I think the carer has a better understanding, indeed she was the one suggesting I move to using an air fryer for food, she seems to be an evangelist of the Ninja Air Fryer to cut out the fat in food preparation.
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rebrascora
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Unfortunately cutting down on your fat intake will not help your BG levels. Fat contains no carbohydrates. Potato on the other hand is high in carbs, whether they be in the form of chips or boiled or mashed or roasted or baked. Same with bread and pasta and rice and breakfast cereal etc. Are you still having cereal for breakfast? I think I remember you used to have malted wheaties during the week and a bacon buttie on weekends..
Whilst I still have some potatoes I am now given quite a lot of different veg such as cabbage, cauli and carrots.
I don't have Malted wheaties any longer I have Shredded wheat at the suggestion of my diabetes nurse and whilst I still have the Sunday Bacon buttie the bacon is now done in the air fryer
I don't have more Potatoes than before and when I do the portions tend to be much smaller, replaced by more of other Veg, also cooked better than I ever did, most of my previous potato intake was in the form of fried or oven chips.
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Perhaps things have changed since your accident? Maybe now you need to re-jig your diet a bit to cope with the aftermath of the accident. If you’re still recovering and can’t exercise, your body might be finding it harder to deal with the carbs in the potatoes. It’s the same with the Shredded Wheat. Although it’s a lovely healthy wholegrain choice, it does have a fair few carbs and some people with Type 2 can’t deal with that many carbs. Then, the excess carbs push their blood sugar up.
Leadinglights
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Perhaps you could show your carer this link to give them some ideas for some low carb meals. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
You are right about limited exercise, unfortunately the injury to my femur is not resolving and am now on a waiting list to a Specialist Limb Reconstruction Unit.
I am concerned that my diabetes specialist at the GP's are not making any other recommendations on dealing with the high readings am not given any differing Diet advice on how to cut my carbs further and surprised if as you say the Shredded wheat are not that good and am wondering why this and them telling me not to worry about my glucose highs which was the reason for my posting here for advice
Many thanks I will show them this.
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The other thing which may be useful is either the book or app Carbs and Cals as it gives carb values for various portion sizes of a whole range of foods. There are some surprises at how many carbs are in quite a small portion of those high carb foods.
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I would suggest you look at the total carbs (not just 'of which sugars') on the food you are eating.
Lowering fat may be generally good, but won't help your blood sugar levels. Similarly higher fibre.
You may not be getting the best advice from your medical team, but, at the end of the day, carb values are on most packaged foods/on supermarket websites so there is nothing stopping you from checking your choices for yourself.
A lot of the foods you mention are high in carbs...potatos, bread, shredded wheat, and given your blood sugars are high the facts would suggest you are still taking more carbs than your body can deal with.
Your sugars may have been high when not eating after the accident as our liver generated glucose when we are unwell. It also does the same in the morning, hence your higher morning levels.
Lowering fat may be generally good, but won't help your blood sugar levels. Similarly higher fibre.
You may not be getting the best advice from your medical team, but, at the end of the day, carb values are on most packaged foods/on supermarket websites so there is nothing stopping you from checking your choices for yourself.
A lot of the foods you mention are high in carbs...potatos, bread, shredded wheat, and given your blood sugars are high the facts would suggest you are still taking more carbs than your body can deal with.
Your sugars may have been high when not eating after the accident as our liver generated glucose when we are unwell. It also does the same in the morning, hence your higher morning levels.
I must admit that currently I rely on others doing this as I cannot shop for myself at the moment. I take in far less potato than I used to do and have switched from white bread to more supposedly healthy alternatives as suggested on the fact sheets given by the surgery team. Does surprise me about the shredded wheat particularly as it was given as a good alternative by the diabetes team.
I am struggling to understand what foods I really can eat as it seems most things are off the list and perhaps not helped by the list of foods I am given by the ortho team talk about me increasing my calcium intake as a means to helping with my bone healing.
I guess I am conflicted between wanting my femur to heal and get back on my feet so I can exercise and finding a way to lower my blood sugars.
One thing I have noticed on occasion is that if I do any form of exercise such as at my physio sessions my glucose readings do shoot up quickly though this wouldn't seem to be the only reason given I can wake with high glucose readings so no food nor exercise for 7 or more hours.
