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what type of food should you eat when your doctor tell you you are pre diabetes. and put you on metformin?
Excellent advise from my friend above. I wish I had been so advised before I became a full-fledged member of the club.
1. Google Glycemic Index [GI] and understand the difference between good carbs [complex] and bad carbs [simple]. Carbohydrates [simple carbs] that break down quickly during digestion and release sugar rapidly into the bloodstream have a high GI; carbohydrates that break down more slowly, releasing sugar more gradually into the bloodstream, have a low GI. As asok mentioned, watch the carbs. Carbs are wreak havoc to a t2 diabetics glucose level.
2. Avoid eating foods made with white flour; pasta, white breads, crackers and so on. These turn quickly into sugar after eating.
3. Milk contains sugar. Eat fruit and drink fruit juices with other foods to slow the absorption of fructose [fruit sugar].
4. Avoid starchy foods like potatoes as the starch in this food quickly turns into sugar after eating.
5. Eat more vegetables, fish and lean meats.
6. Avoid man made foods and read all ingredient labels. Sugars listed next to carbohydrates are in grams. Every 7 grams listed equals one heaping Tablespoon of refined sugar. Sports drinks can contain upwards of 7 Tablespoons of sugar, or more, per 12oz. Deadly.
Exercise 30 minutes daily and maintain proper body weight are just as important as proper nutrition. Good luck.
2. Avoid eating foods made with white flour; pasta, white breads, crackers and so on. These turn quickly into sugar after eating.
3. Milk contains sugar. Eat fruit and drink fruit juices with other foods to slow the absorption of fructose [fruit sugar].
4. Avoid starchy foods like potatoes as the starch in this food quickly turns into sugar after eating.
5. Eat more vegetables, fish and lean meats.
6. Avoid man made foods and read all ingredient labels. Sugars listed next to carbohydrates are in grams. Every 7 grams listed equals one heaping Tablespoon of refined sugar. Sports drinks can contain upwards of 7 Tablespoons of sugar, or more, per 12oz. Deadly.
Exercise 30 minutes daily and maintain proper body weight are just as important as proper nutrition. Good luck.
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