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Maddie:
Hi. First time on forum. I was diagnosed with pre diabetes last week and was told to follow a diabetic diet. I have been reading all I can but find it so confusing.
I'm trying to follow low carb, or low GI must must pick one or the other, it seems to me that low GI is easier. Would like to know other peoples opinion.
Maddie

Moby:
Hi Maddie, you have a head start on avoiding diabetes! Welcome to the forum....

Best advice would be to get a blodd glucose meter, your GP probably will tell you that you dont need one. the question that follows that would be 'how do i know how many carbs i can or cant eat at meal times?' if he/she still refuses you can buy one from any chemist.

Lowering your intake of bread rice pasta and potatoes would be a start, how much you need to lower them is individual to you, we are not all the same. Increasing exercise is also on the list too! Sorry that its not good news, but, it is necessary. For me low GI food still spikes me to i am what some peeps call 'low' carb.

technically anyone eating less than 250g of carb a day is 'low' carb, i call my diet a  'managed' carb approach. diŁticians and doctors prefer this term too.

Pattidevans:
Hi Maddie and welcome to the forum.

As Moby says, your meter is your friend and does not lie.  It tells you what you can and can't tolerate and we are all different... however in general curbing carbs will help. 

sedge:
Maddie,

I go with the managed carbs thing wholeheartedly.

In point of fact I never have actually needed to lower them because I discovered when I was 15 that I didn't look like Twiggy and of course, we all wanted to look like her - so I started to devise a diet (and my mum and sister both wanted to lose weight too really)  (nobody was obese, just half a stone or so ....) and my mum knew starchy carbs were fattening and my sis had done O Level cookery so she knew about balancing nutrients - and off we went cutting the carbs and the extra fat and the sweet stuff and filling up on more veg and stuff.   The 'empty' calories that alcohol provides for some people wasn't an issue in our house LOL  By the time I was diagnosed when I was 22, I was consuming around 110 grams of carb a day - hitherto as fit as a flea and a nicely covered well proportioned size 12.

I have proceeded ever since eating much the same - some days it's a bit less and some days it's a bit more, occasionally I pig out, but not every day.  I am not consciously doing it; it's just what I've done for 47 years.

So I'm still a size 12 - but some bits are quite a lot saggier than they were in 1965 !  It's no good however aspiring to be a 12 when your frame and build say size 16.  But you can be a flabby size 16 or a svelte one; it's your choice.

You have to live with whatever you choose to do for a very long time - we always say 'this is a marathon not a sprint!' - so don't deny yourself everything all at once.  Cut down gradually.  Analyse what you eat now and identify what you might need to change/cut down on - how you could change it and still be happy with your choices.

If you need help with that  - you could tell us what you eat in a typical day; tell us what job. what exercise; what lifestyle? - do you currently need to lose weight? - and perhaps we can help you with it all?  It's what we're here for!

Venomous:
Just wanted to welcome you they are a fine bunch of people here and if you hang around you'll receive loads of support and experienced advice.

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