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drawbridge35

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I wonder if, or when SDN will recommend eliminating wheat and GF foods for better blood sugar control especially for Type 1.
 
drawbridge35 said:
I wonder if, or when SDN will recommend eliminating wheat and GF foods for better blood sugar control especially for Type 1.
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Do you mean Diabetes Specialist Nurse?
I am Type 2 but my intake of any sort of grain as very low - some weeks I might get down to zero.
From time to time I use gluten for baking, but that is just a couple of times a year - it is the carbs I need to look out for.
As a rule I do not anything with over 10% carbs, makes it a lot easier to keep my numbers normal.
Grains were not really part of the Human diet until a few thousand years ago, not even the blink of an eye in terms of our evolution.
 
drawbridge35 said:
I wonder if, or when SDN will recommend eliminating wheat and GF foods for better blood sugar control especially for Type 1.
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IMO, gluten-free variants of foods are no better for type 1's, I am T1 and Coeliac, and I know GF bread, GF pasta, GF everything else things do not tend to have less carbs (some may just because), sometimes they have more, especially if you're looking at cakes
And mostly what they do is make my wallet hurt more and make it more awkward to buy/get food, and I'm also sure it doesnt taste as nice just to throw salt in the wound!

Or were you mostly just thinking low carb stuff rather than specifically wheat/gluten-free
 
@drawbridge35 I also have coeliac and type 1 and gluten doesn't affect blood sugar. Eliminating gluten heals the lining of the gut in people with coeliac disease allowing better absorption of nutrients in food. It might be a good idea to do a bit of research to verify this for yourself.
 
I'm gluten-intolerant and find gluten free pasta and pizza easier to bolus for than I did their 'normal' versions when I could eat them. I eat a lot less bread now as it's expensive and naff, so can't comment on that
 
Rokaab said:
IMO, gluten-free variants of foods are no better for type 1's, I am T1 and Coeliac, and I know GF bread, GF pasta, GF everything else things do not tend to have less carbs (some may just because), sometimes they have more, especially if you're looking at cakes
And mostly what they do is make my wallet hurt more and make it more awkward to buy/get food, and I'm also sure it doesnt taste as nice just to throw salt in the wound!

Or were you mostly just thinking low carb stuff rather than specifically wheat/gluten-free
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Actually I was thinking of both wheat/gluten-free as well a low carb. I’m trying to lose weight and have better control.
 
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