Diet guidelines for T2 diabetes

Reported it.

Don’t click on that link, it looks so dodgy!

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I certainly don't think people with diabetes can be cured. I control my diabetes well, but I know that if I were to start eating normally, that my blood glucose levels would rise. I don't even think of myself in remission. It happened at the start of lockdown, when I was a bit complacent about what I ate and didn't exercise as much as normal. I bought some test strips and was horrified.

I don't get myself involved in blame games either. I was diagnosed when I was 35 and I've never been overweight in my life. At first, it was thought I'd developed T1 and I was tested, but it's definitely T2 and it's still a mystery why I developed it.

I didn't eat unhealthily, but I ate the wrong food for me. I avoided fat and ate too much carb-laden fruit because I thought it was good for me. I was encouraged by the NHS to eat starchy carbs, but now avoid them almost completely. I wish I'd known 30 years ago what I know now.

Please do not think that everyone diagnosed with T2 can be " cured " . I was not overweight just had the wrong genes and found out 20 years ago . I have done all that was asked of me and just live with it . As far as I am concerned it is no big deal despite the fact that I have to have insulin injections twice as day now as my body is not producing the insulin.

I had T2 diagnosed 7 years ago I bought Michael Mosley’s book, lost 2 stone, keep low carb in mind always and GP says I have reversed it. It is just a way of life now and not too difficult

Thanks for the link growstuff.

Oh no!

I read somewhere that cancer can cause diabetes, so maybe that's why. The illness itself and the medications mess about with your metabolism.

Thanks I have type 2 diabetes recently diagnosed …to add to my problems ???‍♀️