help me to postpone diabetes

HI

You need to avoid rice and eat chapati..

Try eating this kinda foods..
Chapati
Broken wheat upma
Broken wheat pongal,
Broken wheat bisebele bath.
Ragi

And google for Low Glyemic Index foods..

 

Hi,

Try avoiding rice, potatoes these are rich in carbohydrates. Do some walking this will surely reduce your sugar levels.

TC

 

dear OP,

I too had gestational diabetes. You will have to control your diet and weight. I guess in another 5-6 months you will be thru' with your BF. Then you can either go to your diabetologist and request him for a calorie or meal chart for you or you can take some preventive steps yourself.

For myself, I stopped taking sugar in my tea/coffee. I cut down on sweets, rice, potato, yam, pumpkin, white flour etc. Switch to olive oil if you can. Try to cook in minimum oil, reduce fried stuff and juices. Eat more of salads. Take a light dinner. The more you exercise, the better will be your metabolism. However, everyone's body reacts differently to food stuff so you will have to check which foods increase your sugar levels.

Buy a sugar monitor like Accuchek etc so that you can monitor your sugars at home. Every 6 months go for your HbA1c blood test. It is a simple blood test after fasting for 12 hours to check if you have been able to control your sugars in the past 3 months. I also go for annual eye tests.

The best preventive care for diabetes is to change your lifestyle - control your diet and increase your exercise. Though diabetes cannot be cured, it can be controlled effectively at home. So dont worry ..... just bring about some changes in your diet, monitor your sugar levels regularly and you will do just fine.

love,
kylie

 

OP.
Control your portion size...the quantity of food you consume over three meals should be broken down to 5 meal times.

Another thing is to wait for 30 mts after mealtime and do light exercise for 20-30 minutes.

 

things will come to normal...
u can worry abt ur weight after 3 years.. feed the baby well for atleast 2 and a half years...
all ur fat will go off,,,,, if u feed ur baby well...

 

Hi,

Many have given you awesome advise. I just like to add one thing - 'do your own experiment'. See the effects of various food on your body by checking your sugar levels after eating each kind of food. When I had Gestational Diabetes , I have found the following :
1. If you eat enough protein with every carb meal, BS doesn't spike immediately.
2. Also, adding good fat with every meal like spreading ghee on Chapathi has a magic effect on BS. Don't believe in the myth that fat is bad or causes cholesterol. But eat only good quality fat, not the chemically refined vegetable oils. Of course, moderation is the key.
3. Talking about wheat, it could spike your sugar as much as rice or more. Eating chapathi or idli, spiked for me but not rice with protein. I have heard the similar experiences from others. Also wheat has 'gluten' which may not suit everyone's gut even if there is no adverse reaction. Experiment and judge for yourself.
4. Fixing the gut and fixing the metabolism will cure most of the ailments. I am researching and experimenting on this. Will update you with more advise once I find success on my own experiments

 

Loosing just 5 pounds from your existing weight will surely push you away from prediabetic category.watch what you eat,adding enough protein ,vegetables and fruits will help you maintain healthy weight.Cut down on carb.Even I had GD while I was pregnant with my LO a year ago.Taking formula 1 nutritional shake while breast feeding is a good alternative,it helps control your borderline sugar.moderate household work will also help you to burn calories.

All the best!