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<blockquote data-quote="BarbaraG" data-source="post: 1398875" data-attributes="member: 47277"><p>My main suggestion would be that when the health professionals give you advice, be it about what to eat or whether and when to test, ask them what the rationale is behind the advice. And then find somewhere where someone is advising the opposite, and ask what is the rationale is for that. Then decide.</p><p></p><p>For example, the standard advice is to choose low glycemic index carbohydrates, because they will raise blood glucose mor slowly than higher GI carbs. Whereas, if your BG is generally far too high, you really want to raise it less, rather than just mor slowly. That's the rationale behind reducing the amount of carbs you eat.</p><p></p><p>So, if you're going to eat 50g of carbs in a meal a which is a fairly typical recommendation, it is better to have those carbs in a low GI form rather than high. But you will probably see a much greater difference if you cut the carbs to 20 or less, rather than just reduce the GI. Ideally - do both - small amounts of low GI carbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarbaraG, post: 1398875, member: 47277"] My main suggestion would be that when the health professionals give you advice, be it about what to eat or whether and when to test, ask them what the rationale is behind the advice. And then find somewhere where someone is advising the opposite, and ask what is the rationale is for that. Then decide. For example, the standard advice is to choose low glycemic index carbohydrates, because they will raise blood glucose mor slowly than higher GI carbs. Whereas, if your BG is generally far too high, you really want to raise it less, rather than just mor slowly. That's the rationale behind reducing the amount of carbs you eat. So, if you're going to eat 50g of carbs in a meal a which is a fairly typical recommendation, it is better to have those carbs in a low GI form rather than high. But you will probably see a much greater difference if you cut the carbs to 20 or less, rather than just reduce the GI. Ideally - do both - small amounts of low GI carbs. [/QUOTE]
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