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<blockquote data-quote="lizdeluz" data-source="post: 1303607" data-attributes="member: 32108"><p>I used to love carbs, and I grew up believing that fruit and good bread and whole grains were healthy. When I got my diagnosis, aged 30, and was issued with the food pyramid recommendation I believed it was correct, no problem. However, I had to inject much higher amounts of insulin then than I do now on 50g carbs max per day. The roller coaster effect was something that I assumed was inevitable, and not due to the bad advice, though well-meant, that I received. </p><p>Before the discovery of insulin, a zero-carb diet was advised, though, for patients with a shot pancreas, there was not much hope. The very low carb dietary recommendations in the early years of insulin were gradually considered unnecessary, because look what we've got now : insulin! It was maybe understandable that doctors assumed that our problems were over. But though insulin was a life-saver, its proper use was still a problem and still is! </p><p>The answer surely is a low-carb diet and the correct amount of insulin at precisely the right time. Very difficult to achieve, and impossible to prescribe, and I can't expect my doctor to manage it.</p><p>I'm really glad, though, that the light is now visible at the end of the tunnel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lizdeluz, post: 1303607, member: 32108"] I used to love carbs, and I grew up believing that fruit and good bread and whole grains were healthy. When I got my diagnosis, aged 30, and was issued with the food pyramid recommendation I believed it was correct, no problem. However, I had to inject much higher amounts of insulin then than I do now on 50g carbs max per day. The roller coaster effect was something that I assumed was inevitable, and not due to the bad advice, though well-meant, that I received. Before the discovery of insulin, a zero-carb diet was advised, though, for patients with a shot pancreas, there was not much hope. The very low carb dietary recommendations in the early years of insulin were gradually considered unnecessary, because look what we've got now : insulin! It was maybe understandable that doctors assumed that our problems were over. But though insulin was a life-saver, its proper use was still a problem and still is! The answer surely is a low-carb diet and the correct amount of insulin at precisely the right time. Very difficult to achieve, and impossible to prescribe, and I can't expect my doctor to manage it. I'm really glad, though, that the light is now visible at the end of the tunnel. [/QUOTE]
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