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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1446790" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>I find that a carb is not just a carb all the time.</p><p>Although I do not use insulin I have known for a long time that the carbs from some foods affect me more than the same number from other foods - I checked when I got a meter and the foods which stopped me losing weight are the same ones that cause high BG levels at 2 hours after eating.</p><p>If it is any help, I eat the foods allowed on Atkins Induction plus the first few rungs in the Carbohydrate ladder up to No 4, berries, which I try to eat in moderation.</p><p>I can get 11.4 on the meter by eating grapes and strawberries on the same day, even if I do not eat the salad and veges which would be equal to the same number of carbs.</p><p>It could be that you have removed the denser carbs from your diet trying to get control - those on the higher rungs, you now need to alter the amount of insulin per carb for the lesser types you are eating, and/or adjust the timing, as I imagine things with sugar are swifter to affect BG - having avoided most things with sugar since diagnosis I have no evidence of how they affect me on my meter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 1446790, member: 355878"] I find that a carb is not just a carb all the time. Although I do not use insulin I have known for a long time that the carbs from some foods affect me more than the same number from other foods - I checked when I got a meter and the foods which stopped me losing weight are the same ones that cause high BG levels at 2 hours after eating. If it is any help, I eat the foods allowed on Atkins Induction plus the first few rungs in the Carbohydrate ladder up to No 4, berries, which I try to eat in moderation. I can get 11.4 on the meter by eating grapes and strawberries on the same day, even if I do not eat the salad and veges which would be equal to the same number of carbs. It could be that you have removed the denser carbs from your diet trying to get control - those on the higher rungs, you now need to alter the amount of insulin per carb for the lesser types you are eating, and/or adjust the timing, as I imagine things with sugar are swifter to affect BG - having avoided most things with sugar since diagnosis I have no evidence of how they affect me on my meter. [/QUOTE]
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