I am newly diagnoised with diabetes type 2 and I have no clue what to eat my doctor put me on Avandia 4mg and I have been living on sugar free jello, and cottage cheese and sometimes a pillsbury biscuit. I visit my doctor on wednesday. can anyone tell me some other things to eat? I am so scared of this disease because my mom had it and her sugar would get up to 500 and she would have no symptoms and she refused to take the shots only pills she died at age 54 with a blood sugar of 805 she died of a massive heart attack she never even had a glucose machine. I am being very obsesive I take mine 5/6 times a day even at levels of 400 I have no symptoms so I think I will be like my mother. Please give me some ideas on what to eat? and thank you for letting me share my fears. :confused:
and can anyone tell me what alcohol sugars are? can I eat stuff with that in it?

whiskey--In the Diabetes game, Knowledge is power. Obsessive behaviors are survival techniques. One good type of knowledge is how different foods affect your glucose levels. Testing a lot will give you that kind of information. Just remember to keep a detailed journal--write down what you eat and when, how much, and what the tests are at one and then two hours after. Testing 5-6 or even 10 times a day is nothing unusual or harmful. Especially in the beginning, it's very important to see how YOUR body is responding to various things, be that exercise, foods or medications.

I understand your fears, but you are not your mother. There are many procative steps you can take to give yourself the best possible chance at success in this battle. If you are inactive, begin a regular exercise routine and stick with it. Increase until you are in better shape than you've ever been in--better than you ever thought you could be. If you are overweight, lose weight, not by dieting, but by changing your lifestyle and your relationship with food. Do not keep any junk foods in the house. Eat small portions, slowly, of only wholesome foods. Cut way back on both fats and carbohydrates. Mosty diabetics do best on a very low-calorie diet, not just low-this or low-that! 1,200 calories a day (yeah, i know--that sounds like starvation...) is probably enough. If you need to lose weight, you might need to decrease to under 1000 calories a day. Keep track of everything, and, most importantly, be honest--don't lie to yourself, about how much exercise you are (or are not) doing, how much food actually enters your mouth. I suggest that you measure your portions with a kitchen scale and a cup measure--you'd be surprised at how small the "portion" described on the nutrition label actually is, and unless you measure, you'll likely be eating way more than you think you are. Don't get frustrated. Don't get scared. Get smart, and get control. This disease treats you badly if you are lazy and avoidant. If you are aggressive and willful, self-disciplined and obsessive about control, you'll do just fine.

Good Luck,
Michael
Type 1 since 1965 :cool:

Mikelbear gave, as always, excellent advice. I would just like to add this:

Please ask your doctor for a referral to a registered dietician so you can learn ways to manage your diet in a healthy manner. There is more than one way to do it. Some people chose low-carb (like Atkins, South Beach, etc.), others chose the exchange system. But whatever you choose, you'll need to know what portion sizes are, and how many portions of each type of food you should have at each meal and for snacks. This is important because, even if you know what a portion size is, you may not be aware that you should have more than one portion of certain things at meals, only one portion of others, etc.

I'd also suggest you ask to be referred to a diabetes education class. It will be extremely helpful to you in learning how to manage your diabetes.

And, don't feel like you have to learn everything at once! It's a process. Start with better diet/exercise, and go on from there.

Ruth

Whenever you get anxious, your body produces more adrenaline and cortisol. Both of these hormones increase blood sugar. Sadly, the more you obesess over your blood sugar, the higher it can be.

Diabetes is a highly individual disease. This is great because it means that your outcome can be so different from your mothers. I totally agree with the advice given here.

I wish you the best of luck