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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 1728392" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>Since joining this site and discovering keto, I’ve begun to look at carbs the same way I look at foods I’m allergic to. Yes, I can eat them, but I have to take medicine for my body to process them. I can eat meat, despite being allergic to it, and take drugs to cope with the adverse reaction. The meds deal with the short term impact, but I feel pretty ropey afterwards for several hours. Likewise, I can eat carbohydrate, but I have to take medicine to be able to process it. I feel drowsy and sluggish after eating a carb-heavy meal. </p><p></p><p>You wouldn’t tell a child with a peanut allergy to have some peanuts, and it’ll be fine because they have an epipen. </p><p></p><p>Exogenous insulin still isn’t identical to the stuff we used to produce ourselves, and the mechanism by which the feedback loop works within the pancreas is broken. I know I’ll always have to take some insulin, my basal at the very least. But I’m not going to generate a situation where I need to take extra medicine just for the sake of it. </p><p></p><p>I feel the key is to find a regime that keeps your BG and weight where you want it, and that you can actually live with long term. For some it’s loads of carbs and lots of insulin to match it, for others it’s tiny amounts of carbs and minimal insulin. </p><p></p><p>With regards to weight loss, I’ve found I’m losing the weight I want to shed much more comfortably with minimal carbs. Worth a try if all the standard low fat advice has failed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 1728392, member: 468055"] Since joining this site and discovering keto, I’ve begun to look at carbs the same way I look at foods I’m allergic to. Yes, I can eat them, but I have to take medicine for my body to process them. I can eat meat, despite being allergic to it, and take drugs to cope with the adverse reaction. The meds deal with the short term impact, but I feel pretty ropey afterwards for several hours. Likewise, I can eat carbohydrate, but I have to take medicine to be able to process it. I feel drowsy and sluggish after eating a carb-heavy meal. You wouldn’t tell a child with a peanut allergy to have some peanuts, and it’ll be fine because they have an epipen. Exogenous insulin still isn’t identical to the stuff we used to produce ourselves, and the mechanism by which the feedback loop works within the pancreas is broken. I know I’ll always have to take some insulin, my basal at the very least. But I’m not going to generate a situation where I need to take extra medicine just for the sake of it. I feel the key is to find a regime that keeps your BG and weight where you want it, and that you can actually live with long term. For some it’s loads of carbs and lots of insulin to match it, for others it’s tiny amounts of carbs and minimal insulin. With regards to weight loss, I’ve found I’m losing the weight I want to shed much more comfortably with minimal carbs. Worth a try if all the standard low fat advice has failed. [/QUOTE]
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