2. Have your doctor prescribe a blood glucose meter, test strips and lancets. In most states, if you have a prescription for them, they must be covered under your insurance policy. Test as often as the doctor says to—or even more if you can afford more strips. The more you test, the more knowledge you will gain. That will give you more power.
Knowledge about diabetes is power:
Having diabetes means that your body doesn’t do a good job of using the food you eat because of a disturbance of carbohydrate metabolism. It’s those carbs that raise your blood glucose levels.
You can’t eliminate carbs from your diet, but you can eat those foods that have slower acting, i.e., lower glycemic carbs. The concept of the glycemic index is the most important and exciting area of nutrition to learn about. The glycemic index is a scientific system of measuring how fast a carbohydrate triggers a rise in circulating blood glucose—the higher the number, the greater the blood glucose response. You can find the most complete list of glycemic indexes on my Web site, David Mendosa
That’s all there is to it. Go for it!
