Caleb Murdock
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Am I to take it that AMBrennan is saying that low-carbing isn't the way to go? I didn't necessarily take that from his or her remarks. But if so, let me tell you my experience.
I eat a high-carb diet, about 200 carbs a day. I don't do that because I think it's right but because I'm a weak-willed carbohydrate addict, and I've given up on trying to eat low-carb. But I agree that low-carbing is best for diabetics (and for non-diabetics too). On occasion, for whatever reason, I will have a day when my carbs are much lower than normal, and on those days, my blood-sugar numbers always plunge. Having learned how to take insulin the right way, my BS numbers are pretty good anyway -- but the lowest A1c I have accomplished so far is my present 6.2. If I ate 100 grams of carbs every day instead of 200, I have no doubt at all that my A1c would be 5.5 or lower.
The science is simple and basic: Eating carbs raises your blood sugar. Period. That's the whole story. Most blood sugar comes from the carbohydrates we consume. Only a small amount comes from the proteins in our diet. Low-carbing is the way to go -- if you have the willpower to do it.
I eat a high-carb diet, about 200 carbs a day. I don't do that because I think it's right but because I'm a weak-willed carbohydrate addict, and I've given up on trying to eat low-carb. But I agree that low-carbing is best for diabetics (and for non-diabetics too). On occasion, for whatever reason, I will have a day when my carbs are much lower than normal, and on those days, my blood-sugar numbers always plunge. Having learned how to take insulin the right way, my BS numbers are pretty good anyway -- but the lowest A1c I have accomplished so far is my present 6.2. If I ate 100 grams of carbs every day instead of 200, I have no doubt at all that my A1c would be 5.5 or lower.
The science is simple and basic: Eating carbs raises your blood sugar. Period. That's the whole story. Most blood sugar comes from the carbohydrates we consume. Only a small amount comes from the proteins in our diet. Low-carbing is the way to go -- if you have the willpower to do it.