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Hi there,
I’ve recently lost 25 llbs but just been told I’m pre diabetic 44 . The health assistance has just told me to stick to 200 grams of carbs a day and that’s all the help I’ve had.

I would like to know of any groups or courses I can join or any other advice .

Thank you
 
44 is low and easily reversible if you stick to a low carb diet. Ditch sugary foods and drinks, cakes etc and if you do eat bread and rice switch to brown versions. ideally cut out bread, potatoes, rice , pasta , drink water, move more and you should get a positive result fairly quickly
 
@sazwaz92 - good that you joined the forum as many folks on here can share their experience. I think in many ways that is even better than joining other groups or courses because you can ask very specific questions and get very specific responses. I have to agree with @pinkjude
 
Hi, I was referred to the My Desmond course by my G.P nurse, I am doing a 2 part online version although I was given the option of a face to face course. I think it is available for pre-diabetics too. I echo the previous replies that there are plenty of people on the forum that are willing to offer advice gained through their own experience. I started at 81 and am down to 52 after 3 months of reducing carb portions and cutting out crisps, biscuits etc. I still have away to go, so still need to work on carb portions or substitutes. I am sure a few tweaks to your diet and perhaps exercise will bring you back below 42 in no time. You can access the Learning zone on this site for information.
 
Hi @sazwaz92 and welcome to the forum.
It's nice to see that the diabetes nurse gave you some mostly good advice. But in their defence, they might have been risking their job if they went too far. Even these days it is still normal to get really bad advice: lots of whole grains and 5 a day! - which can almost guarantee to take a pre-diabetic into being fully T2 Diabetic!

All carbohydrate digested, digest into glucose which raise blood glucose. Protein has much less of an effect on blood glucose, and fats have none (nor next to none) - so lowering the carb input is the easiest way to turn off the glucose tap. But Low Carb really starts at 130 gms per day or less - not 200gms. However you being only just above 41mmol may be able to manage without actually adopting a strictly Low Carb way of eating.

Was the weight loss intentional? - If not then there may be a chance that you may be Type 1 (immune system killing off insulin producing cells) rather than strictly Type 2 (insulin resistant). Even so Low Carb should help for now, but Type 1 can quickly progress to the point where injecting insulin is required. Though low carb reduces the amount of insulin needed (before insulin treatment discovered , Low Carb/Keto was the only treatment).
 
sazwaz92 said:
Hi there,
I’ve recently lost 25 llbs but just been told I’m pre diabetic 44 . The health assistance has just told me to stick to 200 grams of carbs a day and that’s all the help I’ve had.

I would like to know of any groups or courses I can join or any other advice .

Thank you
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Around 5 or 6 years ago wife was told she wad prediabetic, by time she acted on things she could well of tipped over.

Due to period of ill health she'd put on fair bit of weight, told her about work of Prof Taylor & his Newcastle Diet where weight loss can reverse diabetes, although she didn't follow ND she did go on a calorie restricted diet & lost 5 stone in just over a year, after that & to this day her bloods have been normal so it proves it can be done.

So even if you don't have weight to lose removing visceral fat around organs can have same effect as that is what ND aims to achieve.
 
I had good advice from my GP and diabetes nurse and was also sent on an X-PERT course, which was great but I have learned so much more from logging on to this forum - it's fab!

If the '44' you mention is your HbA1c then that's a good number and can be lowered with some simple changes to your diet. I'm following the low carb approach and finding it easy to follow. Losing weight easily is also a bonus.

Keep logging in here, you will learn so much.
 
Deb_l said:
I had good advice from my GP and diabetes nurse and was also sent on an X-PERT course, which was great but I have learned so much more from logging on to this forum - it's fab!

If the '44' you mention is your HbA1c then that's a good number and can be lowered with some simple changes to your diet. I'm following the low carb approach and finding it easy to follow. Losing weight easily is also a bonus.

Keep logging in here, you will learn so much.
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Thank you
 
ianf0ster said:
Hi @sazwaz92 and welcome to the forum.
It's nice to see that the diabetes nurse gave you some mostly good advice. But in their defence, they might have been risking their job if they went too far. Even these days it is still normal to get really bad advice: lots of whole grains and 5 a day! - which can almost guarantee to take a pre-diabetic into being fully T2 Diabetic!

All carbohydrate digested, digest into glucose which raise blood glucose. Protein has much less of an effect on blood glucose, and fats have none (nor next to none) - so lowering the carb input is the easiest way to turn off the glucose tap. But Low Carb really starts at 130 gms per day or less - not 200gms. However you being only just above 41mmol may be able to manage without actually adopting a strictly Low Carb way of eating.

Was the weight loss intentional? - If not then there may be a chance that you may be Type 1 (immune system killing off insulin producing cells) rather than strictly Type 2 (insulin resistant). Even so Low Carb should help for now, but Type 1 can quickly progress to the point where injecting insulin is required. Though low carb reduces the amount of insulin needed (before insulin treatment discovered , Low Carb/Keto was the only treatment).
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Hi there,
Thanks for the reply, the weight loss was intentional on a high protein high fibre diet.
This is what I’m having problems with in trying to continue on this way of eating but cutting out the carb .
 
sazwaz92 said:
Hi there,
Thanks for the reply, the weight loss was intentional on a high protein high fibre diet.
This is what I’m having problems with in trying to continue on this way of eating but cutting out the carb .
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What sort of meals are you having as protein and healthy fats together with vegetables, salads form the basis for many people folllowing a low carb diet.
What specific problems are you having.
 
Leadinglights said:
What sort of meals are you having as protein and healthy fats together with vegetables, salads form the basis for many people folllowing a low carb diet.
What specific problems are you having.
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Protein yogurts, protein mousse, protein rice protein shakes and protein granola but they are all so high in Carbs .
 
sazwaz92 said:
Protein yogurts, protein mousse, protein rice protein shakes and protein granola but they are all so high in Carbs .
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And probably ultra processed foods too. :( You would be better eating real food. Real meat and fish if you are not vegetarian and eggs and cheese and plenty of fresh and frozen veggies.
 
sazwaz92 said:
Protein yogurts, protein mousse, protein rice protein shakes and protein granola but they are all so high in Carbs .
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So you are not having real food.
The high protein yoghurts I have are low carb, I have keto Hana granola also low carb, what is wrong with meat and fish.
 
pinkjude said:
and if you do eat bread and rice switch to brown versions.
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This won't normally help blood glucose levels, will it? The carb content will be the same as white - although for some it might release into the blood at a lower rate.
 
Hi , I do it lots of chicken , fish and veg the protein items are taken to boost the protein intake
 
Why do your need to boost the protein intake? If you are eating enough meat, fish, eggs, cheese then you should be getting more than 1gm of protein per 1kg of target weight, which is enough unless you are a body builder, rower, shot-putter etc.
If you are not getting the 1gm per kilogram target the eat more natural food - meat, fish, eggs, cheese rather than ultra processed food.
 
I agree with @ianf0ster 's post above. We don't know anything as yet of the background to why @sazwaz92 wanted - or was told - to increase their protein intake. So - why was that?
 
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