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\r\n \r\n Thanks, I will just avoid potato, pasta, rice, but maybe some wild rice once in a while and no bread. That should help a lot along with turkey and salmon once a week because I\'m just not much of a meat eater with my high colestrole/\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I think brown/wild rice would be a better choice over white, also wheat pasta over regular. You may consider taking a Chromium Picolinate supplement. Also, Bitter Melon is good to regulate blood sugar, either supplement or natural food.
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\nCinnamon is the simple thing to take and use. As Saved1986 recommended, a cinnamon stick \'tea\' sipped throughout the day is very good for diabetics. I\'m in the same situation as you, and I take a Chromium Picolinate daily, NOW brand, 200 mcg. So far, so good.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n High cholesterol is usually a byproduct of a liver issue. I would look into that. 80% of the cholesterol in the body comes from the liver\'s production of it. Do you have aches or pains in your lower rib area on the right where your liver is located?
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\nI quit eating bread, pasta, rice, potatos, but how about beans, lentils, and Barly which is high in Carbs but arn\'t they more complex and ok to eat?\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I think that beans, lentils and barley are okay to eat. Here\'s some info about lentils...https://www.natmedtalk.com/f49/4715-l...s-recipes.html\r\n

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