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If you’re talking about the full-size Shredded Wheat, then two of those (a normal serving) is already 30g carbs. You then add milk - and as a fan of Shredded Wheat myself, I know they’re nicest with a fair quantity of milk, so you could easily be adding another 5 to 10g carbs. That total amount might just be too much for your body to handle.
Instead, you could try plain Greek yoghurt with a few blueberries or raspberries and a sprinkle of granola over the top or a sprinkle of mixed seeds. That would be less carbs and still give you your calcium. You could also have a couple of poached eggs with grilled tomatoes or some mushrooms on maybe one small piece of bread toasted. Again, that would be less carbs.
For your evening meal, you could try reducing the potatoes right down to one piece or similar. You could substitute normal rice with cauliflower rice (you can get it frozen in microwaveable bags that serve one person). Lots of small changes will all add up and will help.
Thanks will show suggestions to the carer. I have tried making some changes and certainly potatoe intake is far less than it was pre accident
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High blood sugar will slow down healing, especially in bones.
I have no idea why the GP/Nurse don't know this and have given you a fact sheet that is full of food containing carbs as this won't help bring those levels down.
There is some excellent advice from others here on how to cut carbs. I've just had a stir fry of onions, pepper, prawns, cream and garlic with zero carb noodles (Konjac) - barely 10g of carbs (And delicious.)
I have no idea why the GP/Nurse don't know this and have given you a fact sheet that is full of food containing carbs as this won't help bring those levels down.
There is some excellent advice from others here on how to cut carbs. I've just had a stir fry of onions, pepper, prawns, cream and garlic with zero carb noodles (Konjac) - barely 10g of carbs (And delicious.)
Leadinglights
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You can look on the shop websites for the carb values of the foods so make a list of those with lower carbs for whoever does your shopping or to put in your on-line order.
Meals based on meat, fish, eggs, cheese, dairy with vegetables and salads and fruit like berries but with very small portions of any high carb foods would be a good start.
Trying to reduce blood glucose will help with the healing process.
Meals based on meat, fish, eggs, cheese, dairy with vegetables and salads and fruit like berries but with very small portions of any high carb foods would be a good start.
Trying to reduce blood glucose will help with the healing process.
I already eat quite a lot of what you suggest and have since needing care support switched the way it is cooked and a wider variety of vegetables, the carer shops at a local butcher and greengrocer so checking the shop website isn't an option for this food.
I am doing much to change but get confused when despite these changes including more portion control there is no change and having spent the last decade being told I am pre-diabetic by my GP they only seem to have taken matters seriously since the accident and find it confusing where everywhere I am told to reduce my blood sugars but the GP and nurse are telling me not to worry about it.
I guess prior to the BGM the random low readings which would last for 7-9 days would bring down the average of my previous HB1AC tests.
I appreciate getting blood glucose down will help with the healing but following the accident I feel that the medics are worried I could end up having more Hypo events and they tell me that these are more worrying and hence now they are referring me to endocrinology as they struggle to understand how these random spells of low readings occur.
I am doing much to change but get confused when despite these changes including more portion control there is no change and having spent the last decade being told I am pre-diabetic by my GP they only seem to have taken matters seriously since the accident and find it confusing where everywhere I am told to reduce my blood sugars but the GP and nurse are telling me not to worry about it.
I guess prior to the BGM the random low readings which would last for 7-9 days would bring down the average of my previous HB1AC tests.
I appreciate getting blood glucose down will help with the healing but following the accident I feel that the medics are worried I could end up having more Hypo events and they tell me that these are more worrying and hence now they are referring me to endocrinology as they struggle to understand how these random spells of low readings occur.
Leadinglights
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Yes but you can just search the internet for carb value for food X for things like different veg and it will give you per 100g then you can work it out for the portion you are having.
Meat is zero carbs.
Meat is zero carbs.
Thanks for the advice about meat as I do like my meat but even my diabetic nurse says I should limit my intake of red meats.
I will do my research on the veg and get more in the know on the carb values of specific meals.
I am still none the wiser as to why my GP and nurse tell me not to worry about having high readings even like this morning with a reading on 11.6 on the freestyle and 11.4 on finger prick test this after over 9 hours without food
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