Please define restricted diet.
My 20%DMII rating is being reopened and proposed to be reduced to 0% as the VA thinks I am not being treated.The question is, what is a restricted diet according to the VA?I have been following the...
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In general a restricted diet would mean losing weight and controlling your food intake to keep you blood sugar down. Many times that is all it takes to control diabetes in it's early stages.
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oldjarhead wrote:My 20%DMII rating is being reopened and proposed to be reduced to 0% as the VA thinks I am not being treated.The question is, what is a restricted diet according to the VA?I have been...
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I see a dietian every 2 months for weight management and diet counseling for DMII. Is this considered a restricted diet. We discuss what to eat and how much and sugar levels. I am on metformin as...
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Yes, I have been seing 3 docs every six months since 2008 when DMII was diagnosed. None of them, a civilian PCM, an Endocronologist and the VA doc, have used the term restricted diet. They all tell...
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I can't see where they get the 0% from. If anything is would be 10% because you are not on insulin or medication for diabetes. I think they are making a mistake on that. Every diabetic is on a...
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My "civilian" doctor had me attend classes conducted by a nutritionist - 2 classes - where they explained A1-C and also demonstrated how to "read the label" on stuff you buy. Bottom line - restrict...
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oldjarhead wrote:Yes, I have been seing 3 docs every six months since 2008 when DMII was diagnosed. None of them, a civilian PCM, an Endocronologist and the VA doc, have used the term restricted...
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The results are, in 4 years I lost over 50lbs, still eat like a bird, exercise like I was going to the olympics and drink very little alcohol. It paid off. My A1C is in the 5.5 to 5.7 range. man o...
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A "Restricted Diet" would include the following: Low carbohydrates, high fiber, high protein, low salt, and a minimum of "fast food" (if any is allowed at all). All you need to do is have your PCP...
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Just to give an update to this saga.I had a personal hearing in early December after having submitted all the medical evidence that I was being treated for DMII and was controlling it with restricted...
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HERE, to me is the problem.... Your A1C is less than, I think 6 or 6.5, which they classify as diabetic. Maybe wrong but I know mine was declined until I hit 6 something, then it was approved. Prior...
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oldjarhead wrote:Just to give an update to this saga.I had a personal hearing in early December after having submitted all the medical evidence that I was being treated for DMII and was controlling it...
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Daman,I think the difference is I was diagnosed with DMII before the use of A1c numbers. I was dagnosed with the GCTT which was the deciding test then. Later my numbers were given with A1c tests and...
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In cases where Diabetes type II is presumptive due to Agent Orange, the determination is made based on 10%, no medication and diet; 20% if an oral diabetic medication is used; 40% based on insulin use...
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Patrick428 wrote: In cases where Diabetes type II is presumptive due to Agent Orange, the determination is made based on 10%, no medication and diet; 20% if an oral diabetic medication is used; 40%...
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It just proves that DBII has many different faces so to speak. Some of us are shall we say are more fragile than others, some respond better than others to diet alone, some require oral meds like...
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