Pre Diabetic Questions

Easywider

You can remedy this issue from ever reoccurring in your lifetime by converting to a vegetarian diet.

Negative Ghost Rider.

As you were Tango. There's insurmountable evidence compiled from centuries of data that indicates otherwise.

gisele246

As someone who had gestational diabetes and followed that diet, I would start logging foods and just seeing how many carbs are in them. Too much fat can also mess with your sugar- not sure exactly why. But I was told no red meat and low-fat cheese. As a pregnant woman, I was allowed 45 carbs per meal and then 2-15 carb snacks. This was to keep my insulin levels in check without insulin. I was also told to consume food every 2-3 hours.

I also agree with pp that losing weight can help. My mom was pre-diabetic and I wouldn't call her overweight either but losing 10 pounds did help her numbers.

Rocbola

Too much fat can also mess with your sugar- not sure exactly why.

Intramyocellular lipid (Fat within the muscle cell) has been linked to insulin resistance, which is basically the inability to get glucose into the muscle cell. Too much fat in the diet and the body stops being able to utilize carbohydrates as well, and then the carbohydrates get blamed.

psuLemon

You can remedy this issue from ever reoccurring in your lifetime by converting to a vegetarian diet.

Resistance training and eating lean whole foods can provide the same response if he would want to go as extreme. So a paleo or primal diet could help. Another viable option.

Rocbola

You can remedy this issue from ever reoccurring in your lifetime by converting to a vegetarian diet.

Resistance training and eating lean whole foods can provide the same response if he would want to go as extreme. So a paleo or primal diet could help. Another viable option.

The point to using a veg diet to defeat diabetes is to get your dietary fat intake VERY low. A paleo diet still includes some meat.

acpgee

And watch portion control on carbs. My dietician recommended never having more than 50g of carbs at a single meal to prevent blood glucose spiking. And avoid high glycemic index carbs. Also eating carbs with proteins and fat helps to slow breakdown into glucose.

jenng38

Okay. About a year and a half ago I had the same problem. My doctor told me to go on a "low-carb" diet. she said she wanted me to eliminate all white carbs from my diet. So I did some research and I eliminated potatoes (even the sweet potatoes) pasta, rice, etc. I ate 2 servings of fruit per day (mostly bing cherries, apples, berries. I avoided bananas and pineapple. And I ate a ton of vegetables. I also made my own salad dressing with raw organic apple cider vinegar and a teaspoon of olive oil. You can reverse this but it takes dedication. Also, you can adjust your guidelines on MFP. count carbs instead of sugars and don't have more than 30g of total carbs per meal, and not more than 90g carbs daily. I got my A1c down to 5.3 by following this diet. The downside is that if you go back to eating the white carbs on a regular basis, you gain the weight back fast! I gained back the weight but I am back on the plan and I already feel lighter and have been back on track for only 3 days. It really works. Good luck.

jenng38

There are also specific foods and supplements that help lower blood sugar. I take 2000 mg. cinnamon with chromium every day. I also incorporate 1 TBS of chia seeds twice per day with meals. Combine this diet with daily exercise and you will see your blood sugar fall I promise!

jenng38

Also, someone else here said something about pairing protein with carbs. This is quite true. I even did this with fruit. If I had an apple, I had an ounce of cheddar cheese or a TBS natural peanut butter with it. And nuts are a blood sugar FIGHTER! great options are shelled walnuts, raw whole almonds, pistachios (you just want to avoid nuts that are roasted/salted) Don't worry too much about fat as long as you are eating HEALTHY fats (olive oil, canola oil, nuts, avacado etc. but definitely watch your portions. I never had more than 2 or 3 tsp of healthy oils per day and no more than 2 oz. of nuts per day. Healthy fats along with protein slow carbohydrate metabolism and keep blood sugar levels nice and even.

UticaBoy51

For Diabetics and pre-diabetics, excercise is medicine. Watch processed sugars and go easy on carbs.

UticaBoy51

lift heavy, do cardio , eat lean protein, avoid high glycemic fruits such as banana.
dont drink milk at all,
dont eat rice, dont eat potatoes, dont eat noodles, dont eat pizza

dont eat high glycemic foods.

eat lean protein + nuts + vegetables which has low GI.

do it while you can, i know a person, his whole family are t2 diabetics, he is the only one 50 year old who doesnt have diabetes due to excercising everyday for 1 hour.

