[jacobsam622]

I want to know what diet you are on or not on, who suggested and how well it work. It seems to me a lot of people have joined the forum lately and I think they would benefit from us talking about how we have gotten onto our groove.

First I want to start off by saying Please don't attack anybody's Diet choice I am sure like myself many of you have tried different diets until you reached a place where you felt comfortable.

I have been on the Sugar busters diet for about three months My doctor recommended the book "Sugar busters" after my A1C went over 8.0 I will be going for another A1C in a couple of weeks. Since I have been on the diet I have lost about 8# and my bg readings have gone from the 225 -240 2 hours after meals to 140 -75 after meals. While I don't agree with all of the books assumptions I think there is a lot of valuable information to be gleemed from its pages.

Oh the part I don't agree with is fruit. I don't eat fruit.


Sample of my diet

Foods you can eat:

Meat = Beef well trimmed, chicken, fish broiled or baked, eggs, Ham, hotdogs without bun

Nuts - most nuts are low in carbs, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, any that have total carbs of less then 10g

spreads buy no sugar added jelly or try one of several reduced sugar brands , no sugar added Peanut butter – good for cholesterol

vegetables = almost anything but corn If you eat corn stick
with the small kernel corn on the cob. Eat lots of Green beans it raises good cholesterol

Sugar free ice cream, sugar free jell-o

Chocolate that has a cocoa % >= 60% or low carb chocolate

Breads = whole grain or low carb whole grain.

Pasta = whole grain: Dreamfields, Wal-Mart has good brand
Sauce = tomato sauce with lots of meatballs

rice = brown rice, wild rice

sodas = diet only or tap water/ bottle water when I work out

alcohol = Low carb beer, brands like Michelob ultra, Miller-Lite, there is at two others. Red wine or wine that is at least 13% alcohol
tequila

avoid high carb food any anything with a lot of refined sugar

Fruit = try different ones to see how they effect your BS

if you have acid reflux avoid eating fruit at meal time.

General rule if it’s brown then its OK for diabetes