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<blockquote data-quote="ianup" data-source="post: 528126" data-attributes="member: 106174"><p>Hi B.. The odd thing is, the rest of my family is pretty high-carb, and even overweight, and yet their glucose levels are totally fine for now, and they are much older than I am. I'm the youngest, and I'm the one with the trouble. I'm pretty convinced that the low-carb thing in the wrong way has been the actual source of the trouble. I was actually totally fine 5 years ago when I started this "low carb" diet to get more healthy. Uhhh.. NOT! If I had even eaten a little closer to what the rest of my family has eaten, I'd probably be more fat, but not in such trouble. But the lesson to be learned here is that it is not high-carb or low carb that is so important.. it is what you eat when, is so important.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I ate a huge breakfast, high-protein, high-fat, and fruit, very small carb. Lunch was small carb, medium protein, medium vegetable. Night time was high-vegetable, small amount of high-carb (pasta even!). Wow.. My fasting glucose this morning is 4.8 ! Wooohooo!!</p><p></p><p>Eating *fats* at night totally spikes my following morning blood glucose levels. By spike, I mean like approaching a 7.0. High-carb goes into my system, then my system not too long after clamps it down and deals with it. Of course, portion sizes are really important here. Maybe 20% of my calories of the day come from the evening meal. I'm now trying to get 80% of it in the first half of the day. So a small spike of carb and high vegetable in the evening, really isn't a big deal, and it contains no fat to mess with my morning glucose for the next day.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps it is very counter-intuitive thought for some, however, for whatever reason, it seems to be really working for me. I've been reading more about "Carb backloading", where people eat some carbs at night. There is quite a bit of information on the net about it. I was suspicious at first but I'm becoming more convinced!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianup, post: 528126, member: 106174"] Hi B.. The odd thing is, the rest of my family is pretty high-carb, and even overweight, and yet their glucose levels are totally fine for now, and they are much older than I am. I'm the youngest, and I'm the one with the trouble. I'm pretty convinced that the low-carb thing in the wrong way has been the actual source of the trouble. I was actually totally fine 5 years ago when I started this "low carb" diet to get more healthy. Uhhh.. NOT! If I had even eaten a little closer to what the rest of my family has eaten, I'd probably be more fat, but not in such trouble. But the lesson to be learned here is that it is not high-carb or low carb that is so important.. it is what you eat when, is so important. Yesterday I ate a huge breakfast, high-protein, high-fat, and fruit, very small carb. Lunch was small carb, medium protein, medium vegetable. Night time was high-vegetable, small amount of high-carb (pasta even!). Wow.. My fasting glucose this morning is 4.8 ! Wooohooo!! Eating *fats* at night totally spikes my following morning blood glucose levels. By spike, I mean like approaching a 7.0. High-carb goes into my system, then my system not too long after clamps it down and deals with it. Of course, portion sizes are really important here. Maybe 20% of my calories of the day come from the evening meal. I'm now trying to get 80% of it in the first half of the day. So a small spike of carb and high vegetable in the evening, really isn't a big deal, and it contains no fat to mess with my morning glucose for the next day. Perhaps it is very counter-intuitive thought for some, however, for whatever reason, it seems to be really working for me. I've been reading more about "Carb backloading", where people eat some carbs at night. There is quite a bit of information on the net about it. I was suspicious at first but I'm becoming more convinced! [/QUOTE]
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