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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gaz77" data-source="post: 1716255" data-attributes="member: 404060"><p>Hi, I've was diagnosed t1 about a year ago, I've had serious problems with brown bread and other hi fibre produce which affected me anyway ( side effect of spins bifida, I've had since birth) and now been insulin dependant has made my life unbearable to the point of taking an overdose a few weeks ago, I'm in my parents for the past week and eating homemade whitebread ( by my mother) and generally not much fibre and carbs although not overdoing it, my "problems" (bowels) have got back to normal after the worst year of my life but I read that high carbs especially white bread causes complications, is there anything I can do or any advice anyone can give me to deal with the carbs ( maybe too many I'm not sure) as I'd prefer to have a life for 5 more years rather than 20 ( im 41 in june)of misery trying to deal with the fibre diet that diabetics are supposed to eat, and am i predisposing myself to complications, amputation etcI'd really appreciate any advice as I'm still in a bad place and I'd like to get better, thanks for any advice and apologize for the rant</p></blockquote><p></p>

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