My mother's been paranoid about me having type 2 diabetes because both she and my dad has it. They have that self tester thing (sorry don't know what it's called.. the one that pricks your finger?), and my dad just tested me and I got a reading of 7.2..Is 7.2 bad?? I'm really quite worried. I'm scared what that might mean? I'm only 21, will being diagnosed with diabetes greatly affect my life? What can I do? I'm obviously going to the doctors to get it confirmed. The thing is a couple of months ago I went and had the exact same test(the prick finger type) at the gp and the reading was normal and fine.. What's with that? Is it type 2 or 1??
I'm 21, 165cm about 50kg give or take.
Nana Lamb - 3.5 to 5.5 is normal!! Over 5.5 mmol/L is diabetes!! What do you think!! Ask the doctor for HbA1c blood draw to make sure, not finger pricking as that is only a snapshot in time. A1c is an average of the last 90 days with emphasis on the last 30. Then ask for the results sheet, not just a "you are fine" answer.
ReplyDeleteBut again, the glucometers are not all created equally. Some can be up to 25% off and still be considered ok. This includes the ones the doctors and hospitals use!! Also to be considered is how long after eating did your mother do the testing? 2 hours? 3 or 4 hours? Yes, that makes a difference also.
Oh, yeah!! It most likely would not be type 1 as that is a really fast hitting disease and puts most into the hospital with instant access to syringes and insulin education.
Rohini - Food habits matter a lot in controlling Diabetes. Alternative treatment like Ayurveda, can normalize diabetes. From personal experience, shodhana chikitsa (purification therapy), diet control, exercises and some more therapies that one of my relative underwent in AyurVAID hospital really showed amazing results. His blood sugar level has normalized. You can get in touch with AyurVAID hospital and find out more about the treatment procedure. http://ayurvaid.com/diabetes-ayurvaid-approach
ReplyDeletebuffalo - If a fasting test , yes thats diabetes country....
ReplyDeleteHere is how your whole family should eat.
http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.
There are 4 key steps to controlling glucose levels :
1) EXERCISE- Walking is fine but Nordic Walking is Great. Exercise also lowers Glucose levels , lowers Cholesterol and lowers Blood Pressure. Google it.Exercise is Non-Negotiable !!!Thats why it is Number 1 on the list.
2) Knowledge- http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.ph… This is a great site for info
3) Meds. Metformin to start. Never , ever take Actos or Avandia.4) Diet- A low carb diet is in order. I can't count carbs so I use Mendosa's Glycemic Index Diet. Great for the whole family. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
Take care
Buff