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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the_anticarb" data-source="post: 166495" data-attributes="member: 16982">I don't believe you have to eat carbs with every meal (some do, some don't ) but what you need to do is make sure that you have the ability to process whatever carbs you eat - either through eating the right kinds of carbs that won't spike your blood sugar levels (low gi approach) or by taking the right amount of medication to process the carbs (this is more common in type 1s on insulin). Yes it can be very confusing! The metformin will make the insulin you do have in your system work better, by increasing cells sensitivity to it, but you won't go hypo if you eat a low carb meal with metformin (unlike some other tablets). I used to low carb, but found that it got too restrictive after a while, so now I use the approach that I'll eat what I think I need (and sometimes even - what I want) but test afterwards to make sure I don't go too high -12.7 as I'm sure you're aware is way too high after a meal you should aim to be below 9. You may find a low GI approach works for you -everyone is different so unfortunately it's not as easy as saying 'do eat this/don't eat that'.Best of luck</blockquote>

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