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<blockquote data-quote="squeeze321" data-source="post: 410154" data-attributes="member: 37207"><p>I am very suprised that a doctor would advise you to stop counting carbs and to be honest if a doctor had givem me the same advice I would ignore it because I want to live.</p><p></p><p>How on earth are you meant to match your insulin doses with the food you are eating without counting carbs? Counting carbs and mastering ratios is a very important skill for a person with diabetes to help them stay healthy and happy in life and avoid side effects which are toooooo scary to think about so I will not list them.</p><p></p><p>I had bad control before the dafne course but since my HbA1c has dropped from 14.0 to 7.4 and my sugars are averaging at 6.2 at the moment and I could not achieve that without counting carbs. I have had much better control since I stopped guessing my portion sizes and strated weighing my food using the carb portions in the DAFNE book and I think the best thing you can do is to stick to careful carb counting because you achieve less blood sugar spikes and better HbA1c results in the long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="squeeze321, post: 410154, member: 37207"] I am very suprised that a doctor would advise you to stop counting carbs and to be honest if a doctor had givem me the same advice I would ignore it because I want to live. How on earth are you meant to match your insulin doses with the food you are eating without counting carbs? Counting carbs and mastering ratios is a very important skill for a person with diabetes to help them stay healthy and happy in life and avoid side effects which are toooooo scary to think about so I will not list them. I had bad control before the dafne course but since my HbA1c has dropped from 14.0 to 7.4 and my sugars are averaging at 6.2 at the moment and I could not achieve that without counting carbs. I have had much better control since I stopped guessing my portion sizes and strated weighing my food using the carb portions in the DAFNE book and I think the best thing you can do is to stick to careful carb counting because you achieve less blood sugar spikes and better HbA1c results in the long term. [/QUOTE]
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