Best Foods for Type 2 Diabetes
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Hi Can someone offer an opinion on the best fruits for t2 diabetics in terms of not causing spikes in blood sugar. Also which bread, my husband eats wholemeal bread which I believe some say causes spikes. I have read that rye and granary are better although he complains granary gets stuck in his dentures). My local supermarket bake a wheat, spelt and rye bread which he likes, would this be ok. Also yogurts he usually has low fat fruit yogurt, have read this is not good either. Have been looking at recipes on Diabetes UK which seem interesting have saved some to try. Things seemed to have changed a lot since my son was diagnosed with type 1 as a 2 year old way back in the 1970s. Then it was all about portion size and making sure you got enough carbohydrate inbetween meal snacks as well. I am ordered a blood sugar monitor which should arrive this week. Hopefully it will tell us where he may be going wrong in terms of what to eat. Before anyone says you can get them from the gp or manufacturer I tried that with no success. Thanks
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Guest libralady13
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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
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suzanne30809 libralady13
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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.
Whizzieliz libralady13
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isaac58023 libralady13
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Cucomber is an excellent food as it contains 1,7g sugar.
Google Cauliflower sugar
1.9g
Google Lettuce sugar
0,8g
libralady13 isaac58023
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After a meal of homemade lamb stew one small pototo and 2 clementines his blood sugar this morning before breafast ws 4.7. He tested again around 90 mins after eating and it was 11.8. I was sort of expecting this he had 3 slices of wholemeal toast olive spread and marmite. Whilst Diabetes uk and the medical profession say eat wholemeal bread it seems from what I have read here that it can cause a spike in the reading. I have ordered wwith my weekly shop some granary rolls and bread which I believe might be better. A couple of questions do you think it is the amount of the type of bread that has caused this spike. Also do you think different makes of bread vary where this is concerned. We usually buy supermarket own wholemeal.
I have 2 loaves in the freezer to use up. It is early days so am trying to help him see what foods are best. At the moment neither of us are taking much exercise due to other health problems and we only do walking when we can. I know this does not help.
Whizzieliz libralady13
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libralady13 Whizzieliz
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When he did the first b s test just before lunch yesterday it was over 11 so had not done my weekly so gave him grilled bacon and tomatoes with one slice and eve test was 6.5, this morning 4.7
Whizzieliz libralady13
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suzanne30809 libralady13
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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.
suzanne30809 libralady13
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joy00621 libralady13
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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.
Chrisy libralady13
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