Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

Like if you go to a drug/phramacy you know like cvs or walmart

only if you want your insurance to reimburse you for it. Otherwise, you can just purchase it yourself.

i just need one to test myself for diabetes. im going to do the 8 hour fast and test to see what its at, if it gives me a high reading then ill go to a doctor even tho i have no money.

preferrably one that comes with test strips, and that i dont have to pay like 50 bucks for. and it needs to be accurate enough to not give me crazy bullshit readings. thank =]

Go to your local pharmacy. You can find a number of different meters which should include a few test strips. Tell the pharmacist what you need, they should be able to point you to something affordable and reliable.

Should i be worried that my blood was at 123????

A non-diabetic’s fasting glucose typically does not exceed 100 mg/dL or 5.6 mmol/L and a non-diabetic’s 2 hour post-prandial (after meal) glucose typically does not exceed 140 mg/dL or 7.8 mmol/L. Please note that I say ‘typically’ as there will be some variation from day to day. Also the diagnosis should never be based upon a single glucose reading. Thus the answer to your question depends upon whether or not this was a fasting glucose. If it was a fasting glucose then you need to obtain a fasting and 2 hour post-prandial glucose reading tomorrow. If these readings are above the reference range offered above then a visit to your physician would be warranted. If your glucose reading was after eating then it was quite normal. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless.

My boyfriend got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 3 days before our daughter was born, 3 months later I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am really worried for our 8 month old baby girl. We are going to watch her carb intake as she gets older but wanted to know what the chances were for her getting it are.

As you know, diabetes does not come from eating too many carbs.
I have a daughter that was dxed when she was 2 yrs old.She is now 20 and doing fine.
I agree with you that not allowing her to eat just McNuggets and cool aid are just healthy habits to get into.
You can’t just sit around and worry every day.The chances are not known.
Enjoy your daughter .

i am 15 stone but 5 ft in height,i am recently diagnosed as diabetic, most diets include sweet things or copious amounts of fruit, which i cant eat, has anyone PLEASE got a diet for diabetics? i recently canceled my gastric band operation as i was too scared!

No diet that works nowadays has copious amounts of sugar or fruit. Low carb is best. Lots of vegetables, water, lean meat, fish, nuts, eggs, cheese. Lower your carbs and so lower your insulin (if type 1). Exercise is key.

I Just want to know just incase next time I go to the doctors I get my blood results and if they tell me news I don’t wanna hear. Oh and by the way if you do have type 2 diabetes do you or don’t you need insulin ? I am thinking you don’t but i am not fully sure .

Basically, type 2 diabetes is ‘non-insulin dependant". So you do not need insulin to treat it except in very rare severe complications.
Type 2 diabetes may sometimes be managed simply by weight drop and diet. If this fails there are various types of tablets that the doctor will choose from. A glucometer is needed to perform an occasional check on blood glucose. Good control of Blood Glucose at all times is essential to avoid complications caused by type 2 diabetes.

My mom tested her blood sugar and it said over 200. My brother tested and it said 61. I tested and it said 41. Are these correct numbers or did it alter the results by 3 people using the same meter? Im out of strips.

No, my friend, using the blood glucose meter for different people will NOT affect the results. Blood glucose meters these days tend to be very reliable and accurate.

What you need to bear in mind is that there’s a correct way of ensuring that the results you do get are accurate. You should wash and properly dry your hands before testing. This is because various substances, foodstuffs, drinks, etc. can affect the result offered … as can having wet/sweaty hands.

It also matters at what time of day you test your blood, and whether it’s before you’ve eaten or after.

A fasting blood glucose reading for a non-diabetic (that’s after sleeping and before eating and drinking the next morning) should be within the range of 70 to 99 mg/dL.

Two hours post-prandial (that’s after eating), a non-diabetic’s blood glucose level would not normally be expected to go above 140 mg/dL.

Please note, I did say normally. There are various times when blood glucose levels COULD go above this level, and this would include such times as you are ill or have an underlying infection, during times of stress, and when you’re taking certain medications. This is why it’s imperative that IF you should see numbers outside of the figures quoted, that you see a doctor for a full examination, and relevant blood tests. (You can be relatively sure that the doctor’s blood glucose meter will also have been calibrated to ensure that correct results are given.)

Having said that, no matter what time of day your mother tested her blood glucose level, 200 mg/dL seems rather high. You don’t mention that your mother had been diagnosed diabetic, or that she’s taking any medications, so it might be worth getting her to see the doctor.

Both your brother and yourself seem to have lower than ‘normal’ blood glucose levels. This COULD indicate that you possibly have hypoglycemia, but you need to take into account how long it had been since you last ate, and whether or not you had been exercising or working. All of these could lower your Blood Glucose level.

Whatever the outcome, I wish you all long, happy, healthy lives.

Be well.

I am desperately looking for a simple chart or booklet that I can plan a 1500 diabetic diet from. I want to be able to carry it with me or keep it in the car when I’m on the go or when I grocery shop. I check out all the diabetic recommended sites and they have so much information to sift through. I just want to look at a semi-basic list of foods and pick out "one of these, two of these, one of these . . . ." and then THAT’S IT! THAT will be my balanced meal or snack. I’m just starting out, so I don’t want to build a recipe, join a message board, or find baked shrimp/salmon/codfish bruhaha-something-or-other that I’ll never eat in a million years.

Seems like I saw something similar on an infomercial for Robert Ferguson’s weight loss system, but I only need a simple fold-out chart or booklet. And I don’t need to spend $100 just to get a list. Any help out there? Thanks!
P.S. If you happen to recommend the American diabetes website, please specify where on the site I can find this. I’ve looked and there’s just so much other stuff to sift through.

Typhi , you sure are demanding in your Question. What the problem ? Do you have a printer??
Here the one I use. In one week I didn’t need a chart , I automaticlly knew what to buy and eat.SO you don’t have to drag around all that paper work…..http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.

The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.

The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.

And by the way , anyone in their right mind would never recommend the American Diabetes website. Their still practicing Civil War era Medicine and treatments.

Good luck

Tin

If you have any of the early signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia you need to:

1. Test your blood glucose.
2. If you have type 1 diabetes and your Blood Glucose is more than 300 mg/dl, test your urine for ketones.
3. Call your doctor if your blood glucose is greater than 180 mg/dl for more than one week or if you have two consecutive readings greater than 300 mg/dl.
4. Avoid beverages that contain sugar.
5. Make sure you are following your meal plan, exercise program, and medication routine.

When you have hyperglycemia for long periods of time, damage to nerves, blood vessels, and other body organs can occur.