Apologies, juney, for taking so long to respond to your posting.From what you say, I feel that your doctor is being rather lackadaisical about your diabetes in particular. (Hypercholesterolaemia ... high cholesterol levels often accompanies diabetes, as do hypertension (high blood pressure), and both can be bad signs if not treated.)
My advice to you would be to ask your GP to refer you to see a dietitian. You certainly need to know what foods are better for you to be eating with both of those conditions.
I've found a few online sources that will help you with cholesterol levels ... the first two advise on foods to eat that will help lower your cholesterol level, and the others help you understand cholesterol a bit more. (There are actually different types of cholesterol, sometimes referred to as 'good' cholesterol and 'bad' cholesterol. This helps to clear that bit up.)
I do have some other texts on my computer, but I can't recall whether I got the information from medical books or whether it was online. Either way I don't have a link to where I got it from.
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/9-fo...|02-20-2008|
http://www.abbottdiabetescare.co.uk/libr...
http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/cho...
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/incr...
The thing with helping you to control your diabetes is that you should eat less of things that have a great deal of carbohydrate in them. (Carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars ... glucose being the one that you test for when you test your blood. Your doctor has recommended that you test your blood hasn't s/he?)
Things to avoid would be cakes, biscuits (cookies for our American friends), sweets (candy for our American friends), things that are high in saturated fats, so watch your crisps (potato chips for our American friends), bacon butties, etc.
Actually, cutting back on anything that contains fat (trans fats, in particular) will also assist in both lowering your blood sugar levels and your cholesterol levels. (Fat tends to slow down absorption of foodstuff and hence the breakdown into useable 'fuel' ... glucose. This will cause your blood sugar to be at a higher level for longer periods.)
I'm afraid I can't add the text files that I've got as attachments in messages sent via email from here or I'd send you some of the more interesting ones about the types of foods that will lower your cholesterol levels. Maybe if I could send you one at a time through here. I'll wait for a reply from you as I don't want to overload your mailbox.
I do hope you get a better response if you approach your GP again.
Be well, dear lady.
Lots of Love and Light.
Mick
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P.S. Please don't be offended, or alarmed, at the "x's". It's simply a logo, of sorts, that I've used for some 30-odd years now.
