Hi everyone,
just joined last week but have already taken in a lot of info about Diabetes. If you saw my intro posts, you know I'm a Wisconsinite with a serious bread/olive/meat/cheese/cashews/etc. problem
, and was recently scared straight by my doc. I found out Friday (after joining up here) that there's a chance I've got prediabetes given symptoms I showed in jUly and general bad health, and have to fast + go in for a test next week......
You can imagine that was a bit of a shock/coincidence on Fri., given that when I joined this forum all I really knew (or had paid attention to) was that I had to be more careful with my diet given some observations th doctor made last month during a routine physical. So I came on here, got some input, and decided to speak to the nurse on Friday to find out more specifics if there were any.
That's when she said I would need to come in for testing, and was actually supposed to have made an appointment a week ago! It wasn't just a case of a more or less gentle "better be careful, Steve" like I thought but rather, "we need to check this thing out NOW, buddy." so it's been a weird few days for me and Amy, but glad to be here where there's so much info and support.
sorry for the preface.
so Anyway I've been reading around a lot and getting some more insight, especially diet-wise, as without knowing much _for sure_ that's all I really know to focus on at this time. It makes me feel a bit more in control here. My fiancee tells me that I would be happy in Italy (she lived there in her teens) because of my olive/cheese/meat/bread obsession. I agree. Others have said, "you could live on a Mediterranean diet, pretty much, huh?" or something to that effect
But I didn't (don't) really know what that meant, "Mediterranean," until I came across this article that merges two things in my life: an apparent love of mediterranean foods, and a recent fact-hunting mission Re: diabetes. Swear I was searching for "diabetes diet" and not "I love meat/cheese/olives + diabetes?" though don't put it past me Here's what I got: Going Mediterranean Could Cut Your Diabetes Risk | Pure Matters Ittalks about olive (oil) and nuts,which is nice--any idea if cheese/bread come under here as well? Again, still not sure what all is "Mediterranean." Guessing this might not apply, since it says "Cutting back on saturated fat, found in fatty meats and in full-fat dairy products, also helps maintain or improve insulin sensitivity, research suggests."
Any idea if this is a tried-and-true good track to be on for the undiagnosed? Also, what else might be easily integrated and tastes good? Really, any general ease-my-way-in diet advice is much appreciated. Still bummed about the full-fat dairy and fatty meats warning, though....
Thx
-Steve
just joined last week but have already taken in a lot of info about Diabetes. If you saw my intro posts, you know I'm a Wisconsinite with a serious bread/olive/meat/cheese/cashews/etc. problem
, and was recently scared straight by my doc. I found out Friday (after joining up here) that there's a chance I've got prediabetes given symptoms I showed in jUly and general bad health, and have to fast + go in for a test next week......You can imagine that was a bit of a shock/coincidence on Fri., given that when I joined this forum all I really knew (or had paid attention to) was that I had to be more careful with my diet given some observations th doctor made last month during a routine physical. So I came on here, got some input, and decided to speak to the nurse on Friday to find out more specifics if there were any.
That's when she said I would need to come in for testing, and was actually supposed to have made an appointment a week ago! It wasn't just a case of a more or less gentle "better be careful, Steve" like I thought but rather, "we need to check this thing out NOW, buddy." so it's been a weird few days for me and Amy, but glad to be here where there's so much info and support.
sorry for the preface.
so Anyway I've been reading around a lot and getting some more insight, especially diet-wise, as without knowing much _for sure_ that's all I really know to focus on at this time. It makes me feel a bit more in control here. My fiancee tells me that I would be happy in Italy (she lived there in her teens) because of my olive/cheese/meat/bread obsession. I agree. Others have said, "you could live on a Mediterranean diet, pretty much, huh?" or something to that effect
But I didn't (don't) really know what that meant, "Mediterranean," until I came across this article that merges two things in my life: an apparent love of mediterranean foods, and a recent fact-hunting mission Re: diabetes. Swear I was searching for "diabetes diet" and not "I love meat/cheese/olives + diabetes?" though don't put it past me
Here's what I got: Going Mediterranean Could Cut Your Diabetes Risk | Pure Matters Ittalks about olive (oil) and nuts,which is nice--any idea if cheese/bread come under here as well? Again, still not sure what all is "Mediterranean." Guessing this might not apply, since it says "Cutting back on saturated fat, found in fatty meats and in full-fat dairy products, also helps maintain or improve insulin sensitivity, research suggests." Any idea if this is a tried-and-true good track to be on for the undiagnosed? Also, what else might be easily integrated and tastes good? Really, any general ease-my-way-in diet advice is much appreciated. Still bummed about the full-fat dairy and fatty meats warning, though....
Thx
-Steve
