How I am fighting against diabetes!

Coming straight to the point, without taking any medicines, from HbA1C of 8.5 to 6.3 to 5.7; and, still onto lowering it further!

First and foremost: Cut your Sugar intake to zero. Zero means zero. Absolutely zero. By Sugar, I am referring to white (or some times brown) crystalline form of Sugar that is prepared in Sugar mills. Not only do we consume it in raw form (adding raw Sugar with our own hands in to our tea, milk, coffee, shakes, sweets, and what not), it is available as an ingredient in many many foods being sold as prepared items at shops and packaged foods. Be vigilant, read the label, ask the chef, or what ever... just do not eat any food with Sugar in it.

Second, do not go for sugar substitutes like Aspertame etc.. Strictly No!

Third, do not take any packaged drink with either (White) Sugar or High Fructose Corn Syrup as ingredient.

Fourth, go low on carbohydrates. Do not be dependent on wheat and rice for your energy. I know this one is like... what are you talking? But the fact is even after you would have adopted all the first three steps, and would have felt better with your readings, you wouldn't be able to jump the threshold to health without doing away with wheat and rice in your diet. As an alternative to wheat and rice, chapatis made of chana flour may be taken.

Fifth, ignore your tongue for the sake of rest of your body and go natural in your eating habits. On top of this, if you can get your hands on organic vegetables and fruits, nothing like it.

I am giving below a diet regime that has worked for me:

Empty Stomach: Drink one glass of water with Methi (Fenugreek) seeds soaked in it overnight. Either chew the soaked seeds or sprout them, and later add the sprouts on to your Dals (cooked pulses) or vegetables. Quantity of seeds should be around 1/2 to 1 teaspoon.

Morning walk for around 45 minutes before breakfast;

Breakfast: One big bowl of sprouts (Moong Dal / Bengal Gram (kala chana) etc.) with tomato, cucumber, green chilli, Olive oil/Coconut oil/Cow ghee (1-2 teaspoons), 4-5 overnight water soaked almonds, 2-3 walnuts, sprinkling of cinnamon powder, 1/2 teaspoon flaxseeds; seasonal fruits; [it is okay to replace sprouts with cooked Dal]

Between Breakfast and Lunch (optional): seasonal fruits (Do this snack only if you are very-2 hungry and can't wait till Lunch); Time gap between breakfast and lunch should be around 6 hours.

Lunch: 1 medium size bowl of cooked Chana Dal with 1-2 spoons of cow ghee;  1-2 medium size bowl of cooked vegetables; 1 medium size bowl of curd with sprinkling of roasted jeera (cumin seeds powder) or 50 gms of raw paneer with sprinking of cinnamon; lots of salad

Between Lunch and Dinner (optional): seasonal fruits (Do this snack only if you are very-2 hungry and can't wait till Dinner); Time gap between lunch and dinner should be around 6 hours.

Dinner: one big bowl of easily digestible boiled (not fried) cooked vegetables like Turai (Ridge Gourd), or Lauki (Bottle Gourd), or Tinda (Round Gourd), sprinkling of cinnamon, Cow ghee (1-2 teaspoons); beet root salad;

After dinner walk for approx. 45 minutes; 

Some time between Dinner and going to bed: 1 glass of Cow milk; pinch of turmeric powder (optional);  time gap between dinner and bed-time should be min. 2 hours

Some of our ancient and colloquial knowledge suggests us to go low on some kinds of fruits, and dry fruits et al.; and, you may choose to follow that advice. However, I eat all fruits, nuts, ...; and, just go moderate on some with high glycemic index like Banana, Cashew, and Jaggery.

I have only mentioned Chana Dal above; however, all dals (moong, urad, arhar, ...) and beans (rajma, lobia, ...) can be taken.

Coconut in any form is great to add to any of the above meals.

Source milk from indigenous cows of India, and prepare milk products from such milk. And, remember to chew your food well. 

By the way, this diet is helpful for healthy (non-diabetic) obese people as well who want to lose weight in a healthy manner. 😊

All the best!