Diabetics and food supplements
By sona22
@sona22 (1430)
India
July 28, 2012 6:18am CST
Iam a type 2 diabetics patient since August'2007 and I am taking medicine form the very inception. Now on last 15th May my husband's reports showed positive blood sugar. The results were Fasting: 117.0 mg/dl, PP 178.00 mg/dl. As per his character he became serious and started : (1) To stop drinking of tea (as per his opinion it is better to stop drinking tea without sugar) and (2) started to take "Glucose Health" a food supplement from Amway. On 22nd July he again examined and the results:
Blood Sugar (Fasting) : 94.00 mg/dl
Blood Sugar (PP) : 125.00 mg/dl
Urine for sugar (PP) : Nil
Glycosylated Haemoglobin : 7.4%
His target is to bring down Sugar (PP) to 100.00 mg and Glycosylated Haemoglobin: 6.5%
I want to inform the mylotters that by taking medicine my blood sugar lebel has not fallen till date. My present sugar lebel: 152.00 mg/dl.
Hope mylotters will share their views.
3 responses
@kunu111185 (211)
• India
3 Jan 13
Thanks for sharing the information as this information is going to help many people and especially to one of my friend.Last sunday we had a long chat about his diabetic condition and he is just fed of with the oral hypoglycemic medication therapies and just want to try something else which is very effective.Just I was seaching for something for him and I found your information.As you are telling its working I will definitely suggest this to him.
@timsmom3 (21)
• United States
5 Aug 12
Keep in mind that everyone is different on where their levels should be, and the doctors don't tell you that. My fasting is always 130 or around there. Solution? I don't fast. I always wake during the night around 2am, so now I get up and eat 1/2 peanut butter sandwich with no jelly, and drink a glass of water. My body cannot handle fasting. Many times, the body panics thinking it's not going to get any sugar. When this happens, such as during fasting, it stores sugar to use for energy and your numbers are higher. If you eat every three or four hours, this won't happen. For some of us, that includes through the night. If my blood sugar drops below 100, I feel faint, irritable and shaky. My normal is 115.
As for your blood sugar, here are some things I learned that helps me maintain my blood sugar without any medication.
1. Eat every three or four hours, but not a lot. Just enough to give your body something to work with.
2. ALWAYS combine a protein with a carbohydrate. This keeps the blood sugar stable. Increase the protein intake if your numbers run higher. Protein breaks down slower, keeping the blood sugar stabile for longer periods of time than carbs. However, eating only protein and no carbs isn't healthy, either. You need both, but it's all about the portion size. Eat small but equal amounts of protein and carbs and larger portions of veggies.
3. Be careful with fruit. While it is a natural sugar, it is still sugar. I can't have it, at all. That makes my blood sugar skyrocket more than a piece of candy bar.
4. When craving something you aren't supposed to have, just have a bite. I keep Hershey bars in the freezer and bite off one square when I feel like devouring a whole piece of cake or something else. It satisfies the taste buds without raising the blood sugar drastically.
5. Drink a glass of water before or after each meal. It helps flush out excess sugar. I do it after a meal,about 30 minutes before testing my blood sugar.
6. Exercise after each meal. This may not be necessary after each snack but I found that just walking through my house briskly for five or ten minutes lowered my blood sugar quite a bit, without any effort.
7. Avoid diet or sugar free products. This is a situation where using a tiny bit of real sugar is better for you. The diet products contain aspartame most of the time, which his horrible for diabetics, especially, but everyone in general.
8. Research low glycemic foods. These are carbohydrates that don't drastically affect the blood sugar. An example of a low glycemic food is a sweet potato while a russet potato is a high index food. Knowing which carbs will affect your blood sugar in various ways will help you choose good foods you enjoy eating without the drastic consequences.