I used to eat a lot of fatty foods while I was traveling on business is last 12 months and also drank lots of soda. My routine blood test showed that my blood sugar was 132 mg/DL but I had consumed 3 tic tacs just before the test. My fasting sugar was 98 mg/DL one year ago and after all the unhealthy eating in last one year I had this high reading above.
My doctor will be ordering a followup blood test within a week or two to check for sugar again since it was high. Now here is the question. I worked out for 30-40 minutes on treadmill every day for last 6 days and have been on a very strict diet with an exception of 2 cups of rice that I eat every day. My fasting blood sugar today morning is 97 mg/DL. I also have fever right now for last 2 days …its a viral my whole family has right now. I do not know if fever and throat infection can lower glucose. So I am not sure what I should assume. But I will now on be very proactive and do exercise at least 5 days a week if not all. Is such a major change possible ? How can I still make sure if I truly have prediabetes or diabetes ?
Would this diet work or should I continue of a strict diet. I find it very tough to continue on this strict diet. How much can I relax on a daily basis ? I am a vegetarian (eat eggs only) and do not consume alcohol.
Here is what I ate in past: lots of fried food (I am a vegetarian, 2 regular COKEs during 4 days of the week, cooked food with 1 tablespoon of oil, rice (2-3 cups everyday while not traveling, thai-italian-indian-chinese food (while traveling, icecreams, sweets (as I have a sweet tooth), indian bread (with little ghee). Drank less that 1 liter water per day.
Here is what I am eating for last 6 days: drinking 2 liters of water per day, no sodas or juices, 2-4 cups of fruits like watermelons/ strawberries/blackberries, some crackers (4-5 pieces), one cup tea with 2 teaspoon sugar, 2-3 cups of rice everyday, vegetable cooked in spices along with 1-2 teaspoon oils per serving, bread occasionally. One meal with fruits and other with rice.
Can I relax my current diet a bit? I would like to stay on sugar level below 100 mg/DL for most of my life without any medications. I do not take any medications right now.
Is the below diet reasonable to stay below 100 mg/DL for possible most of my life?
Daily basis: Eat 2-4 cups of fruits, one cup of tea with 2 teaspoon sugar and some snacks like crackers, one meal (2 indian bread with no oil made of wheat flour, one cup vegetables cooked with 2 teaspoon oil per serving with indian spices, 1 cup lentil curry cooked in 1 teaspoon oil per serving), second meal (2-3 cups indian rice, 2 cups vegetables with spices and 2 teaspoon oil per serving ). I somehow cannot stand stand eating raw vegetables like salad, but some can add it once or twice a week if absolutely needed. I also eat egg based dishes (4 eggs per week) but these are lightly fried in 2-4 teaspoon canola oil.
I am not sure how much of the below can I add to my current without risking my health much:
(1) Fruit Juice (one cup per day or can I have more)
(2) Wheat bread (one bread per day on break fast)
(3) Add 1 teaspoon oil/ghee to two indian breads that I eat every day
(4) Dessert (not fat free) once per week or two weeks
(5) Can I eat 1-2 cups indian fried snack at home one a week or two weeks which is fried in Canola Oil?
(6)Eat egg based dishes (2-3 eggs per week) but can be lightly fried in 2-4 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil.
I will not consume Soda any more that I used to consume a lot in the past. But how much other things I can have ? Like SIMPLY Orange Juice, Lemonade, etc as they have sugar in them.
Any feedback is highly appreciated.
Saj
Thanks everyone and Tin S. I very much appreciate all your feedback from bottom of my heart.
PS: Tin S, yes… very good question. The reason is my family physician never had a lab onsite and I used to do the routine blood work always at Labcorp on some other day. This particular day he said his office can draw my blood during the same visit. I did tell the lab technician that I ate tic tac but doc said it was OK and they are going to make note in my file. If I had known that they have a lab and there may be a test then I would have gone fasting.
Dr Russo, Thanks for the feedback. You indeed answer question yesterday very precisely. But my sugar level (fasting) of 97 mg/dl (that too I am running 101 fever) puzzled me as to whether I am diabetic or not. So posted a further question with specific historical details.
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