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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1894501" data-attributes="member: 150927">My understanding is that keto or low carbing folks with type two are very aware of how many carbs they are eating every day. Once you are an old hand, as I see myself as, you know exactly how many carbs re in your favourite almond flour bun, in six blueberries, a teaspoon or dessertspoon of greek yoghurt etc etc. I am not a numbers person but I don't have any trouble keeping an eye on my carb load for the day, and keeping it in range.The only way we know what level of carbs is right for us and our better blood glucose functioning is by watching health markers, most particularly blood glucose readings, and also insulin production (cheaply via c-peptide readings). This is of course done through blood testing, and on a daily/maintenance basis with home blood glucose meters. This may or may not be associated with body fat or belly fat levels (ie liver fat deposits). Those for who it is (and there is an argument that it is true for all T2D to some degree) weight and waist size is one of the health markers to be considered re appropriate carb load.How low to go, or how vigilant carb awareness, or carb counting is, or needs to be, at least at the beginning of treating with low-carbing, is also related to how severe one's kind of type two diabetes is. Those with moderate obesity or age related type two can, in my observation, get their blood glucose levels (and therefore insulin and FFA levels) down to normal without too much ado, going lower or low carb, which is wonderful news. </blockquote>

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