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<blockquote data-quote="Dillinger" data-source="post: 762144" data-attributes="member: 13582"><p>Hi Kate,</p><p></p><p>I feel so strongly about this because it's a very simple answer to a complex problem; how to control blood sugars. As diabetics we are routinely told that we 'need' carbohydrate for energy or to maintain blood sugars and that is just not true. The opposite is the case.</p><p></p><p>What is happening is that we are being steered away from fat and protein because they are (quite wrongly) considered to be problematic for diabetic end points (heart disease and kidney failure respectively).</p><p></p><p>The basic science of blood sugar elevation and fat accumulation is well known and comes from the same foodstuff; carbohydrate. Now the details on this are quite nuanced and people enjoy arguing back and forth about the exact issues but the main point is if you drop as much carbohydrate from your diet as possible and replace it with fat and protein then your blood sugar control will be so much easier to handle.</p><p></p><p>Here is my blood sugar diary for the weekend. I have one mile hypo as I overestimated the carbs in the food I had on Sunday lunch but I cleared that up without fuss or issue with 3 coffee beans covered in dark chocolate; I was at lunch at a friends house (that's not my normal hypo correcting strategy!).</p><p></p><p>If I had been eating lots of carbs then that diary would have had a lot less green in it I'm sure.</p><p></p><p>On the Sunday I had coffee for breakfast an amazing slow cooked lamb dish for lunch with a rocket salad and supper of curried eggs, ham, cheese and salad. I was not hungry at any point!</p><p></p><p>Read Dr Bernstein The Diabetes Solution for the full details; it could change your life and read the low-carb threads on here there's lot's of information.</p><p></p><p>Best</p><p></p><p>Dillinger</p><p>[ATTACH=full]11674[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dillinger, post: 762144, member: 13582"] Hi Kate, I feel so strongly about this because it's a very simple answer to a complex problem; how to control blood sugars. As diabetics we are routinely told that we 'need' carbohydrate for energy or to maintain blood sugars and that is just not true. The opposite is the case. What is happening is that we are being steered away from fat and protein because they are (quite wrongly) considered to be problematic for diabetic end points (heart disease and kidney failure respectively). The basic science of blood sugar elevation and fat accumulation is well known and comes from the same foodstuff; carbohydrate. Now the details on this are quite nuanced and people enjoy arguing back and forth about the exact issues but the main point is if you drop as much carbohydrate from your diet as possible and replace it with fat and protein then your blood sugar control will be so much easier to handle. Here is my blood sugar diary for the weekend. I have one mile hypo as I overestimated the carbs in the food I had on Sunday lunch but I cleared that up without fuss or issue with 3 coffee beans covered in dark chocolate; I was at lunch at a friends house (that's not my normal hypo correcting strategy!). If I had been eating lots of carbs then that diary would have had a lot less green in it I'm sure. On the Sunday I had coffee for breakfast an amazing slow cooked lamb dish for lunch with a rocket salad and supper of curried eggs, ham, cheese and salad. I was not hungry at any point! Read Dr Bernstein The Diabetes Solution for the full details; it could change your life and read the low-carb threads on here there's lot's of information. Best Dillinger [ATTACH=full]11674[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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