Hi all. Just to introduce myself to the forum. In February 23 diagnosed as diabetic with a reading of 48. Another test in March with a reading of 44 so now because of my age now classed as Prediabetic. From feb to March l changed my diet and lost 8lb hence the reading drop. Hope to get some good advice on how to progress. Kind regards Bing C
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Docb
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Hi @BingC and welcome to the forum from another wrinkly. At our age, when the body is beginning to creak I take the view that you need to approach T2 with a healthy dose of pragmatism. I'm fine with keeping at or around the diagnosis limit of 48 mmol/mol. At that sort of level I'm not subject to the short term problems such as excessive peeing and thirst and I am not running a risk of DKA, that is becoming suddenly very ill due to very high blood glucose levels. I also know that I for some reason I need surgery, high blood glucose levels will not stand in the way. I'm not that concerned about the risk of building up problems for my old age, I'm there already.
Mind you I still have to work at it to keep things under control but simple stuff, watching my weight, adjusting my diet to reduce carbs without going mad, and taking small amounts of medication is sufficient. I watch my blood glucose with finger prick testing to keep an eye on things.
Mind you I still have to work at it to keep things under control but simple stuff, watching my weight, adjusting my diet to reduce carbs without going mad, and taking small amounts of medication is sufficient. I watch my blood glucose with finger prick testing to keep an eye on things.
Transistor
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That's going the right direction. Just be aware that normally there isn't much point in repeating the HbA1c test within twelve weeks or so as this is the time required for the blood cells to be replaced so testing so soon seems odd. You also need to consider that there will always be some error in the analysis.
If by the end of June you're still doing that well then you're nearly in the clear. Keep doing what you're doing.
Hi.DocB&Transistor Many Thanks for the prompt reply’s l must admit to feeling overwhelmed at first but gradually accepting the fact l can no longer eat what I like and when I like so making an effort to rectify my problem as best l can. Once my wife and I can sort out the correct food/recipes l am sure we’ll manage to keep it under control
Leadinglights
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There are some good recipe books out there, the Diabetes weight loss cook book by Caldesi, the Keto Kitchen by Palmer, the Pinch of Nom Quick and Easy are all good or just Google Low carb or Keto recipes for whatever food you want to use.
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Welcome to the forum @BingC
Sounds like you are off to a solid start, and well done on your weight loss 🙂
Look forward to seeing how you get on as you begin to settle-in to your new way of eating. At 48-44mmol/L a few fairly modest tweaks to your, along with the increased insulin sensitivity that can come with weight loss, may have a very positive effect on your follow-up HbA1c 🙂
Hi, just to say that many pre-D folk (I'm one) find it helpful to get themselves a glucose monitor, that way they can start to experiment with what effect different foods have on glucose levels, plus exercise and 'fasting' (ie, going without food between meals!)
Most of us did feel like that - I certainly did. The trick with food & recipes is to reduce carbohydrates as they metabolise to glucose. And it's surprising how many carbohydrates some foods contain.
If you currently eat rice, try cauliflower rice. It's cheaper to buy a cauliflower and chop it up yourself, but some of the frozen rice will do to see how you like it.
If you like pasta, then there is a sort of 'pasta' made from Edamame & mung beans. It's expensive compared to ordinary pasta but low in carbs and high in protein, and I find 40g is more than enough for a helping. There's also konjac - noodles made from it are just about all water and fibre. However I've not tried them yet. They might be disgusting!
Another thing you could look at is spiralizing. I did it for the first time tonight with courgette, it was pretty acceptable under a bowl of home-made chilli.
This site might give you more ideas: https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/
Leadinglights
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I use the alternative pasta and find 25g is sufficient but I'm afraid the Konjac rice went in the bin but some find it OK.
Yes I found the Freshwell link very useful, I'm glad others have too. It just made good sense.
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You need to rinse Konjac noodles or rice really well before heating it. Once it is very well rinsed it doesn't really have any flavour and just acts as a carrier for the sauce. I occasionally use it for curry or with a pasta sauce, but mostly I have other veg like shredded savoy cabbage (microwaved for 2 mins with a knob of butter, or broccoli which is what I had tonight with a spicy bolognaise sauce or courgettes when in season or cauliflower or green beans work pretty well.
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