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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt2023" data-source="post: 2597363">Hi good people,This is my two cents worth,I always count my carbs, well have done the past 5 years as it helps to know how much quick acting insulin I need to take.I have to say though that I seem to eat way more carbs than my fellow diabetics on here, on average snacking 15 to 20 grams a time and meals 40 to 90 grams and on a rare occasion 140 grams, as I was of the understanding that as long as you take enough quick acting insulin to cover those carbs, you are good to go.I am not advocating that you eat what you want and just cover that all with quick acting insulin, but I personally do not avoid bread, rice or potatoes (Or Ice Cream as recently admitted in another post), I just calculate the carbs and work out how much quick acting insulin I need to take to cover those carbs. This could all be wholly wrong, but this is what I have been doing. I also need to put on weight and then maintain my weight, something I have struggled with for some years, so avoiding potatoes, bread (Whole Wheat that I make myself from scratch) and rice (the number one dish where I live) does not sound like a good option when I am trying to put on weight and maintain it, again I may be totally wrong on this theory. I have had very limited education when it comes to diabetes.Sorry I feel like I have highjacked the OP post.Thank you.</blockquote>

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