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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2055095" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>I am a vegan but type 1, not low carb, and I always want to warn people that have eaten healthy etc to watch out for being a misdiagnosed type 1. I ate well and swam laps, did a lot of walking at work and questioned the type 2 diagnosis and I was ignored for years until I switched doctors and they tested me.</p><p></p><p>Given that, my husband is a type 2 vegetarian and has an A1C of 6.2, but he does take metformin 3x a day. He originally had a 8. 4 I think when diagnosed? And with the metformin and a few changes in his diet, he now does great. The changes were not as many potato chips or to sit down with the whole bags of cookies and eat until he was full. And while he has not cut out junk food, he is better about limiting how much junk food he eats. He eats a salad every day and now will snack on my bowl of veggies in the evening. he pays more attention to what boosts his BG now, when I switched to Dexcom I had a few Libre sensors I put on him so he could easily tell what affected him.</p><p></p><p>But you do not have to be high carb and be a vegetarian or vegan, I and now my husband eat sprouted whole grain bread, 10 carbs per slice, bowls of veggies, about 5 carbs per cup, whole wheat pasta, depending which 25 carbs per cup. My pasta is mixed with lots of veggies, I use tons of tofu, beans on foods for protein on a lot I eat, you lower the carb count when you do that.</p><p></p><p>Just like type 1 runs in families, type 2 does too. My husbands mother and sister both are type 2. By far neither of them are vegetarian or even close to it. Your diet doesn't always protect you from genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2055095, member: 475037"] I am a vegan but type 1, not low carb, and I always want to warn people that have eaten healthy etc to watch out for being a misdiagnosed type 1. I ate well and swam laps, did a lot of walking at work and questioned the type 2 diagnosis and I was ignored for years until I switched doctors and they tested me. Given that, my husband is a type 2 vegetarian and has an A1C of 6.2, but he does take metformin 3x a day. He originally had a 8. 4 I think when diagnosed? And with the metformin and a few changes in his diet, he now does great. The changes were not as many potato chips or to sit down with the whole bags of cookies and eat until he was full. And while he has not cut out junk food, he is better about limiting how much junk food he eats. He eats a salad every day and now will snack on my bowl of veggies in the evening. he pays more attention to what boosts his BG now, when I switched to Dexcom I had a few Libre sensors I put on him so he could easily tell what affected him. But you do not have to be high carb and be a vegetarian or vegan, I and now my husband eat sprouted whole grain bread, 10 carbs per slice, bowls of veggies, about 5 carbs per cup, whole wheat pasta, depending which 25 carbs per cup. My pasta is mixed with lots of veggies, I use tons of tofu, beans on foods for protein on a lot I eat, you lower the carb count when you do that. Just like type 1 runs in families, type 2 does too. My husbands mother and sister both are type 2. By far neither of them are vegetarian or even close to it. Your diet doesn't always protect you from genetics. [/QUOTE]
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