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Type 1.5 1000g carbs a day! WHY?

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Nicksimmo

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Location
Oxfordshire
Type of diabetes
Type 1.5
Treatment type
Insulin
I recently went to my diabetes doctor at the OCDEM (Oxford Centre of Diabetes) to be told I should be eating roughly 300g of carbs per meal and inject 15 mins before each meal. I then spoke to the nurses and doctors I work with at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and they disagreed saying it's more a priority to eat healthily and restrict carbs by eating high fibre foods low carb vegetables lean protein and healthy fats. Any thoughts ?
 
300g of carbs would be around 1200 calories. 3 meals 3600 calories, before any protein or fats.
I too disagree. Maybe you misheard him.
 
I dont think I could ever physically get 300g carbs in at one sitting!
 
Nicksimmo said:
I recently went to my diabetes doctor at the OCDEM (Oxford Centre of Diabetes) to be told I should be eating roughly 300g of carbs per meal ...
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Per meal? The recommended maximum allowance of carbs in America is 325g per day. That's for people who don't have diabetes, and who are on high-calorie diets. You must need quite large countermanding doses of insulin.
 
I think you misheard.
 
Nicksimmo said:
No apparently it's new BHS guidelines to help with cognitive health
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I know BHS stands for British horse society so can't imagine you have been likened to a horse so what else does BHS stand for?

Like everyone else I suspect you have misheard the amount of carbs 300 per meal is ridicules.
 
I think, if it were me, that I'd give them a ring to double check that number - it doesn't seem likely!

I agree with your team at the John Radcliffe - their recommendation is exactly how I control my T2
 
Either you misheard or the doctor made an error. Maybe he mumbled.
That is an almost impossible amount to eat. That is in no way a healthy diet - for anyone.
 
I’m in Oxford, so far I’ve just seen my GP regarding my Diabetes, but forewarned is forarmed if I ever do get referred to OCDEM!
 
Nicksimmo said:
No apparently it's new BHS guidelines to help with cognitive health
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More likely to be BHS... cognitive health... with Alzheimers now being called Type 3 diabetes I doubt it would help with that.
I really hope you misheard otherwise a case for malpractice?
 
@Nicksimmo - I agree with the others that 300gr per meal may have been misheard or the doc had a bit of a momentary brain fade.

Your thread has been marked as Type 1.5, but your profile says you are T2?
 
Could it have been 300g a day divided between 3 meals?
i couldn't do that personally, but since you are on insulin, it could be doable, for some people...
 
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