Ken

The things to remember in controlling diabetes do vary from person to person, but in general terms you should remember this:

1. Liquids containing refined sugar will raise your blood sugar level the fastest.

2. Liquids containing natural sugars such as orange juice, apple juice and milk can be consumed, but the amount of each at one time
and/or with a meal will also raise blood sugar but not as fast.

3. The closer you can eat foods and beverages nearest to nature, rather than refined, the better off you will be. If you are eating white bread try changing to a whole wheat or oat bran bread. Instead of white rice change to brown and/or wild rice. The pizza is out. It high in refined starches, plus it contains cheese and other additions that are high in saturated fat. A vegetable topping pizza would probably be the best if you had no other choices, but it is the dough that is the main concern.

Medication might help, but even with a low dosage, it might result in low blood sugar levels from time to time. The 3 month test you refer to, I assume, is the Hemoglobin A1C test. You might do well do adopt a regular exercise program, aerobic type, but since I know nothing about you, I would clear this first with your doctor. It is amazing what a regular exercise program can do to keep your blood sugar levels under control.

Information provided by The American Diabetes Assn. located at [url="http://www.diabetes.org"]http://www.diabetes.org[/url] might be of help to you. I assume if you are diagnosed as being diabetic it will be Type 2 diabetes (insulin resistant) rather than Type 1 (insulin dependent). Keep this in mind when getting information on Diabetes. The procedures in keeping Type 2 under control can be a little different than for Type 1's.

Ken

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