I was diagnosed in May and was never put on medication. So far I have easily kept my blood glucose readings within the acceptable range through diet and exercise. The biggest advantage I have right now is that my fasting glucose has gone down to pre-diabetic levels (i.e. slightly above normal, but lower than diabetic). That plus limiting carbohydrates to less than 60g per meal keeps my numbers down. I walk about 45 minutes per day and have started occasional jogging on my route to improve the intensity of the exercise.
Naturally with an experience of only a few months to go on, it remains to be seen whether diet and exercise will be a long term solution. The biggest issue for me is that I am actively trying to lose weight. I have lost about 20 pounds since May and hope to lose another 20. It definitely occurs to me that being in weight-loss mode might be artificially lowering my readings. At some point I will start trying to maintain my weight rather than lose more, and then my calories and total carbohydrates will go up. It will be interesting to see how the change will affect my blood sugar.
By the way, let me make one comment on the other answer that says that some people are limiting carbs to %26lt; 50g per day. My dietician says that that definitely is too low - current guidelines are for a minimum of 130g of carbs daily. You have to make sure that you are eating a healthy diet and not get too focused on the blood sugar readings to the exclusion of other health problems that might be caused by too much fat or protein in your diet.I am on diet-control for diabetes. Any successful example to share?
I see every third or fourth person having some major risks factors which may lead him or her to Diabetes. Obesity is the major Risk Factor Combined with unhealthy and imbalanced diet may bring you near the red line where you may have more chances of having Diabetes.
So obesity will not help in Diabetes but it rather can worsen it. I would recommend you to keep your weight down to a level which is Healthy. It can be done by a little bit of exercise daily and regularly the emphasis is on the word regularly.
Daily and regular exercise will surely maximize the weight loss thus making you less prone to Diabetes.
Being overweight and obese or having BMI ranges above a normal weight in children and teens are considered to be a risk factors for many disorders including but not limited to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, female infertility and gestational diabetes etc. Increased abdominal fat can be estimated by waist size.
My sincere advice to diabetics is to start moderate activities for thirty to forty five minutes; at least 3 to 5 days a week and it will surely help them a lot in controlling Diabetes.
Further by choosing wise food, you can help controlling your body weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol ultimately Control is cure.
i treat diabetics and diet control and sports are as good as medications only if you continue and regular andtherer a tip foru What, when, and how much you eat all affect your blood glucose level. You can keep your blood glucose at a healthy level if you:
Eat about the same amount of food each day.
Eat at about the same times each day.
Take your medicines at the same times each day.
Exercise at the same times each day.
Every day, choose foods from these food groups: starches, vegetables, fruit, meat and meat substitutes, and milk and yogurt. How much of each depends on how many calories you need a day.
Limit the amounts of fats and sweets you eat each day.
there are several people on http://www.lowcarbdiets.about.com forum, who have kept their glucose levels at 5 or less by very stringent dieting. They are eating very very low carb, usually less than 20 grams carb per meal, most keeping that number below 50 grams for the whole day.
I have had very good results with diet-control. There is a free guide available for diabetes control which has been somewhat helpful to me... http://tinyurl.com/56c7l7 not sure if this guide is for U.S. residents only...
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