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<blockquote data-quote="Andy12345" data-source="post: 424908" data-attributes="member: 59108"><p><strong>Re: NEW DIABETIC GONE OFF THE RAILS STRUGGLING</strong></p><p></p><p>ok the problem with carbs is everyone can tolerate different amounts, ie if you eat something and your bg goes up under less than 2 then thats generally considered ok but the less the better, the amount you eat a day comes down to how many you can eat before your bg goes up too much, i eat abvout 30g a day because any more gives me worse control for example if i eat 2 slices of wholewheat toast before i eat it my bg will be say 5 then afterwards me bg would be 9 and stay there for 4 hours+ so.....i dont eat bread <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and voila, reading labels for me is just looking at 1 number, the carbs i dont even look at anything else, i dont care about calories or fat or any of the other stuff so its easy, pasta is bad in general although the brown types tend to be better in fact low GI foods tend to be better then high GI its simple to do a google search as to which foods are high GI and which are low, portion size is also important if your trying to lose weight, basically try not to get too hungry or too full, your background bg should also get lower if your eating low carb and if possible doing exercise, without exercise im in the 8`s and 9`s regardless of food but with it in 5`s, tonight i ate 2 steaks (yes 2) and mushrooms all fried in ghee then 2 sugar free jellys with double cream and i tested my bg it was 4.7 two hours later (dunno what it started at) so i know that i can eat that without worrying about bg and as i have eaten that many times with similar effect i dont really need to test that meal any more (i did tonight because i opened a new pot of strips and not testing would be like opening a new jar of coffee without making a drink) so basically after a while you will learn which foods work for you and which dont, i have lost alot of weight not worrying about calories and fat so thats why i say not to worry, im sure others would disagree but thats what worked for me, it all takes time to figure out so dont worry if you make mistakes, its not like you ate 2 big mac meals chased down with 5 doughnuts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (we wished huh)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy12345, post: 424908, member: 59108"] [b]Re: NEW DIABETIC GONE OFF THE RAILS STRUGGLING[/b] ok the problem with carbs is everyone can tolerate different amounts, ie if you eat something and your bg goes up under less than 2 then thats generally considered ok but the less the better, the amount you eat a day comes down to how many you can eat before your bg goes up too much, i eat abvout 30g a day because any more gives me worse control for example if i eat 2 slices of wholewheat toast before i eat it my bg will be say 5 then afterwards me bg would be 9 and stay there for 4 hours+ so.....i dont eat bread :) and voila, reading labels for me is just looking at 1 number, the carbs i dont even look at anything else, i dont care about calories or fat or any of the other stuff so its easy, pasta is bad in general although the brown types tend to be better in fact low GI foods tend to be better then high GI its simple to do a google search as to which foods are high GI and which are low, portion size is also important if your trying to lose weight, basically try not to get too hungry or too full, your background bg should also get lower if your eating low carb and if possible doing exercise, without exercise im in the 8`s and 9`s regardless of food but with it in 5`s, tonight i ate 2 steaks (yes 2) and mushrooms all fried in ghee then 2 sugar free jellys with double cream and i tested my bg it was 4.7 two hours later (dunno what it started at) so i know that i can eat that without worrying about bg and as i have eaten that many times with similar effect i dont really need to test that meal any more (i did tonight because i opened a new pot of strips and not testing would be like opening a new jar of coffee without making a drink) so basically after a while you will learn which foods work for you and which dont, i have lost alot of weight not worrying about calories and fat so thats why i say not to worry, im sure others would disagree but thats what worked for me, it all takes time to figure out so dont worry if you make mistakes, its not like you ate 2 big mac meals chased down with 5 doughnuts :) (we wished huh) [/QUOTE]
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