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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1432009" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>Thank you for your friendly response [USER=393064]@ConejitoAzul[/USER] <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>However, I take issue with the analogy with alcoholism. Type 1 isn't an addiction to,carbs or an allergy to,carbs, it's caused by the loss of endogenous insulin production due to an auto immune attack. Carbs are NOT evil and it's wrong to suggest that eating carbs when you Type 1 is bad or stupid.</p><p></p><p>There are members here who've had Type 1 for more than 50 years, eaten carbs and are free of complications.</p><p></p><p>Yes, LCHF is another way of treating Type 1, but so is black coffee and whisky - an early treatment before the discovery of insulin.</p><p></p><p>Yes, some videos really 'sell' LCHF for Type 1 a "Look at this dreadful spiky graph...now look at this lovely smooth one.." but that's just what it is - selling with no basis in fact. I can produce two graphs like that too - one spiky, one smooth. What secret diet change did I make to get the smooth graph? Answer - none. I learnt to time my insulin and get my doses right. Every single 'bad before graph' I've seen has been from someone doing something wrong - every single one. </p><p></p><p>The key to controlling Type 1 isn't an extreme diet - of any kind. That is, neither too many carbs, nor too few. Eating too few carbs messes up insulin sensitivity, it can make control harder, and it can cause other health issues, as well as affect a child's life. Low<em>er</em> carb is sensible (and each person will find their own level) but eliminating carbs down to a minimal level is unnecessary and potentially harmful. This is doubly true for growing children.</p><p></p><p>Keto/LCHF might be trendy and a moneymaker but it's not a natural,way of eating and it's definitely not suitable for children - duabetic or not, in my opinion. Even my friend who is strict paleo and also low carbs because she has weight issues, makes sure to,give her children more carbs.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is if you can't cntrol your blood sugar on a moderate amount of carbs, you're probably doing something wrong. Therefore the answer is to,remedy that - not to swap to an extreme diet and then wrongly think that's some magic solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 1432009, member: 39639"] Thank you for your friendly response [USER=393064]@ConejitoAzul[/USER] :) However, I take issue with the analogy with alcoholism. Type 1 isn't an addiction to,carbs or an allergy to,carbs, it's caused by the loss of endogenous insulin production due to an auto immune attack. Carbs are NOT evil and it's wrong to suggest that eating carbs when you Type 1 is bad or stupid. There are members here who've had Type 1 for more than 50 years, eaten carbs and are free of complications. Yes, LCHF is another way of treating Type 1, but so is black coffee and whisky - an early treatment before the discovery of insulin. Yes, some videos really 'sell' LCHF for Type 1 a "Look at this dreadful spiky graph...now look at this lovely smooth one.." but that's just what it is - selling with no basis in fact. I can produce two graphs like that too - one spiky, one smooth. What secret diet change did I make to get the smooth graph? Answer - none. I learnt to time my insulin and get my doses right. Every single 'bad before graph' I've seen has been from someone doing something wrong - every single one. The key to controlling Type 1 isn't an extreme diet - of any kind. That is, neither too many carbs, nor too few. Eating too few carbs messes up insulin sensitivity, it can make control harder, and it can cause other health issues, as well as affect a child's life. Low[I]er[/I] carb is sensible (and each person will find their own level) but eliminating carbs down to a minimal level is unnecessary and potentially harmful. This is doubly true for growing children. Keto/LCHF might be trendy and a moneymaker but it's not a natural,way of eating and it's definitely not suitable for children - duabetic or not, in my opinion. Even my friend who is strict paleo and also low carbs because she has weight issues, makes sure to,give her children more carbs. The bottom line is if you can't cntrol your blood sugar on a moderate amount of carbs, you're probably doing something wrong. Therefore the answer is to,remedy that - not to swap to an extreme diet and then wrongly think that's some magic solution. [/QUOTE]
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