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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1929639" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>I began to eat low carb in the early 1970s, but for about 10 years since then, in shorter or longer periods I was given diets to follow by my doctors and nurses, all of which did no good at all, and as soon as I could I returned to eating low carb foods and more normal levels of energy and weight.</p><p>I do not do ultra low, as I found that I lost weight far too fast back in the day - like 1kg a day at one time, so I used my BG levels to guide me. </p><p>Keeping to under 8mmol/l after eating showed me that my old carbohydrate level of 50 gm per day to lose weight gradually was the level which kept my BG under control. Not all that surprising really. </p><p>During the last 2 years since diagnosis my liver and waistline have shrunk, I can eat more carbs than 50 gm per day - and as I am not so resistant to insulin as I was, they are stashed away as fat very happily - so I stick to low carb. I have reduced down to 40 gm per day to try to lose more weight.</p><p>When you eat low carb you do respond badly to loads of carbs - it is because your body adapts to using other things as fuel and 'forgets' about using carbs - which is one reason for the carb cravings some people experience fade away - but I do not thing it is due to increased insulin resistance - after all the fewer carbs you eat the less insulin is produced, and the metabolism does seem to get back into balance once it can get itself rubber side down and back on the road again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 1929639, member: 355878"] I began to eat low carb in the early 1970s, but for about 10 years since then, in shorter or longer periods I was given diets to follow by my doctors and nurses, all of which did no good at all, and as soon as I could I returned to eating low carb foods and more normal levels of energy and weight. I do not do ultra low, as I found that I lost weight far too fast back in the day - like 1kg a day at one time, so I used my BG levels to guide me. Keeping to under 8mmol/l after eating showed me that my old carbohydrate level of 50 gm per day to lose weight gradually was the level which kept my BG under control. Not all that surprising really. During the last 2 years since diagnosis my liver and waistline have shrunk, I can eat more carbs than 50 gm per day - and as I am not so resistant to insulin as I was, they are stashed away as fat very happily - so I stick to low carb. I have reduced down to 40 gm per day to try to lose more weight. When you eat low carb you do respond badly to loads of carbs - it is because your body adapts to using other things as fuel and 'forgets' about using carbs - which is one reason for the carb cravings some people experience fade away - but I do not thing it is due to increased insulin resistance - after all the fewer carbs you eat the less insulin is produced, and the metabolism does seem to get back into balance once it can get itself rubber side down and back on the road again. [/QUOTE]
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