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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2671721" data-attributes="member: 517579">I generally eat no sucrose, glucose or fructose - these are sugars, and are also carbohydrates.  All digestable carbs - the starchy carbs as well as the sugars - are digested to glucose. I aim for ~20g carb/day and most of that comes from vegetables.  Sugar of any kind doesn't fit with this.The human body needs about 130g of glucose a day. If it doesn't come from diet, the body will make its own.  So if you take in less than around 130g/day, you're effectively on a "low-carb" diet. The idea is that you/we decide what level of carbohydrate (and therefore glucose) intake you can manage.  The 5g per 100g as a guide is reasonable, but as well as the percentage you also need to think about quantity.  250g of a 5g/100 food is 12.5g carb.  10g of a 20g/100 food is 2g carb.  You're looking for the total amount of carb going in your diet, not the percentage. I think you can only do this effectively if you're using a glucometer to test levels before and two hours after eating. That way you can see how well your body deals with what you ate.  If your levels have returned to close to your starting point (the usual target is not more than 2mmol/l higher, and under 7.8) then that food or food combination was OK.  keep a record of the food, and the readings, and you'll build up knowledge of how you react to and deal with the various carb-containing foods. Best of luck!</blockquote>

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