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01-01-2009, 05:24 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA
Posts: 7
| | | Yet another newbie...
...to throw on the pile!
I've just been identified at pre-diabetic (A1c 5.6, fasting bG borderline, post-prandial bG greater than 140 mg/dL) and my doctor would like to be aggressive in heading off trouble, so here I am with a low carb diet, metformin, and marching orders to lose some weight!
I've lurked for a while and have found some threads very informative and am appreciative of this resource!
-Stacy |
01-01-2009, 05:34 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 1,721
| | | wow cool. welcome. tell us more about the "diet"???
-- Joel.
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A1c's
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early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet |
01-01-2009, 05:44 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA
Posts: 7
| | | Thank you for the welcome!
The diet is not-so-organized, beyond doing a food diary, cutting the obvious criminals (refined sugar, potatoes, bread (doom!)), and checking my post-prandial bG to see what causes the biggest effect. I have a friend who swears by South Beach, but I haven't explored too many of the commercial diets yet. I picked up a copy of "The EatingWell Diabetes Cookbook" and will probably flail around with that for a while. |
01-01-2009, 05:49 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,277
| | Welcome Stacy! Glad that there at least some Doctors out there who are stepping up to the mark and being pro-active about treating Pre-Diabetes before it becomes any worse... too many adopt a wait and see attitude 
Low- carb is a good way to go (at least for some of us)... but I'll warn you now that, your cook book will probably be the standard low- fat dogma  I don't know that particular cook book myself, but I see the cover on Amazon says "carbohydrate control" while showing a plate of what looks like pasta...
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51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
01-01-2009, 05:50 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 1,721
| | great. the other things we tend to avoid are all sorts of pasta and rice. most fruits (except some berries). high sugar veggies like pumpkin/squash. other hidden grains such as corn.
also note MILK is laden with carbs. also most low fat foods are full of sugar.
so avoid low-fat anything and embrace fat - it is actually good for you... 
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"Infinity isn't such a big deal. After all, it is only a point in the Seventh Dimension..."
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A1c's
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early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet |
01-01-2009, 06:20 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA
Posts: 7
| | | Hi Frank! Thank you for the welcome!
The book seems pretty good so far, despite the pasta on the front. Heh. It has an information section for ~40 pages, then the recipes. The recipe organization has a nice touch where in each section, the page nuber increases as the amount of carbs in the recipe increases.
This is definitely a major shift in thinking! |
01-01-2009, 06:24 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA
Posts: 7
| | | Hi Joel,
Truly this is going to require a big shift in my thinking - especially since I was indoctrinated with all the low-fat diet info some time ago! Thank you for the info...maybe I won't feel quite so bad about a bit of butter now and again.
btw, the Moon Cat rocks! XD |
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