debs248
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 331
- Location
- Southampton
- Type of diabetes
- Other
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Hypocrisy, mornings
Easy. For most veggies it takes a lot of them to come even close to 35 grams of carbs a meal, so if you just leave out the rice/spuds/bread/pasta you're not very likely to go over 35 grams a meal.Does anyone here succeed in eating 5 or more veg a day while eating low carb? I'm trying for 35g carbs max per meal, up to about 100 per day.
Trouble is I'm not eating those anyway (maybe once a week) so no wiggle room there. My carbs are coming mostly from dairy or veg that wouldn't be my first choice, such as carrots, pulses and leeks. As I'm not able to prepare my own food, I rely on other people's choices.Easy. For most veggies it takes a lot of them to come even close to 35 grams of carbs a meal, so if you just leave out the rice/spuds/bread/pasta you're not very likely to go over 35 grams a meal.
Do you use a glucose meter to see how you react to your meals by testing before and two hours after meals?I think what I want to know is, is it better to eat eg peas and carrots, and go over on carbs, or reject them? I like most veg, so I'm hoping the answer is "eat them up, they're good for you overall despite the carbs"!
Your fasting morning readings are really testing what your liver is doing. Once your insulin response system has cleared additional glucose after food, variation is glucose levels is largely down to how your liver handles your levels. People's livers respond to all sorts of things - illness, stress, activity, etc. One of the things that often happens is that in the early morning, the liver will start making and adding glucose to the system. This is "fuel" to get you going as you wake up. It seems to happen to a lot of people, it's not a "diabetic" thing. It's just that diabetics tend to test blood sugars more often, so are more aware.I'm trying to test 4 times a day (first thing, before and after 1 meal and before bed) but still only getting a good blood drop about 2/3 of the time, so don't have a complete record.
Gliclazide seems to be masking any effects from food as 2 hours after a meal I'm generally 2mmol/l *below* the before meal reading.
My high readings are nearly always when I get up, after I've not eaten for over 9 hours, so surely can't be as a result of too many veg?
Just want to do the best I can diet wise, it's such a balancing act.
I love veggies, especially the leafy greens. I eat greens with almost every meal.
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