Diabetes and Diet

Agree with KAtrina
For those who tout no carbs then we are messing with our brains that need carbs to function.
Complex carbs do not go into the blood stream like simple carbs do they are expelled from the system.

Whole grains
Fruits ( diabetics should always eat your fruit with a meal )
Vegetables

I’ve been watching television and hearing how you can use a glycemic index to avoid those high glucose foods like bread and rice cakes if you may be susceptible to diabetes. What are some examples of foods that are LOW and HIGH on that Index?

Check out the site http://www.glycemicindex.com/. It has a searchable database of foods. Foods high in GI include white bread, sugar, and white potatoes. Low GI foods include beans, pretty much all veggies and fruits (except for watermelon and pineapple), barley, oats, and pumpernickel bread.

My mother has had three glucose tests in recent months. The first was fasting and her blood glucose was 118, second was random and it was 128, and the last was fasting and came back today a much lower 104.

Here’s the scary part that pressed me to inquiry: When her GP called her today, she said although her blood sugar was 104, the A1C was 6.9, and therefore indicates definite diabetes.

My mother then called her endocrinologist regarding the same results (who she already sees for thyroid), and he was about to hang up not even making mention of the A1C. When she brought it to his attention, and how her GP said it indicated diabetes, he didn’t seem to find it very concerning and told her not to worry.

I know an endo will be more expert when it comes to diabetes, but her GP telling her she has the disease was pretty stunning and is leaving us with a lot of questions. She made an appt with the endo, but in the meantime I am in need of input on this. IS the A1C of 6.9 enough to diagnose as diabetic, despite the glucose tests not being that high? Thank you so much!
Other than being 20lbs overweight, she has not had any symptoms, the glucose tests were just added on to her regular thyroid tests as an added measure.

an A1c of 6.9 shows that her average blood sugar over the last 90 days has been nearly 150 mg/dL. A finger test only tells you what your level is at the time of the test, and since it was fasting, it doesn’t tell you how high the numbers are two hours after a meal.

The endo may not be as concerned as the GP if a slight rise in blood sugar was expected as a side effect of other hormone treatments. 6.9 is very manageable with better diet and exercise.

please help me im 13 years old and need to lose weight really bad. im not one of those girl that is already skinny and wants to lose more weight. i just really need to lose weight for this beach party im having at my school its in about 5 months. And i don’t want to go there looking all fat. plus im sick of being fat. i use to be really skinny and i want to go back to it. Plus i want better health and want to decrease the risk of getting Diabetes.
So can anybody help me i just need a breakfast meal and a lunch meal, plus a exercise plan. Plus i need a lunch meal that i can just take to school nothing that i would have to cook, plus i need meals that are cheap.
*Please i really want to lose weight and make my health better. Thanks ?
Plus i have basketball practice after school for 2 hours

When you are losing weight, you should exercise and diet together.
If you exercise without dieting, you will get bigger appetite, which
will lead to increase of weight, or muscle grow
underneath the fat layer, and make you bulkier. If you diet without
exercising, you will become flabby and will have excess skin. For
diet, go wheat free. No pasta, pizza, bread and so on. And no food
after 7 p.m. People achieve marvellous results with it. Depending on
your initial weight, you can drop upwards from 20 pounds a month. If
you don’t eat wheat then you don’t eat all those sticky, fatty goey
cakes, you don’t eat junk food, and you don’t eat biscuits. But your
diet is still balanced. It costs nothing, and you do not have to
calculate points or to buy special meals or plans. For exercising,
start with walking, and then switch to running/jogging. Running is the
most efficient and calorie-burn exercise ever. If you are overweight a
lot, walk first or you may have health complications (heart attack,
disjointed bones and so on). Weight lifting is a good means to target
your problem areas for men and women. It’s not necessarily to become a
bodybuilder or even join a gym – a couple of dumbbells will help you
to target your problem areas (stomach, butt, legs, arms, chest).

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