Diabetes Type 2 diet plan daily … Please help.?
Hello Every1. I am 33 Male and weigh 72 kg and live in the Persian Gulf. I used to weigh 81 kg. I was diagnosed for Diabetes (Type 2) almost 4 years back. My fasting BGL (Blood Glucose Level) ranges from 110-145.
Doctor has prescribed me metformin (500mg) twice daily after meals.
I have stopped this medicine as I don’t feel like I should take it @ this age. Also becoz of medicine I don’t induldge in physical activity (Cycling, walking etc..) I informed my doctor for stopping the medicine and he says the best medicine for type 2 diabates is walking and keeping urself physically fit.
Please advise me what should be the daily meal plan that I should follow in order to keep my BGL normal. Should I go by 3 normal meals a day or 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between?
If I go for 3 normal meals + 1 hr physical activity daily then which is better choice for me from the menu below.
Breakfast: Which is better choice Weetabix/Oats or just whole meal bread with Light Jam Spread + Tea (no sugar).
Lunch: Beans (Red Beans/Butter Beans/Kidney Beans etc…) + White Rice or Fish/Chicken + Rice
Dinner: Light Tuna Sandwich + Vegetable Soup or Brown Pasta + Green Salad
Thanks.
Metformin helps the liver to NOT load the system with stored glucose. It is not a matter of what your age is. The metformin does help your body to deal with glucose levels better. I recommend you do take it or change your food plan to extremely low carb foods which you have not done.
But why do you think the metformin keeps you from doing physical exercise? because it kept you in the bathroom for a month? One gets over this in about 2 months of taking this medication as recommended by the doctor. It is a systemic drug and requires at least 3 weeks to become fully useful.
You should eat 3 small meals and 3 snack meals every day and exercise at least an hour every day.
If you do not want to take the metformin, eat something without grains or cereals for breakfast and absolutely no more jams. even the light ones are loaded with sugar. Eggs and meat are a better choice – no carbs!!
Lunch I cannot eat any type of beans or rice at all without raising glucose over the moon even taking the Metformin. The fish or chicken or whatever other meats you like and a salad of dark green leafy stuff, tomatoes and other green or red veggies will be much better
Dinner the same thing. No brown pasta either unless you want to take the Metformin. Brown or white pasta is still high carb counts. Breads for sandwiches are high carb counts as well.
If you do not want to take the medications, you must loose all high grams of carbohydrates – all grains & cereals, all root veggies, all soft sweet fruits, and most milk products.
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You have carbs all day long in this diet. You need to bring your insulin level down for 12 hours per day. This diet will keep your insulin level elevated all day..
I suggest you do not have any carbs after lunch… no sweets, no pasta, no rice, no beans and no breads at dinner or anytime after lunch. You will feel better quickly if you get your diet straighten out.
If you eat a lot of pasta or bread at lunch you will feel hungry later in the day. Eat a balanced lunch of meat, bread and greens and you can have a sweet with your lunch. Meat, fish, greens, vegetable soup for dinner.
While it is impossible to know what you should eat, we can make suggestions.
Metformin is safe and is the greatest help in managing my type 2 diabetes. Give it a go again.
Your diet should have 6 1/2 cup servings of non starch veggies , 3 1/2 cup serving of fruit , lean protein and milk or other calcium .
We all need carbs so try and have 2-4 carb choices a meal.
You can add a 15 carb or less snack if you like.
Your best bet is to talk to your doctor and a dietitian.
Good luck.
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