instruction: hello doctor I have diabetes and my reading before fasting is 165 and after fasting is 325 I am taking glycomet 250 three times a day and taking diabetes tablet once a day can you kindly advise on the diet to bring the after fasting reading down
output: hi welcome to icliniq com you need to first stop all sugars and sugar drinks fruits to be taken as a sweet fish only especially grapes mango and banana should be cut down many people think it is fine to eat bread rice or pasta but if you see deeply one bread of about 30 50 grams contains about 12 13 spoons of sugar I have seen people avoiding one spoon of sugar in the tea but eating two or three breads at the same time so cut down your bread rice pasta and potatoes and eat more vegetables you can take more lentils beans and salads another important aspect is intermittent fasting that can also help to control your sugars even there is growing evidence that intermittent fasting can reverse diabetes I hope it makes sense you need to check your sugars more frequently especially fasting and after two hours of eating and cut down anything which leads to higher sugar levels usually fasting sugar target is 100 120 and post prandial 160 180 and hba1c less than currently your sugars are high so you need to compliant with medications diet and may need drug modification as well