On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:44:45 -0800, Ron > wrote:

>On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:15:26 -0500, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> wrote:
>
>>How many here have some form of food restriction diet? I was diagnosed with
>>type 2 diabetes a number of years ago and was given a regimen to
>>follow.......harder than it looks/sounds. If you have a condition/diet how
>>do you do it? Just curious, as it seems like a never ending attempt to do
>>something only to fail badly at it.
>>-ginny
>>
>
>I manage my diet by reducing the sugar and carbs and increasing fruits
>and vegetables. Combine that with exercising at the gym 3 to 5 days a
>week (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes strength training) and my blood
>sugar is normal. I could pass a blood glucose tolerance test easily.

Don't bet on that. Just because you control with diet and exercise,
does not mean you aren't a diabetic. A GTT provides full frontal
attack on your insulin production and resistance. No whole grains
involved.

Nothing cures T2 diabetes...you can control it, but you cannot cure
it. - at least not with any methods we have now.

Boron

>I don't have any set meal plan other than what I said above. The
>carbs I do eat are mostly whole grain. I've been known to eat a piece
>of cake now and then with no adverse effects. I just can't have it
>every day. We usually have raw vegetables at dinner... broccoli,
>carrots, celery or whatever sounds good at the time. Reduce the number
>of meals with red meat and increase those with chicken or fish. Once
>you find what controls your blood sugar readings the meal planning
>comes easier.
>
>Don't forget the exercising... it's as important as the dieting.
>
>Ron Kelley