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Decided to start a new thread so I don’t hijack the Bernstein thread which has courted so much controversy.
The conundrum with this very subject, is I feel rooted in the difference between type 1 and type 2. As I’ve stated many times I am pretty low carb most of the time. However, if I wanted to eat them at various times, believe me I would, and indeed do so. Because I have the availability of insulin injections to enable me.
To live a carbless regime all the time takes discipline. This is why I take my hat off to those with type 2. For their health it is imperative that they take on board this different way of eating.
For type 1s life is very different. We take insulin artificially, which presents a whole new level of looking after ourselves. Each night when we climb into bed we need to know where we are on that glucose monitor and be aware of what insulin we may or may not have on board. This applies wether we eat low carb or not. I have seen plenty of low carbers on this forum who take insulin but still have problems with their basal needs because they are stressed, ill or for goodness sake the weather has changed. Low carbing doesn’t help with this. It requires a whole new level of monitoring that eating or not eating those above ground veg can solve.
The debate will go on, yes, but just to be provocative, all those people who demonise carbs.....If you hadn’t been diagnosed with diabetes I bet you would still be eating them quite happily, as indeed a large percentage of the population continue to do, without ever having any problems. Those who can inject insulin to counteract the effects can also manage their carb intake quite successfully. It takes dedication and lots of hard work and they should be given a clap and not made to feel like they are doing it wrong because they dare to eat a potato. We are all on this planet for such a short time. We each need to enjoy it in the best way possible.
Go forth and eat carbs, or indeed not, whatever is right for you and you alone.
Enjoy the fantastic weather everyone, and type 1s, keep an eye on those basal requirements!!!
The conundrum with this very subject, is I feel rooted in the difference between type 1 and type 2. As I’ve stated many times I am pretty low carb most of the time. However, if I wanted to eat them at various times, believe me I would, and indeed do so. Because I have the availability of insulin injections to enable me.
To live a carbless regime all the time takes discipline. This is why I take my hat off to those with type 2. For their health it is imperative that they take on board this different way of eating.
For type 1s life is very different. We take insulin artificially, which presents a whole new level of looking after ourselves. Each night when we climb into bed we need to know where we are on that glucose monitor and be aware of what insulin we may or may not have on board. This applies wether we eat low carb or not. I have seen plenty of low carbers on this forum who take insulin but still have problems with their basal needs because they are stressed, ill or for goodness sake the weather has changed. Low carbing doesn’t help with this. It requires a whole new level of monitoring that eating or not eating those above ground veg can solve.
The debate will go on, yes, but just to be provocative, all those people who demonise carbs.....If you hadn’t been diagnosed with diabetes I bet you would still be eating them quite happily, as indeed a large percentage of the population continue to do, without ever having any problems. Those who can inject insulin to counteract the effects can also manage their carb intake quite successfully. It takes dedication and lots of hard work and they should be given a clap and not made to feel like they are doing it wrong because they dare to eat a potato. We are all on this planet for such a short time. We each need to enjoy it in the best way possible.
Go forth and eat carbs, or indeed not, whatever is right for you and you alone.
Enjoy the fantastic weather everyone, and type 1s, keep an eye on those basal requirements!!!
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