It looks like your 8kg may be positively impacting on any insulin resistance you may suffer from. That has to be good news.Yes I did and no thanks. Drastically reducing one type of food while taking a lot of another simply doesn't seem like such a good idea to me. I prefer a more balanced diet. Besides, if the Chinese Restaurant Effect is true, then even LC is not really LC and can cause high blood sugar.
I'm quite happy with my 140-150 grams of carbs per day. My BG is constantly decreasing - this week, before meal average is 5.0 (despite the dawning effect), and 2 hours after 5.6. I lost 8 kg in 3 months, and all my results (except the blasted C-peptid) are great. Despite eating things like tortilla, pasta, oatmeals, banana, whole-grain bread, etc. - although in portions that are about 1/3 of what I used to eat before.
Hi Sigalit. I'm doing same as you with carbs, not particularly low, but lower than a non diabetic. I'm type 1 and take Novorapid 3 times a day and lantus as a base once a day, are you on similar insulin, if so what sort of unit amounts do you inject? I only ask ask I've been diagnosed for less than 2 weeks, and trying to get to normal levels, I'm currently about 9 or 10 bg when I test, which is always before meals. But was diagnosed at 23!! So less than half now, am getting there thanks
I see this mentioned quite often around here, but I still have no idea what it's supposed to mean. I tried to google it, and guess what - all the links refer back to this forum. xD
So, what is it?