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  1. Karen Dwyer

    Please help me understand

    Since an HbA1C is an average of the previous few months' blood sugar levels, it doesn't make sense to me to say Metformin doesn't have a big influence on blood sugar but helps with A1C, but I realize that's beside the point.
  2. Karen Dwyer

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    I've read all the criticisms about Splenda, but I've been using it for 20 years (before I was diabetic, but my late husband was diagnosed with Type 2 a few years before I was) and it doesn't seem to have done me any harm. As far as depression goes, this is the first I have ever heard of Splenda...
  3. Karen Dwyer

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    I like Jenny Ruhl's bookl too, but, although she generally agrees with Dr. B, she advocates having a "cheat" day once a week, and he definitely doesn't think that's a good idea. I can only speak personally, but I know that if I had allowed myself to eat high carb once a week when I started...
  4. Karen Dwyer

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    I use a liquid form of sucralose (Splenda) called Sweetzfree. It has no fillers and contains zero carbs whereas 1 cup of granulated Splenda contains 24 grams of carb - not much if you're using it to sweeten your coffee, but it makes a big difference if you're baking with it. I can only buy it...
  5. Karen Dwyer

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    You have no idea of how angry it makes me to hear about doctors like her doctor who refuse to even consider that they might be wrong about their negativity to managing diabetes with a low-carb diet. My own family doctor was very disapproving 27 years ago when I first started it. He still...
  6. Karen Dwyer

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    Sorry kazd63,- I just noticed your question now. I find the book invaluable, but there is a lot of information about managing diabetes with low-carb diets on line so it's up to each individual whether they think the book is worth buying. I think it's essential for Type 1s because each updated...
  7. Karen Dwyer

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    Petaluk: I don't keep track of the fat I eat, although I don't restrict fat in any way. Dr. Bernstein's diet recommends low-carb, moderate fat, and high protein. From my records of yesterday: 7:15 Before breakfast: 4.4 Breakfast was 100 g (1/3 cup) serving of low-carb yoghurt with 4...
  8. Karen Dwyer

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    I had a real problem with losing weight when I first started my low-carb diet, so much so that friends started worrying that I had an eating disorder. That seemed to stabilize after a few months. I gained some of that weight back and have stayed the same for many years now - I'm 5 feet 61/2...
  9. Karen Dwyer

    Please help me understand

    I do the same in most categories - if I see a number in metric, I mentally convert it to imperial. Where I'm improving is that I can mostly do that mental conversion now. I couldn't even do that for a few years after the change from imperial to metric.
  10. Karen Dwyer

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    I have a feeling that you meant to address HR-Guy, and not me, as he is the one who posted the original comment about his office colleague who says she's "doing just fine" with her diabetes. In any case, I completely agree with you that most newly-diagnosed diabetics know absolutely nothing...
  11. Karen Dwyer

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    I'm certainly no expert on medical questions, but in my opinion, every diabetic should be testing blood glucose levels regularly. To me, that is the main purpose of testing before and after every meal - to see how various foods affect blood glucose levels. Even if you have to take diabetes...
  12. Karen Dwyer

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    QUOTE="Petaluk, post: 1783982, member: 472096"]@Karen Dwyer I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I am curious as to if you have had any diabetic related complications in the last 17 years? Many thanks :) None that I'm aware of Petaluk. I do have some serious heart problems - I have two...
  13. Karen Dwyer

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    I just had my 75th birthday so I told my daughters that I've earned the right to be stubborn - glad you agree!
  14. Karen Dwyer

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    You've brought up something that I am very resentful of about the US. Years ago, they announced that they were planning to switch to the metric system. The Canadian government then announced that Canada had no choice but to change to the metric system too as the U.S. is our major trading...
  15. Karen Dwyer

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    Thanks for the explanation, Crocodile, and for reminding me of what mg/dl stands for! I had no idea of how the conversion factor of 18 came to be - I just knew it worked!
  16. Karen Dwyer

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    Check out this site: http://www.diabetes-book.com/ . There's an interesting article about Dr. Bernstein's background, but also scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll find links to several chapters of Dr. B's book that I was telling you about.
  17. Karen Dwyer

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    Yes, he does. They are listed on YouTube under "Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes University." He deals with one aspect of diabetes in each video. They're well worth watching in my opinion.
  18. Karen Dwyer

    Please help me understand

    The standard international measure of blood glucose levels is millimoles per liter (mmol/l) but for some reason the US is different; it uses mg/dl (and I can't remember what that stands for). But it's very simple to convert - just multiply or divide by 18. So if an American says their BG...
  19. Karen Dwyer

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    You've been lucky then. If I have even one forkful of potato of any kind, my blood sugar soars. Iwould love to have a bit of potato salad, but it isn't to be.