Need help from diabetics on this board.

That's awful. Sending hugs your way 🫂🫂🫂

Not diabetic but have a friend who is. I'd say avoid the pita.

You want foods with a low glycemic index. You can reduce starch levels of pasta, potatoes, and rice by cooking, cooling to cold in fridge, then reheating.

Avoid juices.

I'm going to have to add later due to low battery.

This should be helpful.

commonsensehealth.com/the-glycemic-index-food-list-of-low-gi-foods/

Also, I use this site a lot:

www.fooducate.com/

If it's rare, I wouldn't even think of it as cheating.

I noticed they added "unhealthy" foods to that glycemic food list and added higher-fat things like avocado and nuts to the foods to avoid. Experts disagree. Just don't eat a lot. Low-fat foods can leave you craving.

More important is staying active and getting enough sleep.

WOW WKM, I hope you are feeling better.
My daughter gets pneumonia at least once a year. I know how weak she gets.


NJ's article looks good. I'll see if I find others. Your food likes/dislikes really limit what I would tell you.


My husband's A1C was high.
He lost 20 lbs and it went into the normal range. That's him

He eats lots of stuff he shouldn't, but just not as much 🥴

WKM - So sorry to hear that you've been in the hospital. I haven't been on this board for awhile. mr sunshine had a total knee replacement and we've been busy with 3x a week physical therapy.

mr sunshine and I are both type 2 diabetics. We've been able to keep ours under control for over 12 years. Most of the things that you listed you can't/won't eat are the things that we do eat. Of course, we try to eliminate sugars and carbs. Cutting carbs is pretty easy if you can substitute things. You said you like pita bread and so do we. You can either eat smaller amounts/portions of things or actually substitute something. We use a lot of small street taco type tortillas instead of bread for sandwiches (roll them up) or toast them in the toast to use for tortilla chips with salsa. That would also work for hummus. Most vegetable are okay, but watch out with corn, peas and some others that are higher in carbs. Instead of mashed potatoes, use riced/mashed cooked cauliflower and just make it like the potatoes. I've also made 'potato salad' by substituting cooked cauliflowerets instead of potatoes and add everything else you would to potato salad.

You said you don't like eggs, but do you like them scrambled? We eat scrambled eggs - saute spinach and chopped zucchini, onions in butter, when whip the eggs with a little whipped cream cheese and add to the veggies. You can also use this in the rolled tortilla shells.

Good luck! My most difficult thing to cut was pop/soda and ice cream. You can still have ice cream, but they say limit it to 1/2 cup, same thing with pasta - the amount that would fit into the palm of your hand. How many people eat that small amount of pasta for a meal.

That's where the kitchen scale comes in for me. I generally cook 112 g (2 portions). I may eat it all or may save some, but I always know what I began with.

Watch the tomato sauces as well. Healthiest are 240 mg sodium and 4 g sugar (0 added sugars) for a 1/2 cup serving. So if you don't see these numbers figure out why. Some will trick you with a serving size of 1/4 cup.

Another good site is Eat This, Not That, but they could be more focused on lower sodium and such than inflammation and quality ingredients from a diabetic perspective.

www.eatthis.com/unhealthiest-pasta-sauce/

Nutrition Action is great, but most of their stuff is not free.

www.cspinet.org/article/whats-hot-healthier-ice-cream-aisle

Hmm, they actually have a ton of free stuff, and lots of best bites downloads.

www.cspinet.org/article/snacks-make-healthy-eating-easy

www.cspinet.org/page/shop-smart

Feeling ok?