Diabetes Diet Forum and Discussions

Diet can be a feared word, but almost nothing is more important than managing your diabetes with a well-planned diabetic diet. Talk with the other members of our diabetes diet forum and find out their experiences with different diabetes diets, how they've been improving their diabetic diets, and successfully managing their diabetes.

• Weight Loss and Blood Glucose Control for Type 2 Diabetes

  I am just curious about how weight loss helps some Type 2s to control their BG numbers. I know everyone is different in one way or another. But I've been reading how every 10-15 pounds weight loss can help lower BG levels. Looking back, my BG levels were completely normal until I reached 190...

  

  By NewSong53 11 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-22 08:59:04 -0500

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• Sticking Up for Your Way of Eating

  Father's day is tomorrow...what food is on the docket? July 4th is coming...what will be at your back yard bar-b-que? Birthdays, hanging out with friends or just cooking meals for the family. Sticking to the way we eat can sometimes be a battle. People don't mean to be rude or insensitive (I...

  

  By GabbyPA 15 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-26 13:09:13 -0500

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• Inspiration of Phillip Brenneman

  https://www.diabeteshealth.com/type-2-diabetes-200-pound-loss-helps-phillip-get-off-type-2-diabetes-medication/ Losing weight to gain better control is something many of us face. The above article is one about a man who lost 200 pounds one step at a time. Starting with chair exercises, he is...

  

  By GabbyPA 1 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-26 15:04:11 -0500

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• Family Events ~ How to handle them?

  It is Father's Day weekend. Hooray! :) Seriously though, family events. How do you deal with them? Recently diagnosed and still trying to get myself under control... OMG! I forgot to mention in my last post but I hit a HUGE milestone for myself!!! 133 fasting BG!!!!! Lowest I've had....

  

  By KJudson9 6 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-22 21:32:44 -0500

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• Where to start?

  Hi all! Newly diagnosed (May 5, 2017) Type 2 Diabetic. Was previously diagnosed with Pre-Diabetes at 15 and fighting it since then (I'm 41 now). Had gestational with both kids and I knew it would come eventually. Still though, when the diagnosis came in, I felt like a failure. I still have...

  

  By KJudson9 11 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-20 11:20:20 -0500

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• What Exactly is Out of Control Diabetes to You?

  I was thinking about this the other day and quite often we only associate out of control diabetes with people who are not actively taking care of them selves. But I realized that is not always the case. It is also usually ties with highs. But I was also thinking that I feel more out of control...

  

  By GabbyPA 25 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-26 13:15:39 -0500

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• My husband is 39 , were do we start?

  We go back to dr today to find out the type amd any otjer information we need. He went to the Dr last week after a while of feeling not great, then the thirst and bathroom runs became just to much. I finally got him to go. They tested his urine and whatever they were looking for was there. Dr...

  

  By Reyrey39 7 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-20 16:00:43 -0500

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• Things to Know Before Starting a Ketogenic Diet

  This diet is very much out there on our site. Many of us follow it and have shared the benefits of it and the ways to make it work for out diabetes and overall health. This article is by a woman with PCOS and how her efforts to change her life was focused on having children one day. She gives...

  

  By GabbyPA 3 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-11 19:39:54 -0500

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• Looking for something to drink other than water.

  Hey folks, i am having an issue with finding something to drink besides water. I drink a lot of water and get sick of it at times. The catch to my situation is that i can't find something that does not have artificial sweeteners. Pretty much any of them i find have a aftertaste that i do not like...

  

  By Krezlar37 19 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-15 06:45:49 -0500

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• Atorvastatin Side Effects With Type 2 Diabetes

  I haven't had a lipid panel an 4 or 5 years. My former doctor prescribed something for cholesterol but it made me feel fatigued and bloated. Since my cholesteral was only 4 or 5 points of normal, I stopped taking it. A couple of months or so ago, I began intermittent fasting because the...

  

  By NewSong53 10 Replies Latest Reply 2017-05-23 10:01:37 -0500

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• Earth Fare Just Opened

  Well, what a neat store! It is all organic and non-gmo in the products it sells and makes in house. There is everything from a huge salad bar, bulk buy, produce, grass fed meats, wild caught seafood and more. I am so excited. I hate to loose my shopping at Publix, but for similar prices I can...

  

  By GabbyPA 6 Replies Latest Reply 2017-05-15 15:57:39 -0500

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• blood sugar control

  I am having issues controlling my sugars. I am on Humulin R U500 and novolog and exercising and diet control and I am having a hard time. Does any one have suggestions

  

  By websterladyj01570 5 Replies Latest Reply 2017-05-17 07:45:17 -0500

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• Help with things to eat

  Hello, everyone. I am newly diagnosed as pre-diabetic. My doctor said I barely scrap over the line, her words, into the very, very first stage of pre-diabetes. My sugar was at the highest level it could be while staying within range. Those were based on labs taken a week before my follow up, by...

  

  By Brunomai 10 Replies Latest Reply 2017-05-15 11:21:18 -0500

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• Signs and Symptoms of Magnesium Deficiency

  There are three things that need to be addressed naturally in order to come up with a lasting solution to most problems we have in the body. Artificial drugs when introducing into the body usually always lead to a circle which damages the first problem as well as creating other problems that you...

  

  By WASHED OUT 14 Replies Latest Reply 2017-05-16 21:31:47 -0500

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• Diabetes and Oral Health

  Many of us know we need to brush our teeth and floss. But there can be more needed in the case of a diabetic. Taking care of your teeth and keeping things like gingivitis at bay it really important as we can tend to loose our teeth even as we try to take care of them. Here are some things...

  

  By GabbyPA 7 Replies Latest Reply 2017-05-08 11:04:34 -0500

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• Smoothies

  I was told by my diabetic dietitian that making, and drinking fruit smoothies especially with any type of fruit juice is off limits. One should I stick with this advice and never drink smoothies again because it will raise my BG to high, or is an occasional smoothie okay to have. Any suggestion...

  

  By nckhan 21 Replies Latest Reply 2017-06-14 07:14:02 -0500

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