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Old 07-04-2009, 06:45 AM
foxl foxl is offline
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I am a: Type 1.5
 
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Originally Posted by jenbaz1979 View Post
HELLO Again hear i am with another question or two first of all im starting to wonder if there is any way I’m ever going to get my readings down i know I’ve only been doing it for a week but there so high and am eating hardly anything with crabs in this brings me on to my next question, my not very helpful doctor gave me one leaflet as i left the surgery and its called first steps in eating health for people with diabetes , and it says i need to eat STARCHY FOODS AT EVERY MEAL then gose on to give an example and says BREADS,POTATOES, PASTA ,RICE, is this not the case as there is lots of advise against ...

Those of us who have reduced our carbs a lot believe the ADA is behind the times in their advice. I was told by an Endo to eat a low-fat diet, too.

The only way I brought my blood glucose down was by eliminating starches.
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Linda

Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30

metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8



According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA.
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