Missokyst
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I have been eating mostly veg and proteins. I am also a carb-o-holic and cutting those down has been difficult. When ever I brought up my diet to med professionals they tell me cut sweets, cookies, cakes, candy. Phhht. The only time I eat candy is sparingly after heavy play. Otherwise I am not someone who craves sweets. Today I finally got around to getting a testing kit and all the supplies that go along with it. I had to wait till payday because my insurance will cover a 30 day supply per month and those things are sold in 50 day supplies.. so basically the coverage means NOT covered. What a catch 22. It will be interesting to see how my sugar changes over the course of the day. Yesterday I had one spinach salad with tuna, lots of tea w/o sugar and nothing else.. The most frustrating thing for me has been that in the years I was gaining weight the professionals assumed it was over eating. I might have as much as 1000 calories per day and still gain. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy when they gave me some meds to fix that. Now I find I cannot take my Metformin and the Lactulose with out extreme pain in my abdomen. Frankly I would rather avoid the Metformin because that Lactulose was a life saver. Tonight I start taking the nightly dose of Metformin as prescribed. :( quote:
ORIGINAL: ante I have tried to read all the replies to see if anyone else has already mentioned it, but if I've missed it and it's already been said, I apologise! Having diabetes both type I and type II in the family, we are fairly well versed in this illness. The interesting thing is that the doctors aren't really as clued up about it as they perhaps could be and through some various trials what is working for the members of my family is this: Lots of protein and veg Very limited carbs Fat is fine (within reason, don't go mad!) The most important thing is moderation though, ensuring you don't overeat and put weight on. My mother who is insulin dependant found that she was able to drop her insulin to about 1/3 of her usual amount when cutting most carbs, which is rather amazing. Some things make her blood sugar go through the roof though, such as pizza and milky puddings, like rice pudding (without any sugar in it at all, think it's mainly the milk and rice combo.) So if you enjoy a variety of foods this is worth a try. I myself am a carb-oholic, and would die of starvation if I tried this, but thought I could at least pass on the suggestion!
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