Best Foods for Type 2 Diabetes

unfortunately everyones machine is different. I can not eat white rice or white bread. I can have potatoes and a reasonable amount of rye bread. (4 slices a week). There are guide lines that help determine what you SHOULD eat. Green leafy is always a good thing. As for what fruits when they are in season I have a Navel Orange before bed or red grapefruit. 

For me anything I put in the furnace (stomach) raises the blood sugar.  The question is how much. Once you figure out what makes the numbers go up then either avoid them or severely lower the quanity.

I generally stay away from yogurt in any form, cranks the BS for sure.  I have found processed food is the bane of my diabeties T2, insulin dependant. So I usually fix everything from scratch.  I use as a very general rule if there are more than 30 g of Carbs I do not purchase it.  My general rule works for me, your milage will vary.  Oddly a couple of pieces of Dark Chocolate in the evening does not hurt to bad. Everything I have given up it is good to know there is some reward food left. 

Lastly I have 3 days a year that I take the reading and do not care what they are as I eat everything in front of me. Thanksgiving, Christmas and my birthday.  When the doctor saw the spikes I reminded her of what days they were.  She said 3 days a year is just fine.

Free meters come and go. The trick is to find the lowest cost per sample for your test strips.  Just because the meter is inexpensive does not mean the strips will be.  I used One Touch (brand)for years, until the strips got to be $1.00 each.  Now I use Relion, the Walmart brand, 0.35 each. I test 3 times a day morning, before lunch and before dinner.

This board is in the UK and I am in Arizona. You might have to do a bit of converting to suit your location.

Write down the numbers and try to keep a schedule. It aint easy.  Last thing Big D changes, stress, sickness and just for the heck of it.

my stats

Big D for 15 years,  (metformin and glybride)

Insulin for 4 years (started at 40 ml a day now 200 ml, American units)

Seems to be under control for the last 12 months.

Good Luck paying attention is half the battle

Alan  65 times about the big yellow ball.

Tucson, Arizona

I have always been told to eat in moderation, low fat foods are always high in sugar no matter what you eat. Whole meal bread is advised in the UK but not everyone can tolerate it, 

Bananas are high in carbohydrates and sugar are should be treated as a snack on its own, other fruits are ok. No fruits are low in sugar.

If your husband likes biscuits digestives, arrowroot or rich tea biscuits are ok but only 2 biscuits.

certain foods are known to have high glucose such as Chinese this can always be a treat meal, noodles and rice are fine. Try using a sugar substitute if you bake cakes your husband can then have a slice and not feel left out if others are eating it.

another food is would you believe fish and chips my blood sugar goes up with these so it's a treat, 

Ask your doctor if your husband could be referred to a dietitian and go with him, they can really help and put a prospective on things, he can live a very normal life without feeling it is the end of the world. 

I always have porridge for breakfast as its a slow release food, either a sandwich with fruit for lunch and a normal meal in the evening but a smaller portion with an occasional desert normally melon or pineapple.

All diabetics have different ways of maintaining their blood sugars as long as your husband is sensible with his diet he should be ok.

hope this is of some help.

Personally I follow a low GI diet. (Low glycemic index) and there are lots of books about how to eat.  As regards fruits the berries are lower GI than others - in other words your body uses the sugars at a slower rate and give you less of a bs hit.  So strawberries, raspberries, blueberries etc

Google Cucumber sugar

Cucomber is an excellent food as it contains 1,7g sugar.

Google Cauliflower sugar

1.9g

Google Lettuce sugar

0,8g

You'll find as you go on which foods will affect his blood sugars and which will not, I only eat about 3rounds of white bread a week as I cannot tolerate wholemeal or granary breads, pitta bread is a good one eat if your husband can tolerate it, again I have no more than 2 pitta breads in a week.

Once he has regulated his blood sugars with your help he should be fine, it's hard when your still hungry, try filling him up with salads it might help. 

Another thing for him to think about, because he can't be active due to other problems, he  shouldn't need to eat as much as he isn't as active, he shouldn't need any mid morning or afternoon snacks, this is because he isn't burning up any energy

Quinoa.

Look for a cook book that has this grain to be cook a variety of ways so you don't get bored with it. You can do like a "fried rice" dish but substitute quinoa instead of the white rice. I hope this works. 

We should all be eating healthy balanced diets. Snacks are allowed but they should be healthy ones like a small handful of nuts, half a tea cake or similar scone type treat. Use low gi fats. No chocolate crisps etc. Yoghurt can be high in sugar but there are brands on the market with low sugar as well as low fat or you could always make your own with 0 o/o fat yoghurt and fresh fruit choosing low gi foods. Serving his meals on a smaller plate will trick him into thinking he has eaten more. Research low gi recipes. There are lots of books on the subject and plenty of diabetic cook books on the market. Good luck. You will get your head around it all.