http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/09/19/thankyou/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/09/19/thankyou/#comment-160 Neva Marjory Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:04:23 +0000 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/09/19/thankyou/#comment-160 Since I am not on insulin, I can't answer your questions about it. A lot of type 2 diabetics can control their blood sugars with diet and exercise and oral medications. Believe it or not, too much bread is not a good idea. Bread, especially white bread, has a lot of carbohydrates and can raise your blood sugars if you eat too much. A nice balanced meal of a lean meat (a piece the size of a deck of cards), 1/2 to 1 cup of cooked pasta or 2 slices of bread, a 1/2 cup serving of a vegetable and another serving of a fruit would be a good meal. Don't panic at this point. Just eat healthy foods in 1/2cup to 1cup serving sizes. Limit fruit juices to small servings and don't eat too many starches. Spread your meals out over the day. You don't want to overload your system with too much food at any single <!--more--> meal. Make sure you see a diabetes educator and get a book on diabetes to look at. Over here you can buy some frozen dinners, like Lean Cuisine, which list the diabetic food exchanges on the package. -Dona Since I am not on insulin, I can’t answer your
questions about it. A lot of type 2 diabetics can control
their blood sugars with diet and exercise and oral
medications. Believe it or not, too much bread is not a good
idea. Bread, especially white bread, has a lot of
carbohydrates and can raise your blood sugars if you eat too
much. A nice balanced meal of a lean meat (a piece the
size of a deck of cards), 1/2 to 1 cup of cooked pasta
or 2 slices of bread, a 1/2 cup serving of a
vegetable and another serving of a fruit would be a good
meal. Don’t panic at this point. Just eat healthy foods
in 1/2cup to 1cup serving sizes. Limit fruit juices
to small servings and don’t eat too many starches.
Spread your meals out over the day. You don’t want to
overload your system with too much food at any single

meal. Make sure you see a diabetes educator and get a
book on diabetes to look at. Over here you can buy
some frozen dinners, like Lean Cuisine, which list the
diabetic food exchanges on the package. -Dona

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