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Jenny39579 said:

Hi Steve, thanks for your reply.

" I've read so many different sites about nutrition lately and the one thing that gets to me is the fact that nobody really elaborates on their facts."

That's exactly the same theme that has been occurring to me when I read various sites, and I think that in some cases when much attention is focused on various topics without enough critical analysis also being applied to some topics, true understanding is lost, and erroneous conclusions are drawn, which then become accepted almost as dogma, and essential parts of the wider issue and context are lost.

" I can't elaborate too much really, as I'm not a professional, but I am pretty sure that wholefoods are easier on the blood sugar as I've been eating wheat bran with flaxseeds for breakfast using Soya milk, not cow's milk, and it has never raised my blood sugar, yet I still feel full for hours."

I think there is an obvious and common sense explanation of the reason for the advantages of unprocessed whole foods, and you addressed that in your comment about wholemeal bread production, and so does the glycemic load index, because built into the GL index, but hidden from view, is what I think is one of the most important factors in a good diab diet, and that is TIME.

Not just the final amount of glucose that a given amount of a particular food produces, but also how quickly or how slowly it is produced, because one of the most crucial aspects of a good diab diet is not just how much glucose enters the bloodstream but the speed at which it enters, and I think that over emphasis on the source of the glucose is obscuring the critical importance of the time factor, and especially for newly diagnosed diabs that is making it even more difficult for them to find an appropriate diet and the resultant confusion is making them even more fearful and stressed than they already are.

Over emphasis on the details is causing the bigger picture to be obscured.

"Everyone is different though and what is good for me isn't always good for another."

Exactly so, and it seems logical to me to suppose that a person with higher fasting blood glucose levels would be less able to cope with something such as a slice of processed bread than might a person with lower fasting glucose levels, and as you said, there are carbs, and there are carbs, and it always seems to be bread which causes the most problems, and then that is identified as a problem solely because it is a carb, but I haven't yet heard of anyone freaking about lentils.

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Jenny39579 said:

Apparently, I've been told by my epilepsy nurse that high fat diets are supposedly good in controlling seizures. Don't know if she's right or not really.

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Jenny39579 said:

I went on a mission to research the low carbohydrate diet. Many of you who have tried this diet in the past will know the hunger pangs you can get along with headaches when you're missing out on bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc,

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Pipp said:

i find those film clips patronising, and for some dangerous advice to follow.
This is precisely the sort of advice I was given when I was prediabetic. Followed it slavishly, and what do you know? I became diabetic! Still not linking the advice to my diabetic status I continued to follow the advice. Diabetes remained and I grew very, very fat! Some of us T2, (probably many of us) have a problem with the carbs, even the 'healthy' whole-food carbs. They just raise blood glucose levels.

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Jenny39579 said:

Everything I've mentioned in my thread is genuine, and I can reassure people who think I'm selling something that I'm not.

My thread is something I wanted to share with people, because the information I've provided has helped me, as an individual.

I'm not a nutritionist as I've already stated, but have been testing the glycemic load on myself. I've had a few hypos along the way, but when I was eating a higher carbohydrate diet, my blood sugars were very high.

I don't know much about the glycemic load, and I've also stated this in my first post, but I just wanted to share my experiences after trying a diet, which works for me that might help somebody else.

I guess I should have introduced myself more, but I just felt excited about my first thread on here.

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catherinecherub said:

Hi Jenny and welcome.

How about changing the title of your thread. It implies that you have found the perfect advice for diabetics and are going to help us all. I think forum members, myself included, would think that you are going to tell us what we need to do to control our diabetes. Diabetes has to be self managed and there are several factors that will affect blood sugar readings, exercise or lack of, genetics, food likes and dislikes, medication for other health problems, stress...the list is endless. Some people have to manage their diabetes whilst battling with other chronic diseases that limit what they can and cannot eat.

There is already a wealth of information on this forum and people are individuals and react differently to different foods. You cannot put forward a blueprint for diet as it does not exist. Many Type 2s are denied test strips and so have to either fund them themselves or rely on their HBA1c test and it is not an ideal situation. They could eat your recipes and not know the outcome.
I suggest you spend time reading the forum and will see that there is also plenty of advice for you and everyone else. There are several methods that people have found success with.

If you would like more information on the GI/GL then I would recommend this site,
http://www.glycemicindex.com/

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