I am a diabetic, what can I do to help control my blood sugar because I would like to get off medication.?
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My advice to you would be to set a goal of reducing your blood sugar level (average) instead setting the goal of getting of medication. This will happen if you lower your levels.
Keep doing what you are doing -- eating healthy, exercising, and following your medication regiment. If you are averaging around 164, you may be able to eventually result to treating your diabetes solely with diet and exercise. It will take time though if this happens, so don't expect it to happen overnight.
I really hope you can treat your condition without prescription meds, but remember that if you do have to take a pill everyday, its not that bad and you're not the only one that does this on a daily basis.
Keep up the good work!
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Exercise is always good!
There are a few things like exercise, eating the right types of food etc.
count carbs I would strongly recommend seeing a nutritionist who can set up a proper diet that would naturally control the diabetes allowing you to get off the medication. This was the course of action suggested to my father in law who was just diagnosed.
Getting off medicine is not advisable. It can be dangerous. So continue your medication.
do what your dr tells you. And lose weight.
Well 164 for a diabetic is pretty good. As far as controlling it, the best thing you can do is to not eat any carbs. Eat steak and not bread. Read the South Beach Diet book.
Cut out bread, potatoes and high starches. Get more excersize.
Exercise about 30-60 minutes a day! Not have to be a weight lifter.
Then just watch/be aware of what you eat, especially foods high in sugar and carbohydrates.
You need some of these foods, sooooo, if you eat a Potato (like Half) do not eat Bread! This give you an example.
IF, you have a meter, continue to monitor your Blood Sugar. In time you figure out a good exercise/diet plan that good for you.
Justin M below me make a good point, my answer is for "Type 2"!
It depends on what kind of diabetes you have, how advanced, your age and lifestyle. among other things.
If you are a Type 2 diabetic, i.e. a non-insulin-user, then there is a fair chance you can reduce the impact of the disease by lifestyle changes. exercise, careful diet, etc.
If you are in the fairly early stages, this may be enough to get you off your medication, but I have to warn you that this is only a temporary reprieve. it's not a cure, you will still be a diabetic, and diabetes tends to get worse as you get older. This means you will have to continue to monitor your blood glucose from time to time, get regular blood-work done and consult with your doctor. at some point, you'll need medication again.
When you say "average blood sugar", how are you calculating that? It will flucuate, of course, but the important figure is the reading you get a couple of hours after eating. If you can get that down to around 120, on a regular basis, you're doing well
But, not to be too gloomy, I applaud your efforts to take control of your condition, and wish you every success
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This vegetable is available in all Philipino markets. I think some Indian grocery shops also have this vegetable.
Wash the vegetable and eat it raw - about half the vegetable per day and check your sugar level after about 4 days - you will see the difference. Of course I must warn you that the taste of it is very unpleasant. Once you know that it is good for you you will come to like it.
I know a person who was injecting insulin daily stopped it after his wife started to crush the vegetable and made him to drink a half cup of this juice daily.
Of course you have to have it raw. Boiling it or cooking it and eating it will have no results.
If you get good results post it as a question in this section so that others will know the value of this vegetable.
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