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Type 2 Carbs per 100g and per serving

bulkbiker said:
If say the chronic, progressive bit happens to be true I'd far rather be starting that journey from an HbA1c of 27mmol/m than one at 40mmol/m even though neither is a diabetic level. Wouldn't you?
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Its not some kind of bizzare competition Mark!
As we’ve debated on here numerous times, v v low carb suits your body, wheres with mine it sends my sugars and ketones dangerously high, so I stick with 35-50g carbs daily which keeps them level
For all of us, achieving the best hba1c we can is the only outcome that means anything - those achieved by other people may be interesting, but are essentially irrelevant.
For me an hba1c of 40 after 22 years of living with diabetes and from a starting Bg of 28/29, is the only victory I need
 
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Boo1979 said:
For me an hba1c of 40 after 22 years of living with diabetes and from a starting Bg of 28/29, is the only victory I need
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That's great for you.. however as you happily admit you are far from being a "typical" Type 2 diabetic to the extent that you have modified your profile.
The OP asked for help about carbs.. which I provided... you are quite welcome to disagree but don't attempt to paint me as something I am not. I'm only to help and explain my experience.
 
I need to know carbs for my serving not an arbitrary one the manufacturer thinks I’ll eat. So I look at /100g and adjust it for my serving size. Occasionally their serving matches but not often so I rarely even look at it. I do tend to consider will it be a tiny portion in which case a higher % is fine, or a huge portion and then I want the % much lower.
 
bulkbiker said:
Do you have more to lose? If you are happy with your blood sugar numbers where they are (assuming you are monitoring) then obviously you won't need to . Would you be happy to share your last HbA1c results? I will admit that when I started I tried to only have things that were 5g of carbs per 100g... now I tend to average about 5g of carbs per day mostly from lactofree milk and cream.
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Last HbA1c was 39 (but that was in meds)....have stopped some now and BM fasting is about 7.1 now (no HbA1c due next week). Not overly happy with that but it is what it is I guess.
 
JFow said:
Last HbA1c was 39 (but that was in meds)....have stopped some now and BM fasting is about 7.1 now (no HbA1c due next week). Not overly happy with that but it is what it is I guess.
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I guess it would be better to wait for the next HbA1c if it is next week and see how that goes since you stopped some of the meds and then have a review of your tactics. As I said above I go for an ultra low carb approach with time restricted eating which works well for me. My FBG are usually between 5 and 6 with rare dips into the high 4's. Then I don't eat until lunchtime at the earliest.. (today for example it was 4 pm). Others have different strategies.
 
HSSS said:
I need to know carbs for my serving not an arbitrary one the manufacturer thinks I’ll eat. So I look at /100g and adjust it for my serving size. Occasionally their serving matches but not often so I rarely even look at it. I do tend to consider will it be a tiny portion in which case a higher % is fine, or a huge portion and then I want the % much lower.
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That’s actually really helpful! And very sensible thanks! I thought I was doing ok....think this shows I’ve a way to go!! Thank you!!
 
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