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Posted 5/26/2012 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
My mum has pre-diabetic condition with fasting blood glucose level 7.2 mmol/L
She has a normal BMI ~ 19, I guess losing weight is not an option.
She exercise daily for 20mins but it's a very light exercise, as she complains of joint pain.
Her carbohydates are from oat in the breakfast and brown rice in afternoon and evening meals.
What can she do to help keep her condition in control or reverse it?
Posted 5/26/2012 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
Hello and welcome to the Diabetes Forum.  Are you in Canada or the UK?  (I had to use the conversion chart for the blood sugar equivalent.)  Yes, her fasting is elevated and doctors want fasting to be under 5.5 (under 100 mg).  Since this is not a critically high blood sugar reading, I would think that she could lower her fasting to normal if she did cut down on the oats and rice.  Sometimes, even halving the portion and eating more vegetables and salad in place of those carbs would help.  Please read the sticky at the top of our forum for help in understanding food.  I would also encourage your mom to register and come here and ask all her questions.  We would like to meet her!
Posted 5/27/2012 11:52 AM (GMT 0)
thanks Lanie for the advice, my mum is not tech savvy, she has had a hard time using PC and the net, so I am surfing the net for her! We live in a country using the metric system.

I read that medication is not required for pre-diabetics. Dietary control is the accepted way. I am not sure if it is sufficient.

Do you think Omega 3&6 supplement will benefit her? She also has a slightly higher than normal LDL cholestrol and triglycedride as well.
Posted 5/27/2012 12:07 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, well, as far as her blood sugar, the best way to lower her blood sugar is to stop eating so many carbohydrates like the oats and rice.  If this is impossible for her to do (I understand it's hard to change habits but this is about health!), she should at least cut them in half.  Then, she should eat move vegetables (not root vegetables) and salad food like lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes.  Some people have good results with supplements like omega 3 and 6 for cholesterol.
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