Thanks Cynthia, for all that advice, you sound like you got yours
under control. Good for you!

Thanks again
Rain


-- In TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com, Cynthia Lewis <swishdame@y...> wrote:
> Hi there Rain and Ruby and any other newbies looking
> in,
> As Sweetchic said, often we just read the digests
> without replying unless there is a question.
>
> Ruby, Everyone but everyone cheats some of the time.
> The important thing is not to do it all day, nor
> everyday, and definitely not to go overboard eating
> large quantities of high sugar foods.
> If you do, it means that the unquenchable thirst you
> may have had before comes back as your body tries to
> dilute the sugar; you will feel quite ill and also it
> makes your BS rise in big spikes as well.
>
> I'm thousands of miles away from you in London, in the
> United Kingdom, but we all have many of the same
> problems.
> I was diagnosed in the spring of 2001 and, thanks to
> the low carb diet my Endo told me to follow, I have
> lost over 30pounds in weight slowly but without much
> effort as well as having good control of my BS.
>
> The only carbs I have are from 5 - 6 portions of fruit
> and mainly green vegetables per day which does not
> include grapes, bananas or dried fruits and no
> beetroot as they are all too high in sugar. I used not
> to have carrots or parsnips either as they are
> naturally very sweet but now I do sometimes.
> Yes, that's right, no bread of any description, cakes,
> biscuits, cookies, crackers, pasta or pizzas, rice,
> potatoes or sweet potatoes, yams, taro root, beetroot,
> sweetcorn or maize, or any other complex carbohydrate.
>
> My Endo said, - and he should know because he is a
> professor at one of the big London teaching hospitals
> as well as travelling to the USA to lecture there -
> that
> [a] it is important to eat things that keep the blood
> sugar levels fairly steady because it has been
> discovered recently that even small swings can cause
> damage.... and,
> that [b] if you lose weight, the reduced amount of
> insulin that the pancreas can now produce will be more
> efficient than if you stay heavily overweight (or
> words to that effect!)
> that [c] by reducing the amount of carbs you eat the
> pancreas does not have to work so hard to produce
> insulin and will therefore last longer.
> (You do not say but I am assuming that you are on
> tablets and diet to control the diabetes.)
>
> I have found that one of the best web sites for
> informing you what to eat is <www.mendosa.com>.
> This gives a fairly comprehensive list of the Glycemic
> Index values of most food items as well as explaining
> how the Index works.
> This means that you can SEE exactly what items will
> make your blood sugar rise if you decide to eat them.
> This doesnt mean that you can never eat them again in
> minute quantities, but that it would be better to
> avoid all the High Valued items until you have reduced
> your weight right down to your target with your
> diabetes under control.
>
> And its a funny thing but if one really works at
> looking after oneself properly while listening to that
> body of yours - after a few weeks of abstaining from
> foods you must not eat - your brain will say to you
> that you don't really like that particular thing
> anyway ......
> Well mine did and now I find that I don't really like
> potatoes or bread and the other starchy things and I
> can happily go without.
> So I think that you will find that your tastes change
> too which makes keeping to a diet so very much easier.
>
> My diabetes was found with a random test of 13 and
> confirmed with a GTT count of 9. After 3 mths I got
> the HBA1C results down to 6.5% and there they have
> stayed ever since.
> I know that this quite long but I think you will find
> that reading about how others have coped does help you
> too.
>
> Best wishes for a New Year of better health and easier
> control for us all,
> Cynthia.
>
> Diagnosed April 2001. Metformin 500mg twice daily
> I also have- Chronic Adrenal Insufficiency for which I
> must take on a daily basis, a minimum 8mg Cortisone
> Acetate and 50mg of triamteren, a potassium-saving
> diuretic. I also have Fibromyalgia.
> NB. Needing steroids makes BS control more difficult.
> ........................................................
>
> 6/1/03 From: " <raininblues@y...>
> > Hello............. Where is everyone????
> >
> > REPLY : ttwinkle smile <ttwinkle1953@y...>
> : Re: Hello........
> > Hi,
> > I've been wondering the same thing. How are you
> > doing? I am a Type2 diabetic since summer
> 2001....... I have been encouraged to exercise and
> stay on diet...
> snipped............. I haven't done too well over the
> holidays. I'd like to hear from you. Ruby
> ---------
> 06/1/03 From: sweetchic3701@a...
> > hi there... sometimes we don't "speak" we just
> > read... welcome to the group.. it can be very
> > informative.
> >
> 06/1/03: "<raininblues@y...>"
> : Re: Hello.... -Ahhhhhh there are survivors here.
> Good to hear from you Ruby. I go to my first group
> meeting next week. Trying to
> > get ahead start on things, reading up here and
> there. The holidays must be very hard. I have to
> exercise, but that's fine I need to lose a bunch.
> Hopefully this gives me the motivation to keep at it
> and succeed!
> > Well Ruby, this is a good time to get back into it,
> > holidays are over forget the past start anew. You
> can do it! Positive Attitude~ Nancy
> ..............
> 06 Jan 2003 : " <raininblues@y...>"
> : Re: Hello.. -thank you sweetchic. I hope so I need
> all the help I can get. Rain
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