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<blockquote data-quote="pleinster" data-source="post: 1492957" data-attributes="member: 221545"><p>Informative..but we all differ. Any statement about how many calories a person should eat is far too general. I am absolutely fine on under 1500 calories a day and, like many people on this site, have my diabetes under control through a low carb diet (without meds). Weight has never been an issue for me as it came down a bit and settled because my diet is not ridiculous (eg. only eggs and bacon every day). There are loads of low carb foods to eat. Testing before and two and half hours after food is the only way to see what impact certain foods have on you and what progress you are making. My diabetes was caused by steroids following a transplant...and my blood is tested very regularly as I see specialists every few weeks (sometimes more often)...the renal specialists, my diabetes consultant and a dietitian are all happy with my approach (and with my recorded diet breakdown of calories, carbs, fats, proteins, fibre etc). The issue is, I agree, eating too little. Note that we all use up different amounts of energy and are different shapes and sizes and that small amounts of certain foods can contain a lot of calories, whereby large amounts of rubbish may contain less. There is no one-size-fits-all solution...but cutting carbs while ensuring you are eating adequately and testing to identify spikes/progress in blood sugar is both effective and perfectly healthy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pleinster, post: 1492957, member: 221545"] Informative..but we all differ. Any statement about how many calories a person should eat is far too general. I am absolutely fine on under 1500 calories a day and, like many people on this site, have my diabetes under control through a low carb diet (without meds). Weight has never been an issue for me as it came down a bit and settled because my diet is not ridiculous (eg. only eggs and bacon every day). There are loads of low carb foods to eat. Testing before and two and half hours after food is the only way to see what impact certain foods have on you and what progress you are making. My diabetes was caused by steroids following a transplant...and my blood is tested very regularly as I see specialists every few weeks (sometimes more often)...the renal specialists, my diabetes consultant and a dietitian are all happy with my approach (and with my recorded diet breakdown of calories, carbs, fats, proteins, fibre etc). The issue is, I agree, eating too little. Note that we all use up different amounts of energy and are different shapes and sizes and that small amounts of certain foods can contain a lot of calories, whereby large amounts of rubbish may contain less. There is no one-size-fits-all solution...but cutting carbs while ensuring you are eating adequately and testing to identify spikes/progress in blood sugar is both effective and perfectly healthy. [/QUOTE]
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