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barriebanana

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I have been doing well for the last few weeks on LCHF diet but have been reading diabetes for dummies this morning and am now in doubt
They say we need to eat carbs and need fibre to prevent certain cancers
Also that the European diabetes policy group recommends that 50-55 per cent of your total calorie content should come from carbs Complex carbs rather than refined carbs
I know lots of us are finding so many carb sources put our bg up but how can we insure that we are still eating healthily
I'm getting so confused
 
barriebanana said:
They say we need to eat carbs and need fibre to prevent certain cancers
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Carbs and fibre are different things. Fibre is found in carby things, but they're still different. Fibre is also found in not so carby things like vegetables. I eat more than 10 different vegetables most days and I get loads of fibre. There is indeed a suggestion that lack of fibre and slow intestinal transit times has something to do with certain cancers (I'm sure there's loads of evidence). However, it's low carb some choose to follow, not low fibre.

I have read (www.everydayhealth.com and others) that a general rule is to eat 14 gms fibre for every 1,000 calories. I'm well over that on just veg.

Hope that helps

BTW, I like the dummies guides but some might be getting long in the tooth.
 
I have started putting a spoonful of ground up stuff into my scrambled eggs a couple of times a week, to increase the fibre, just to see if it helps, but eating half my calories as carbs is something I have never been able to do.
Firstly I would put on weight very rapidly whenever I ate carbs - all my life, which is why I started to eat low carb back in the 1970s, in my 20s. At the time I was very active, and walked, cycled and ran for miles - but could not maintain my weight on a 'normal' diet.
 
My thought is anything that puts your blood glucose out of your desired goal is not a health food. No matter how n utrient rich it is. Elevated blood glucose is not good for you obviously.

I eat vlc and have been doing so well before diabetes as that's how I feel best. I get fatigued, achy, brain fog, weight gain etc on anything over 20 carbs per day

My blood sugar and health ( other than diabetes) is always spot on.

I get my main fiber and fat from avocados. I don't digest loads of veggies though sure wish I did.
 
barriebanana said:
I have been doing well for the last few weeks on LCHF diet but have been reading diabetes for dummies this morning and am now in doubt
They say we need to eat carbs and need fibre to prevent certain cancers
Also that the European diabetes policy group recommends that 50-55 per cent of your total calorie content should come from carbs Complex carbs rather than refined carbs
I know lots of us are finding so many carb sources put our bg up but how can we insure that we are still eating healthily
I'm getting so confused
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Yes, it is very confusing when you read all the success stories on LCHF and then read all the dietary guidance put out by the NHS and the nutrition associations in other countries.

If you are unsure, I suggest you try both and then make up your own mind from your own results. Perhaps keep to Low Carb until your next lot of tests, then switch to something different and compare the two and see how you feel in yourself..

Fibre is in many things that are low carb.. It isn't a low fibre diet at all.
I have no problem keeping plenty of fibre in my diet (and I don't even eat many vegetables)
 
Hi. You will find that much of these recommendations about having a lot of carbs is based on very poor science aided and abetted by the Food Industry lobby. If you dig down you will find the Profs and Universities which drive this stuff are funded either by food companies or pharma companies. The recent Eatwell Guide update was driven mainly by food companies who have an interest in selling profitable carbs. As humans we don't actually need any carbs at all as we can get the glucose we need from fats and proteins unless we are athletes. However we do need fibre and other nutrients that complex carbs can provide so having some complex carbs makes sense. In summary be careful when following the 'experts'.
 
barriebanana said:
I have been doing well for the last few weeks on LCHF diet but have been reading diabetes for dummies this morning and am now in doubt
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You have answered your own question... if you are doing well with LCHF then carry on with it. There is all sorts of info out there.. some helpful others not but if you have found something that works then why stop?
 
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