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<blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 364268" data-attributes="member: 31282"><p>Hi, Blueprudence</p><p></p><p>I love the pup but thought it was a Bloodhound! From your profile, I assume it's a Dane? </p><p></p><p>Have a look at the diet I use, <em>Viv's Modified Atkins Diet</em>, is a Sticky Thread on the Low Carb section of the forum. Almost everybody who tries it finds it gives good weight loss, as well as lowering blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. A few don't get on with it - we are all different!</p><p></p><p>It's almost exactly the Atkins Induction Phase, and if you stick to the lists of allowed foods you can eat as much as you like, except where daily totals are given. It <em>is</em> very-low-carb, at 25g to 30g per day; you will see weight loss results immediately, which should also bring your blood glucose levels down. If you want to set yourself a higher daily carb allowance, get yourself a carb counter book, and add in carbohydrates with a Low GI - those don't hit your bloodstream too fast. As you up your carbs, so you decrease your fat intake. If you go for the basic diet, don't worry about fats - your body burns fat for energy instead of glucose.</p><p></p><p>Carbohydrates are the "problem" for diabetics - all carbohydrate is turned into glucose during digestion, and put into the bloodstream to be transported to the organs for use as fuel. Insulin is what pushes the glucose into the cells ready for use. Many Type 2s have insulin resistance, which means that the muscle cells are resistant to the action of insulin, and it stays in the blood. Unfortunately the fat cells aren't resistant to insulin, so the extra glucose gets shoved into there instead - a double whammy! no energy and extra fat. :roll: </p><p></p><p>Some people can tolerate many more carbs than others. Usually I stick under 50g per day; on that amount I can usually keep my blood glucose (BG) levels at non-diabetic levels. At the moment I'm doing an experiment by eating extra carbs, up to 150g daily, for 3 months. Not only are my BG readings going up steadily, but I'm putting weight on as well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> . On the other hand, there are Type 2s on this forum who manage their BGs perfectly well on 150g daily of carbs. Others don't cut carbs out, but manage very well by testing to find out which carbs spike their BGs, then using portion control to keep their levels down.</p><p></p><p>Have a good read round on the forum and see which methods other people use to control their BGs; but if you want fast results, it's worth trying the Atkins. Once you feel you're getting control, you can change things to suit you better.</p><p></p><p>Do ask any questions you like; there's no such thing as a silly question on here, and usually someone around to answer.</p><p></p><p>Let us kow how you get on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Viv 8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="viviennem, post: 364268, member: 31282"] Hi, Blueprudence I love the pup but thought it was a Bloodhound! From your profile, I assume it's a Dane? Have a look at the diet I use, [i]Viv's Modified Atkins Diet[/i], is a Sticky Thread on the Low Carb section of the forum. Almost everybody who tries it finds it gives good weight loss, as well as lowering blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. A few don't get on with it - we are all different! It's almost exactly the Atkins Induction Phase, and if you stick to the lists of allowed foods you can eat as much as you like, except where daily totals are given. It [i]is[/i] very-low-carb, at 25g to 30g per day; you will see weight loss results immediately, which should also bring your blood glucose levels down. If you want to set yourself a higher daily carb allowance, get yourself a carb counter book, and add in carbohydrates with a Low GI - those don't hit your bloodstream too fast. As you up your carbs, so you decrease your fat intake. If you go for the basic diet, don't worry about fats - your body burns fat for energy instead of glucose. Carbohydrates are the "problem" for diabetics - all carbohydrate is turned into glucose during digestion, and put into the bloodstream to be transported to the organs for use as fuel. Insulin is what pushes the glucose into the cells ready for use. Many Type 2s have insulin resistance, which means that the muscle cells are resistant to the action of insulin, and it stays in the blood. Unfortunately the fat cells aren't resistant to insulin, so the extra glucose gets shoved into there instead - a double whammy! no energy and extra fat. :roll: Some people can tolerate many more carbs than others. Usually I stick under 50g per day; on that amount I can usually keep my blood glucose (BG) levels at non-diabetic levels. At the moment I'm doing an experiment by eating extra carbs, up to 150g daily, for 3 months. Not only are my BG readings going up steadily, but I'm putting weight on as well :( . On the other hand, there are Type 2s on this forum who manage their BGs perfectly well on 150g daily of carbs. Others don't cut carbs out, but manage very well by testing to find out which carbs spike their BGs, then using portion control to keep their levels down. Have a good read round on the forum and see which methods other people use to control their BGs; but if you want fast results, it's worth trying the Atkins. Once you feel you're getting control, you can change things to suit you better. Do ask any questions you like; there's no such thing as a silly question on here, and usually someone around to answer. Let us kow how you get on :D Viv 8) [/QUOTE]
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