I am Type I diabetic. My dietician recommended this product for me to supplement my protein intake. There is a product called BeneProtein made by Nestle Nutrition under the "Resource" label that is tasteless, nonthickening and can be mixed into any liquid. I thought it worked very well to supplement my protein levels. You have to order it through a pharmacy here in Canada. I got a 32 serving canister of it for $22 CDN. Each provided scoop has 7g of protein, 0 g fat and 0 g carbs (about 1/2 serving of protein). Directions for use are to mix one scoop into at least 120 ml (about 1/3 cup) of most hot or cold beverages or prepared soft foods including mashed potatoes, soup, pudding, hot cereal, tea, coffee or juice. It contains Whey protein isolate and soy lecithin. You can search for the product on Nestle Nutrition's website I believe if you want more information.

Best of luck,
Wil :)

I am four weeks post op from a RNY.  My blood sugar numbers are running high, but under 200.  I am so hopeful that I can stay off insulin.  I have not seen my endocronologist yet.  Has anyone experienced that blood sugar numbers stabalize and go down post surgery?

Julia

I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic when I was a teen. I was 16, I believe. My gyn found glucose in my urine. I wish I'd had a better medical team at the time to truly impress the seriousness of the issue, but instead, I was basically told to stop drinking regular sodas and to eat more vegetables, and an endocrinologist told me to take chromium picolinate. No one ever requested further testing to check my A1C, my fasting insulin level, nothing. I do recall having had some sort of meal tolerance test (go in, have a blood draw, go eat breakfast, come back for another blood draw 2 hours later), but I don't even remember the results, so I assume they weren't alarming. Looking back, it was all quite laughable - no wonder I ended up with full-blown type 2!

Hopefully, you have a better doc than I did. Or at least YOU have a greater understanding (no one in my family was diabetic at the time) and can work with your son through this. If it is just PRE-diabetes (which some medical professionals will disagreee even exists - you'reeither diabetic or you're not), then he's in a good position to turn things around through diet and exercise alone.

113 fasting? That's a great improvement, but not considered "normal," still "impaired." Congrats on getting off all the meds - isn't it so freeing?!

I lost about 20 lbs on it very quickly, and another 20 over the next 8 months.  It was good for that little bit of weight loss, but did nothing for my blood sugars.

Joanna