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Nivens Law

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bamba

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Number 15
Fuzzy Pink Niven's Law: Never waste calories.

Potato chips, candy, whipped cream, or a hot fudge sundae may involve you, your dietician, your wardrobe, and other factors. But FP's Law implies: Don't eat soggy potato chips, or cheap candy, or fake whipped cream, or an inferior hot fudge sundae.


Corollary:
Never Waste Carbs !
 
And with that in mind I prefer to eat my carbs rather than drink them! I have a small amount of milk in my first coffee of the day, then only drink carb free drinks the rest of the day!
 
Rachox said:
And with that in mind I prefer to eat my carbs rather than drink them!
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I'm the other way around. I've cut out almost all the carbs from my food, but still drink a beer every day or two. These are my "discretionary carbs"! I make sure it is a really good beer, not the "low-carb, lite" rubbish. I think the rule (for food or drink) should be: If you decide to indulge from time to time, make sure it's the good stuff!
 
Grateful said:
I'm the other way around. I've cut out almost all the carbs from my food, but still drink a beer every day or two. These are my "discretionary carbs"! I make sure it is a really good beer, not the "low-carb, lite" rubbish. I think the rule (for food or drink) should be: If you decide to indulge from time to time, make sure it's the good stuff!
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Ha ha! But I don’t drink beer, so I stand by my original plan
 
@Grateful and @Rachox it's interesting isn't it how different people save and use their carbs. I use mine for fruit. Usually a pot of pomegranate and less often water melon. I don't drink alcohol and I stopped having milk in my coffee when I gave up smoking 10 years ago. White coffee went with a cigarette so I have black coffee and tea.
 
mo53 said:
@Grateful and @Rachox it's interesting isn't it how different people save and use their carbs.
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Indeed. Actually I'm still experimenting. The regular (and moderate) beer-drinking is a relatively recent experiment, starting about three months ago. I had completely given up beer after my diagnosis a year ago. Prior to diagnosis I was a heavy beer drinker and suspect it contributed to developing T2, along with the other mountains of carbs I was consuming -- fruit, bread, cereal, pasta, rice, sugar in coffee, milk, all the stuff I used to think was good for me!

After diagnosis and going low-carb, it was not until I had a good record of several low A1Cs every three months that I felt confident to experiment at all!!! My annual medical is next week and we will see whether I got away with it....
 
@Grateful good luck with your test next week. I have my next blood test on the 7th. As I was very naughty carb wise in December I'm just keeping my fingers crossed.
 
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