficult to change your diet to be in control of you blood glucose.
In only six months I was seeing normal numbers - not just non diabetic, but normal.
The 'usual suspects' are the heavy starches and anything sugary - but people have been working on how to eat to keep control for quite some time - the low carb way of eating is a very old method of controlling weight, and incidentally diabetes, and it seems that Dr Atkins was right all along.