chrissieworne said:
I love my carbs but am tring to reduce them, trouble is I get sooooooooooooo humgry and tired without them, how can I replace them? I am not a big meat eater and am trying to be low fat as I need to lose weight, I am really confused.com !!
Chrissie, follow the low carb route to start with by cutting out bread, potatoes, rice, pasta. Don't worry too much about low fat. Give yourself a few weeks to stabilise and to get used to the low carb then, if you want to, try introducing various foodstuffs back into your diet and testing to see what effect they have on your BG. Low GI foodstuffs will give you better results.
Following the recommended diet from my surgery my BG's were around 12 -13 on average. Following a low carb ( with an occasional bit of backsliding ) my BG's are normally around 6-7 but I still have problems with the dawn phenomena. And I've lost 2 stone in weight.
your body does not need carbs other than those from green leafy vegetables, it is capable of making glucose from fat or protein if necessary.
However some people enjoy carb and if you can get away with having extra in your diet without it causing any problems then good for you. unfortunately I'm not.