Diabetes: Discussion thread.

[supershifty]

Hi all. Diabetes is on the rise globally in first world nations. This thread is to discuss how it affects you or your family. Many of us have it.

The scope of this thread is about anyone with Type 1 or Type 2 - no exclusions:

a) How you manage your diet
b) What triggers your highs - food wise!
c) What you use to help control it - exercise/diet/pills/insulin
d) Suggestions of tucker - all good!
e) Anything of significant value you think is valuable to share.

I'll kick off without being long winded:

Was diagnosed at 32 with T2 @ 135kg (now 50yo) Managed for a while on Diaformin/Metformin but am now insulin dependant @ 100kg.

I knocked out all added sugar from my diet from day one, I now hate the taste of sugar.

I was appointed with a dietician who advised me what to eat. Pasta, rice, wholegrain breads - she couldn't have been more wrong, my sugars went through the roof!

Not all diabetics are the same. Might be a common diagnosis - but we're all different as to what we ingest and how our bodies process them.

Cheers!