Pre Diabetic

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
    edited September 2016
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    nvmomketo wrote: »
    I wonder if your doctor realizes that grains start turning into sugars (glucose) the minute they hit your mouth?

    Sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I was given the same one a couple of years ago (with the advice to eat more vegetables and leaner cuts of meats). I did my own research and found that the best way to lower blood glucose levels was to lower my intake of foods that turn to glucose. At first, I mainly tried limiting sugars and grains. To have just a little bit. That didn't work for me. The little bit still primed my appetite and knowing I was restricting myself made my cravings stronger. I actually gained weight. LOL

    Then I read Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Fantastic book about how to lower blood glucose and insulin requirements of the body. It is written by a T1D who is a diabetes specialist, who basically invented home blood glucose testing, and is for all T1D's and T2D's. It's a life saving read.
    http://www.diabetes-book.com/

    As you can imagine, it advocates low carb and moderate protein. If you don't eat a lot of carbs you won't raise your blood glucose much. Skip sugars (stevia seems fine for most of us) and grains (wheat or durum, oats, rice, corn, etc). Limit fruits to lower sugar fruits, mainly berries and avoid tropical fruits like bananas and mangos. And limit or avoid starchy root vegetables like potatoes, carrots, and onions. Eat plenty of veggies, full fat meats, seafood, nuts and seeds, eggs and full fat dairy like cheese, whipping cream, butter, 14%sour cream or 10+% unsweetened yogurt.

    This will help lower blood glucose even if you lose no weight at all or are unable to exercise (walk) at all.

    If you decide to try it, consider joining us in the Low Carber Daliy group. There are a bunch of us who have had great success with Bernstein's plan to reverse our health issues. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

    My other advice would be to get a blood glucose monitor and start testing. It's intimidating at first but it is the only way to know how foods affect your BG. Typically carbs will raise it the most, protein may raise it a bit, and fats have very little affect. Test before eating, and then 1 and 2 hours afterwards. I use the Canadian units but you can look up what numbers are good in the USA. For me, fasting BG is a 4 or low 5, and I never want my BG to go much above a 6. A 7 is too high in my mind.

    Good luck!

    whole grains do not literally turn into sugar when they touch your mouth...sheesh...diabetics are allowed to eat whole grains...legumes...whole food starches like potatoes and sweet potatoes, etc...

    I fixed my pre-dabetic blood work without being totally restrictive on carbs...I eat plenty of legumes and lentils and whole grains, etc...I'm fine...most people don't require going to these lengths to fix the problem. Her doctor gave her sound advice...all you have is the ramblings of your cult leaders.

    OP...yeah, chill on the sweets and sugar...chill on refined carbohydrates...eat more complex forms of carbohydrates...and yeah...move more.

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