Husband type 2 diagnosis.

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Hello, my husband has recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. His blood pressure is also fairly high. Since the high blood pressure he's been a little more mindful of healthy eating but it seems now he is really going to be serious about it.
He has a few extra pounds but isn't very overweight. He is however a bit of an emotional junk food eater.
We have read that low carb/Mediterranean style diets are most suitable but could I have some recommendations of some good cook books/websites please?
Thanks.

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There are some on the freshwell site and on the diabetes site, but I tend to just Google whatever it is I want to make along with low carb or keto and pick a recipe from there. There is the low carb londoner I think they are called that I've used recipes from.

I tend to pick one with plenty good reviews. As always, it's the accompaniments that tend to be harder.

When I switched from keto to low carb it was easier. I just make sure that I have brown rice or pasta and just a small portion of those.

I still eat high fat (butter/double cream/full fat yoghurt etc) as I need the calories so will add that into any recipes but obvs you need to do what suits.

I got my hba1c into normal range and will be considered to have reversed my diabetes if still okay in 6 months. That's purely by diet and (not enough) walking. No medication at all.

I wasn't overweight, at top of normal bmi but lost nearly 2. 5 stone and I am now slightly underweight and struggle to put any on now, hence all the butter and cream. However I don't have any other health issues to consider.

Sainsbury's stock low carb wraps if that helps.

www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/eating-with-diabetes/meal-plans/low-carb this is probably a good place to start as it's doesn't eliminate all carbs and the new way of eating needs to be sustainable.

Dp doesn't eat anything with sugar or sweeteners and dropped most other carbs (under lipid consultant guidance) he's been in remission for a couple of years and has also sorted his cholesterol levels.

This is really good: The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight... by Michael Mosley (amazon.co.uk) and a few other associated recipe books in the series.

I have type 1, and regular exercise will also help with insulin resistance. It doesn't have to be intense or a long session. Aerobic exercise works best to lower my blood glucose. Walking, cycling, running and swimming are what I like.

Thank you very much! It's going to be such a change.

My DH was diagnosed 3 years ago and has been in diet controlled remission ever since. He did an initial strict 1000 calories a day to drop 2 stone (from top end BMI to bottom end) and now maintains on a low carb diet with no rice, pasta, potato, bread or flour.
The Caldesi cookbooks were really helpful when we were starting out and include a section by Dr Unwin, the GP who champions the low carb approach.
Our main swaps are rice —> cauliflower rice (frozen single portions ) potato —> sweet potato or other root veg (as mash, fries etc)pasta —> edamame spaghetti, bread —> made from low carb mixture in a bread maker. Meals have bigger portions of protein, lots of veg, good fats from avocado, olive oil,nuts etc.
He also had high cholesterol and triglycerides - all sorted out with diet.

@Patchworksack thank you, that's really helpful.