What diet should I follow to maintain/gain weight? I am newly diagnosed type 2 following a low carb diet but I have very high blood sugars.
Hi,
A low carb diet should help lower your blood glucose levels and if you re finding that they are not lowering then it may be worthwhile using the dietary self assessment and the carbohydrate sections of the handbook to check how many grams of carbohydrate you are eating each day, it's very easy to consume more than you think if you are not using a tracking method so recording your food and drink each day is a great start. It might also be useful to have a look at your portions and portion sizes, as before we often underestimate how many portions we are having. Using the food diaries from page 23 of the handbook onwards and the recommendations for number of portions and portion size according to the dietary approach you are using which can can be found on pages 27 -41you should be able to identify how you can lower your blood glucose level.