Diabetes>kidneyfailure>heart disease>everything else.

215 is overweight for your height. sorrybro

All of this^^^^

jenng38

That's right! I also stopped drinking milk when I was on plan. unsweetened almond milk is a great option. I made my protein shakes with almond milk and it is quite delish! I did enjoy some cheese though. Ok, well good luck!

escloflowneCHANGED

I was told I was pre diabetic, I didn't go on a fad diet or low carb or low fat or anything like that, I set a calorie goal and hit the gym...I am no longer pre diabetic. Don't go changing everything when all you probably need is to lose 10-15lbs and get a little more active!

navydentalchic

You can remedy this issue from ever reoccurring in your lifetime by converting to a vegetarian diet.

Negative Ghost Rider.


OP - Go see a Diabetic Nutritionist. Medical issues should be asked to professionals, not in a user forum.

I agree! A specialist is the way to go. Everyone, though with the best intentions, have their own way of looking at things. I would ask someone who can look at your labs and do a proper eval of YOU!

Celuwen

I think your doctor should be offering you more advice on how to manage your pre-diabetes.

The general advice my dad had was to be careful of foods that had more than 5% sugar per 100g. He also limited fruit to 2 portions a day and upped his vegetable in take to compensate. He wasn't massively overweight, but he got back into a healthy BMI range and exercised everyday.

After four years, he is no longer classed as pre-diabetic. He still follows the eating plans, however.

ETA: He already ate pretty well overall, so it was about tweaking his diet, really and I think the daily exercise helped more than anything.

nsblue

Having type 2 diabetes is very common especially as one gets older ,if it runs in your family, overweight, or any stress can bring it on.
The good thing is it can be controlled by diet and exercise. Good to see your doctor on top of things.... i imagine there would be diabetes education and dietitian in your area that he would be able to refer you to that would help.

I have type 2 diabetes. I use to be on two needles a day of 170 units of insulin and now am on none.... but that is due to my weight loss and controlling it by diet and exercise. my A1C stays in the 5's.

The diabetic way of eating is healthy balanced eating...n yes keeping your sugar intake low. During my biggest weight loss I was told by my doc to keep sugar content of an item to no more than 9 grams per 100 cal... except for fruit...for it does carry a higher sugar content...we still need it for healthy eating. High fiber is good for a diabetic because it helps slow down the absorption of sugar into your bloodstream...same goes for protein. Balance is the key...for everything works together to maintain a stable blood sugar. Whatever cals you decide on.. balance your meals that day for your blood sugar levels to be constant.

My diary is open (i think lol) if you want to see totals of sugar/ carb /sodium etc for a day. everything is there from a year ago in march when i joined.

elizawe

Not going to repeat what you've already been told but would like to say that now is the time to educate yourself on what causes diabetes and what you can do to stop it. Yes, you can stop it dead in it's tracks. Exercise, eat healthy, not too many carbs. What hasn't been mentioned here is the type of sugar you ingest. Start looking at the labels on everything you eat. You will be so surprised at how much corn syrup is in everything. Corn syrup is metabolized in your body completely differently than other sugars and is largely responsible for the obesity epidemic we are having in this country and all the metabolic syndrome disease (heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc) states that go with it. You have to get this stuff completely out of your diet!!!

I would encourage you to follow this link and listen to this lecture by Dr. Lustig. You don't have to try and understand the scientific metabolic pathways, just listen for the bottom line message.

We're here for support if you need us. I can explain anything in this video if you have questions!



http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2010/03/3222/ucsf-lecture-sugar-and-obesity-goes-viral-experts-confront-health-cri

beckajw

You can remedy this issue from ever reoccurring in your lifetime by converting to a vegetarian diet.

Resistance training and eating lean whole foods can provide the same response if he would want to go as extreme. So a paleo or primal diet could help. Another viable option.

The point to using a veg diet to defeat diabetes is to get your dietary fat intake VERY low. A paleo diet still includes some meat.

Dietary fat intake doesn't have anything to do with diabetes.

neanderthin

Most sugar natural or otherwise are about half fructose, and corn syrup is no different. It's about context and dosage, period.

Rocbola

Dietary fat intake doesn't have anything to do with diabetes.

WTF are you talking about!?!?!? Dietary fat intake has everything to do with diabetes!