Ah sorry to hear about your Mum’s diagnosis
@Tom1982
If you would like a good overview of T2 diabetes to pass on to your mum, you might want to print out
Maggie Davey’s Letter to the Newly Diagnosed or get a 2nd hand copy of Gretchen Becker’s book
T2 Diabetes, the first year, which is US based, but is full of good information
Many newly diagnosed T2s can find it can be really helpful to keep a brutally honest food diary for a week or two. Note down everything they eat and drink, along with a reasonable estimate of the total carbohydrate content in the meals and snacks - it doesn’t have to be gram-perfect, the nearest 5-10g is fine. It might sound like a bit of a faff, and will involve weighing portions, squinting at the fine print on packaging, and possibly looking up things on the internet, but it will give a really good idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu. Once you can see which meals or snacks are the ‘big hitters’, and where carbs might be unexpectedly lurking, the diary can also suggest some likely candidates for swaps, portion reductions, or using lower carb alternatives (eg celeriac or swede mash, or cauli ‘rice’).
Lots of T2 members here also find it helpful to check their own BG levels before and after meals to. See how they respond to different meals and snacks, and fine-tune their menu.
