Morning
@Jbjbjb13 There's information here on blood sugar testing and what levels you should be aiming for.
Can you keep a food diary of what you've had to eat and see what effect particular types of food are having on your blood sugar levels?
There's foods that will make it higher, ie carbohydrates like bread, potatoes, cakes, crackers, biscuits, parsnips, tropical fruit, fruit juice etc, and you'll be able to get your levels down if you keep these to a minimum in your meals or exclude the more sugary ones altogether.
If you have a look at
this forum you can see what sort of food other diabetic people have been eating and get some ideas from there.
I used to have toast and jam for breakfast, which is full of carbs, and now I have mushroom and cheese omelette, which has almost no carbs. I don't really miss the toast and jam, and the omelette keeps me full until lunchtime. My HbA1c was 80 in October and I'm determined to get it down by getting my diet in hand. I've got rid of all the kitkats, crisps and mini cheddars which I used to snack on, which was difficult at first, but this morning I checked my blood sugar levels when I woke up and it was 5 mmol/L, which is well within the normal range of 4-7.
You can also swap out carb rich food like spaghetti and have courgetti spaghetti instead. I bought a cheap spiraliser, which is like a big pencil sharpener, and I make courgette spaghetti with that. Or swap rice for cauliflower rice. Either make your own if you have a food processor, or you can buy it frozen in the supermarket (more expensive that way).
But, there's stuff you can do to tune your diet to get your sugar levels down.
Ask questions and have a look in the
Learning Zone too,
Best wishes, Sarah
