Thanks so much for your helpful ideas. I do know this will be a life changing way of eating and appreciate very much your help in doing this. Thanks again.
The main point to remember here is that foods with high glycemic index values [simple carbs] should be avoided or taken in moderation while foods with low GI values [complex carbs] are considered a healthier option.
Those foods that have high GI values tend to release large amounts of glucose in the blood stream more quickly as compared to those that have low GI values. As a result, the foods with high GI values cause your glucose to rise much faster than the foods low on the GI.
Yea it's ok. Just keep in mind carbs and sugar (if you have sugar) is higher in most of mcdonalds foods. If you don't have any kind of sugar issues or gestational diabetes then you're probably ok.
I had the bacon/egg bagels and couple others things in my first pregnancy and all was ok. I just wouldn't eat it every day.
Healthy diet is high in unprocessed and minimally processed foods. This means you will eat lean meats in moderation, plenty of green and brightly colored veges, moderate whole grain cereals, some fruits - but stay away or limit portions of very sweet fruits, nuts, some dairy, healthy fats / oils.
Bad carbs could be considered those white carbs that break down quickly. This includes bread, white rice, cookies, candies etc.
CARBCHECK is a no frills application but does exactly what it says - it has a database of ADA Exchanges, Fast Food, and you can even customize the database if you have Micrsoft Excel. You select what you want and it displays the items and their carbs on the screen in a menu format. It's a work in progress and at the moment can't tally up the items you choose (Trode is working on that)- but for a quick index for meal (that you can add your own items to)it works in a pinch.
Definitely you will need to avoid sugar and sugary and very starchy foods. All meals should have protein, fat, and some carbs (preferably complex carbs which digest slowly).
You will also need to control how much you eat, and it will be much better to have small meals and a few healthy snacks.
Fruit juice, sweetened drinks and sodas should be avoided. Fruit is good for you, but should be limited to small amounts only. Cakes and candies and processed foods should be very limited.
It looks like I can hardly eat carbs at all without going into predisbetic range, but the app says all my readings are in a healthy range and estimates my A1C at 5.7%, saying I'm very low risk.
I know that the app is not a diagnostic tool. I'm just trying to establish a healthy pattern to hopefully prevent going full diabetic.
Does anyone have thoughts on how I should interpret my readings? This is all new to me, and not a particularly pleasant experience.
Carbs raise BG so restricting carbs will help BG.
when you say 6 units I assume you mean 6 exchanges which is 90 gr of carbs. If you take 250 mg at each meal that is 750 mg a day, the limit is 2400mg a day so you have room to go up on the Met.
It can take 6 to 8 weeks for met to become fully effective.
All diabetics are a bit different in what we can eat and still keep our blood glucose in target range. In general most of us find we need to eliminate sugar and greatly reduce carbohydrate intake especially things like white bread, cereal rice and pasta.
The best way to know what works for YOU is to try a certain food and test your blood glucose two hours after eating and make sure you stay within target.
I don't think there's any evidence that foods trigger outbreaks. Because your type 1 is genital, you should statistically have fewer outbreaks than those with type 2 anyway, on balance. So you can eat whatever you want and it won't affect your herpes. What's up with the lysine? Isn't that a bogus "treatment?" I was under the impression there were no decent studies indicating lysine was helpful.
You might want to back off on the carbs, though.
Cut your daily intake of net carbs (total carbs minus fiber) by 10 grams. You may have exceeded your carbs while losing weight and stumbled upon your tolerance for maintaining your new weight. Once weight loss resumes, move up in five-grams at a time.
Watch out for sources of sugar and starches. Read labels carefully, Sauces, beverages and packaged foods all could have more sugar or starches than your body can handle.
Don't beat yourself up too badly over it, I'm in the same boat as you... I don't really overeat, and the things that I do eat, I think out and try to make healthy meals, but I still ended up with gestational diabetes. Unfortunately, it's just something that happens because of all of the weird things that happen in pregnancy. I've learned to just go with it...
That being said, I was advised to count how many grams of carbs that I take in and what foods contain them.
Nausea, frequent urination, frequent thirt, blurred vision and tiredness and also weight loss
hi, the problem isn't really in the 'amount' Spence is eating the problem is 'what' he is eating....dry food=CARBS....high carbs.
as you've already stated he is eating less than the recommended amount already so that isn't the problem, as with people, cats too gain weight when they consume a diet high in carbs and dry food is loaded in carbs...grains even potatoes anything for FILLERS. they are getting more fillers than actual protien.
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