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<blockquote data-quote="Snapsy" data-source="post: 1505106" data-attributes="member: 265172"><p>Nail on head, [USER=30007]@tim2000s[/USER] ! Excellent question, [USER=418175]@DConnolly[/USER] , and welcome to the forum!</p><p></p><p>I find my day-to-day life very much easier eating lower carb and therefore having less insulin on board. I have fewer hypos, and any I do have tend to be a much much slower drop than before. And I'm more relaxed in myself, too, because I am in range most of the time.</p><p></p><p>I'd had 29 years with diabetes eating a 'standard' diet containing lots of starchy carbs and plenty of fruit - and I coped as well as I could, not knowing any different. Yes, the insulin covered the carbs, but with lots and lots of peaks and troughs in my blood sugar levels. It always felt like a compromise - as I I were missing something.</p><p></p><p>This is of course entirely people's own personal choice, but I find my own control much more balanced and predictable now I have a lower carb eating style.</p><p></p><p>In my job, I have three things I need to consider for my working practice on an ongoing basis, and I think these are also valuable questions for my diabetes management, too!</p><p></p><p><strong>Are you safe?</strong></p><p><strong>Are you comfortable?</strong></p><p><strong>Is it working as you'd like it to?</strong></p><p></p><p>I have to say that my way of eating ticks all three of those boxes. And I don't at all feel I'm missing out.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapsy, post: 1505106, member: 265172"] Nail on head, [USER=30007]@tim2000s[/USER] ! Excellent question, [USER=418175]@DConnolly[/USER] , and welcome to the forum! I find my day-to-day life very much easier eating lower carb and therefore having less insulin on board. I have fewer hypos, and any I do have tend to be a much much slower drop than before. And I'm more relaxed in myself, too, because I am in range most of the time. I'd had 29 years with diabetes eating a 'standard' diet containing lots of starchy carbs and plenty of fruit - and I coped as well as I could, not knowing any different. Yes, the insulin covered the carbs, but with lots and lots of peaks and troughs in my blood sugar levels. It always felt like a compromise - as I I were missing something. This is of course entirely people's own personal choice, but I find my own control much more balanced and predictable now I have a lower carb eating style. In my job, I have three things I need to consider for my working practice on an ongoing basis, and I think these are also valuable questions for my diabetes management, too! [B]Are you safe? Are you comfortable? Is it working as you'd like it to?[/B] I have to say that my way of eating ticks all three of those boxes. And I don't at all feel I'm missing out. :) [/QUOTE]
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