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After the low carb doesn't work for you, start eating a diet that is a wide variety of almost all whole food, unrefined, and plant based (basically, vegetables, including starchy ones like yams; legumes; whole grains, including oatmeal; fruits; and nuts). Ditch almost all animal products and pretty much everything that is refined and not a whole food.
Then, watch as all of your blood profiles improve, your weight drops, and you no longer have to worry about diabetes, all while eating as much as you want.
And, yes, exercise.
If someone is a diet-controlled diabetic, no, they cannot eat as much as they want...they eat what their glucometer tells them they can eat.
I'm starting to be more careful with my diet since I need to lose a lot of weight and been eating too much junk. In particular my blood sugar levels.
I hear conflicting things about oatmeal online. Some links say it is a good food since it doesn't spike blood sugar levels. Yet, on other links, I read of people that ate oatmeal and it spiked their blood sugar levels like crazy.
Anyone out there with experience?
Yes, I have experience with this.
I'm diet controlled...I do not use insulin. Oatmeal raises my blood sugar too high; it's very easy to see that just by looking at my glucometer. If you use insulin, sure, eat your oatmeal, but if you're diet controlled, check your glucometer.
Trust your glucometer, not random people on the internet.
I use something called Carbquik to make fried stuff. It's good! But IMO, it's not good for much else.
Also, if the breading is not heavy I usually don't see a spike. If you have a meter, you can eat it then test.
So, eat it then test. If there's no spike it's legal.
Bacon, sausage and eggs don't have carbs. I never get tired of bacon, sausage and eggs.
For lunch I eat meat. Delicious, delicious meat. And sugar free Jello.
I'm diet controlled...I do not use insulin. Oatmeal raises my blood sugar too high; it's very easy to see that just by looking at my glucometer. If you use insulin, sure, eat your oatmeal, but if you're diet controlled, check your glucometer.
Trust your glucometer, not random people on the internet.
Type 2. I weighed 124 pounds when diagnosed, have never been overweight. I keep my A1c under 6 as a diet-controlled diabetic. I will always be diabetic, doesn't matter how much I weigh or what I eat...my body cannot handle sugar/carbs, it just stays in my blood rather than being used by my muscles for energy.
My mother, grandmother, both brothers, two sisters, various cousins, aunts, and uncles also have type 2...50% of my family have type 2. My grandmother, mother, and brothers were actually quite fit and slim when they were diagnosed, same as me.
Those with pre-diabetes and diabetes may benefit from supplementing with magnesium.
75% of us are short on magnesium and this can contribute to diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, anxiety, muscle weakness, and heart issues, especially palpitations.
As most of our body's magnesium is found in our cells, a normal blood panel showing okay blood serum magnesium levels doesn't reveal a critical shortage in our bodies.
If you Google "magnesium and diabetes" you'll find lots of info about mag. There are also a number of informative books on the topic-- The Magnesium Factor is one I've read.
It's interesting--to me at least--that many of our more common diseases can be traced back to--and/or prevented--by a great diet (hard to achieve).
Supplementation with essential minerals is indicated for many of us due to our hurried lifestyle. A lifestyle that keeps us from eating everything we should to prevent a lack of these vital minerals.
Of these minerals, magnesium is the key one we're so often short of.
Type 2. I weighed 124 pounds when diagnosed, have never been overweight. I keep my A1c under 6 as a diet-controlled diabetic. I will always be diabetic, doesn't matter how much I weigh or what I eat...my body cannot handle sugar/carbs, it just stays in my blood rather than being used by my muscles for energy.
My mother, grandmother, both brothers, two sisters, various cousins, aunts, and uncles also have type 2...50% of my family have type 2. My grandmother, mother, and brothers were actually quite fit and slim when they were diagnosed, same as me.
Excellent information. Your family history is very similar to mine. Out of my mother's nine siblings, seven ended up with Type 2 and one had Type 1. Only my mother had a body type that was not tall and slim.
I'm diet controlled...I do not use insulin. Oatmeal raises my blood sugar too high; it's very easy to see that just by looking at my glucometer. If you use insulin, sure, eat your oatmeal, but if you're diet controlled, check your glucometer.
What does diet controlled mean? Does that mean you don't have to take medication for your diabetes?
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Those with pre-diabetes and diabetes may benefit from supplementing with magnesium.
75% of us are short on magnesium and this can contribute to diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, anxiety, muscle weakness, and heart issues, especially palpitations.
As most of our body's magnesium is found in our cells, a normal blood panel showing okay blood serum magnesium levels doesn't reveal a critical shortage in our bodies.
If you Google "magnesium and diabetes" you'll find lots of info about mag. There are also a number of informative books on the topic-- The Magnesium Factor is one I've read.
It's interesting--to me at least--that many of our more common diseases can be traced back to--and/or prevented--by a great diet (hard to achieve).
Supplementation with essential minerals is indicated for many of us due to our hurried lifestyle. A lifestyle that keeps us from eating everything we should to prevent a lack of these vital minerals.
Of these minerals, magnesium is the key one we're so often short of.
Yes, most chronic disease can be traced to poor diet. Supplements don't fix that, though.
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