Resurgam
Expert
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I deliberately avoid those foods listed as low GI - bread, fruit, pasta, potatoes and other starchy veges as they simply put me over the limits I have before I start to regain weight - and I am not going that way again.
When I was first testing I found that the foods which I knew from long experience slowed stopped or reversed weightloss were exactly those which put up my BG and kept it high - starch and fructose being the obvious culprits. The amount of carbs did not seem to match the increase of BG for those foods, 'lighter' carb foods were far more consistent and kinder too.
I have recovered some ability to deal with high BG levels - by stashing it away as fat or other energy storage - not a good thing long term, and as I am pretty much determined that there will be a lot of days to come, the low GI diet has no place in my planning for them.
When I was first testing I found that the foods which I knew from long experience slowed stopped or reversed weightloss were exactly those which put up my BG and kept it high - starch and fructose being the obvious culprits. The amount of carbs did not seem to match the increase of BG for those foods, 'lighter' carb foods were far more consistent and kinder too.
I have recovered some ability to deal with high BG levels - by stashing it away as fat or other energy storage - not a good thing long term, and as I am pretty much determined that there will be a lot of days to come, the low GI diet has no place in my planning for them.