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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Robin" data-source="post: 491477" data-attributes="member: 92241"><p>Hi Jess. First off, I can't claim to have perfect sugar readings, I still get highs and lows, but they are getting less frequent all the time. The key is to experiment as you are doing, but reading up on different foods will help you to get an idea of what is likely to be in what you are eating. I have found low carb to be easily the most effective way of eating, to control bloodsugars. Regarding pizza, a normal pizza from a supermarket usually has an enormous amount of carbs in it. And ordering from somewhere like Dominos is almost guaranteed to be even more of a carb fest. However, do not lose hope! I absolutely love pizza, and it was with a heavy heart that I consigned it to history when I started low carbing. I have now found a way of making my own pizza, using flax meal. It's fairly expensive so I don't make it too often, but an entire pizza will have less carbs in it than one slice of a standard pizza. I follow the recipe listed here: <a href="http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxpizza.htm" target="_blank">http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxpizza.htm</a></p><p>I cooked this for some friends at the weekend and they all loved it, even though they are not diabetic and don't low carb. Ignore the negative review given on the web page, it really is very tasty!</p><p>In essence, the viewpoint of low carbing is the idea that small mistakes have small solutions. If you eat high carb, it's much harder to predict the amount of insulin you need. Nutrition information is allowed a sizeable margin for error, I have heard different people say anything from 20% to 50%. If you eat something listing 100g of carbs, with a 20% margin for error that could be anything from 80 to 120g. Therefore you are unlikely to give yourself exactly what you need insulin wise. However, eating something with 10g of carbs could have between 8 and 12g, so the error would be much smaller.</p><p>The key is to read as much as you can, starting with Dr Bernstein's complete diabetes solution. The more info you have, the easier it is to control diabetes. And never lose hope! It's a marathon, not a sprint. If you put the effort in, the improvements will come little by little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Robin, post: 491477, member: 92241"] Hi Jess. First off, I can't claim to have perfect sugar readings, I still get highs and lows, but they are getting less frequent all the time. The key is to experiment as you are doing, but reading up on different foods will help you to get an idea of what is likely to be in what you are eating. I have found low carb to be easily the most effective way of eating, to control bloodsugars. Regarding pizza, a normal pizza from a supermarket usually has an enormous amount of carbs in it. And ordering from somewhere like Dominos is almost guaranteed to be even more of a carb fest. However, do not lose hope! I absolutely love pizza, and it was with a heavy heart that I consigned it to history when I started low carbing. I have now found a way of making my own pizza, using flax meal. It's fairly expensive so I don't make it too often, but an entire pizza will have less carbs in it than one slice of a standard pizza. I follow the recipe listed here: [url]http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxpizza.htm[/url] I cooked this for some friends at the weekend and they all loved it, even though they are not diabetic and don't low carb. Ignore the negative review given on the web page, it really is very tasty! In essence, the viewpoint of low carbing is the idea that small mistakes have small solutions. If you eat high carb, it's much harder to predict the amount of insulin you need. Nutrition information is allowed a sizeable margin for error, I have heard different people say anything from 20% to 50%. If you eat something listing 100g of carbs, with a 20% margin for error that could be anything from 80 to 120g. Therefore you are unlikely to give yourself exactly what you need insulin wise. However, eating something with 10g of carbs could have between 8 and 12g, so the error would be much smaller. The key is to read as much as you can, starting with Dr Bernstein's complete diabetes solution. The more info you have, the easier it is to control diabetes. And never lose hope! It's a marathon, not a sprint. If you put the effort in, the improvements will come little by little. [/QUOTE]
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