Am a Diabetes Type 2

[Cloudtoucher]

I am looking for a diet plan that I can put into action to bring my Diabetes under control along with the medication I am taking.

[diabetes86]

There is NO CURE for diabetes  there is CONTROL

Only charlatans claim to CURE diabetes

[pascagoula]

Keep it simple.  Cure for type 2 diabetes is Eat less, exercise more.  Watch the scale and eat healthy whole foods.  

[mishtol]

You don't need a diet plan but a healthier meal plan for yourself. We should not deprive ourselves being diabetic to eat good foods. Just to share with you,  I still eat fish, meats, fruits, and vegetables. I have it baked, steamed, boiled, stewed just the way I like it. I had this meal last week (http://tgp.com.ph/blog/5-recipes-high-blood-sugar-bay/) see for your self. Also, remember canned and processed foods/fruits are superbly BIG NO NO!

[diabetes86]

Lots of fruits are a bad idea,  most fruit is high in sugars berries are better choice.  

Our meters measure glucose, fruit is high in glucose and it also contains fructose, our meters do not read fructose.   Fructose does the same damage to out nerves and capillaries.  Unlike glucose our meter dont read fructose, so your Blood Sugars are higher than the meter reads.

[JerannP]

Hi there.

Lots of fruits and vegetables are ideal, and always go for white meat instead of red meat. Processed foods are a big no no.

Always for go for low glycemic index carbs like whole wheat breads and pasta

[imjohn]

Seems like you're on the right track and are avoiding the bad carbs. Check out Dr. Gabriel Cousens.

At 70, Dr. Cousens is not your usual MD. He has been curing a number of diseases at his Patagonia ranch for decades mainly with food. He gets many type 2 diabetics off insulin in 21 days. The program seems to work for most that stick with it, though some do not.

[tom_h]

I've been a type 2 diabetic for over 3 years.  It crept up slowly on me, but when my A1C broke through 7.0, I was given 90 days to see a significant drift downward, or begin a drug therapy. I immediately began a paleo style diet.  I refused to eat anything containing "white"; bread, sugar, rice, potatoes, pasta...PASTA!!.  I also shunned grains of any kind like rolled oats, wheat.  Also out were honey, most fruits, lots of types of beans, peas, and corn.  All fruit juices were banished.  Do you realize how many oranges you must consume to yield a large glass of orange juice?  What I began to eat were lots of eggs, cheese, fish and meats, big salads with olive oil and vinegar with crumbled up feta cheese and hardboiled eggs, and sunflower seeds.  Nuts became my "candy".  What was once a steady "drip" of M&M's was now peanuts, almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pecans.  I estimate I consume over 30 pounds of nuts annually. I began to looked at product labeling and replacing anything product loaded with carbohydrates.  I began to know what and what not to pick up.  I had also bought a meter and began testing all throughout the day, and graphed it using an app on my smart phone.  I could clearly see I was doing something positive, but the proof would be in the A1C.  I dutifully took the test on the 90th day and waiting for the results.  I swear my physician was just waiting to write the Rx for Metformin when he opened my patient folder.  He almost seemed disappointed when he told me my A1C was down to 6.0.  A follow up test was 5.7, and that's where I seemed to level off. and where it remains 3+ years later.  Along with my diet I exercise a lot.  I walk daily, and coach a speed skating team at a local rink as I used to skate competitively.  
After 3 years, I began to reintroduce a lunchtime sandwich made with low carb bread.  I noticed that giving my body a chance to rest also made it respond better to occasional ingestion of carbohydrates.  Rather than sticking to an internet diet, or calculating glycemic index of a potential food, I just chose to avoid anything with a high carbohydrate weight per serving.  That stuff was my personal kryptonite and I just steered clear of it.  Last year I added strawberries and blueberries to my lunch.  I eat them in season just as ancient gatherers would have done. Carbohydrates were seasonal treats; honey, berries, and other fruits were consumed on a seasonal basis.  It wasn't a constant stream of carb laden food. Diet control worked for me, although I suspect others will get varied results. I fully recognize that I will always be a type 2 diabetic, and it's a slippery slope if you get caught on it enjoying stuff you know isn't on the list.  But I've managed 3 years on the low carb wagon with only an occasional treat here and there.  I think the key to my success was while I loved things like rice with a big pat of butter, or angle hair pasta with fresh garlic and olive oil, I also really dug cheese, and nuts, and dried sausages.  The new diet really wasn't that bad.  Try it and see, you've got nothing to lose.  If it doesn't work for you, you've obviously have other options.  But GET A METER and test, and exercise like you're life depends on it.

[diabetes86]

I still dont know what drugs your taking or what your eating... as I said carbs raise BG ALL carbs whole wheat will raise your BG almost as much as plane wheat.

I dont know what diet your folowing other than "this site"  Well I just looked up "Diabetic Recipes: Super Bowl snacks"  http://www.medhelp.org/diabetes/articles/Diabetic-Recipes-Super-Bowl-Snacks/332

this is diabetic freindly food?  

NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING: Calories: 232, Total Fat: 3 g (1 g sat. fat), Cholesterol: 23 mg, Sodium: 502 mg, Carbohydrates: 34 g, Fiber: 12 g, Protein: 23 g.

34 carbs PER SERVING  WTF  diabetes is about not being able to control BG and carbohydrates raise BG.  "but it only has 3 g Total fat....   Ummm   fat does NOT raise BG  CARBS do eat that and your BG will be too high and you wont know why because you fallowed there  diet



CARBS RAISE BG

get a meter and check

Google "eat to your meter"

Every bodies diabetes is unique to them , you have to control it, the only way to do that is to test.  Diabetes is controllable there is no "Diet" no drug that works the same for everybody.  We all need different amounts of drugs and carbs. the only way to see what works is to test.

[Cloudtoucher]

I have been tracking my diet, and thinking I am eating the right things but still having a hard time bring my count down. I am now using the program provide by this site. See if it can pin point the right combinations.

[diabetes86]

What medication are you taking?

despite what some well meaning people say,  there is no "diabetic diet". every body is different, every bodies diabetes is different.  what you eat probably wont work for me.

medication lowers BG

Food  (at least carbohydrates) raise BG changing one will effect the other.


Get a BG meter  test before you eat then count the carbs and test after you eat 1 hour and 2 hours,  If your BG goes up more than 40 Pts you eat too many carbs.  If your BG goes over 140 your BG is too high.  Keep a log and you will see what works and what doesnt.

Google "eat to your Meter"