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stuffedolive
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check out the low-carb forum. However, I think it's mostly Type2s that do this, especially the non-insulin dependent ones. That's not to say the others don't low-carb, there are still benefits - like less insulin needed.
check out the low-carb forum. However, I think it's mostly Type2s that do this, especially the non-insulin dependent ones. That's not to say the others don't low-carb, there are still benefits - like less insulin needed.
I'm a T1 and low carb. The idea is that you need less insulin so you will make smaller mistakes - smaller highs, not so low hypos and both less frequently. I've been low carbing for a year. Since then I've not been in the 2s and don't think I've been in the teens either.
Managing your levels whilst eating out is easier, just go for whatever has the lowest carb content. Same with drinking, just drink the low carb stuff. I never used to be able to maintain perfect levels whilst eating and drinking out, but I can now.
Best place to start is to buy Richard Bernstein's Diabetes Diet book. Bernstein is a doctor and also a T1 and a low carb advocate. His book details the ideas and contains recipes. Its a bit of a rant at times and his carb prescriptions are a bit strict, but the philosophy is sound: avoid the foods you associate with carbs.
Since low carbing my HbA1c has dropped from the mid 7s to the low 6s. I'd thoroughly recommend it if you want to, but for whatever reason, can't reach the 6.5% target.
Managing your levels whilst eating out is easier, just go for whatever has the lowest carb content. Same with drinking, just drink the low carb stuff. I never used to be able to maintain perfect levels whilst eating and drinking out, but I can now.
Best place to start is to buy Richard Bernstein's Diabetes Diet book. Bernstein is a doctor and also a T1 and a low carb advocate. His book details the ideas and contains recipes. Its a bit of a rant at times and his carb prescriptions are a bit strict, but the philosophy is sound: avoid the foods you associate with carbs.
Since low carbing my HbA1c has dropped from the mid 7s to the low 6s. I'd thoroughly recommend it if you want to, but for whatever reason, can't reach the 6.5% target.
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Same I'm a type 1 low carbing, managed to reduce my HBA1c from the mid - high 7's right down to 6.7% (at the lowest). I've still a long way to go though as having a few hypos but it's definitely changed my life 
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Dr. Richard Bernstein, himself a lifelong T1 uses low carbing with his patients and has described it in his books. He calls it the principle of small numbers. Small amounts of carb ingested need small doses of insulin. Also reduces the problems of hypos, because overdosing on insulin is less.
It works just as well in T1 as in T2. it was devised for T1 origially. Bernstein doesn't bother much about the different kinds of Diabetes. He says all diabetics have a right to normal blood sugars. In this he's generations ahead of the NHS. they're happy if our BGs are DOUBLE normal and often don't know what normal truly is. I've asked quite a few so-called diabetes experts.
Hana
Dr. Richard Bernstein, himself a lifelong T1 uses low carbing with his patients and has described it in his books. He calls it the principle of small numbers. Small amounts of carb ingested need small doses of insulin. Also reduces the problems of hypos, because overdosing on insulin is less.
It works just as well in T1 as in T2. it was devised for T1 origially. Bernstein doesn't bother much about the different kinds of Diabetes. He says all diabetics have a right to normal blood sugars. In this he's generations ahead of the NHS. they're happy if our BGs are DOUBLE normal and often don't know what normal truly is. I've asked quite a few so-called diabetes experts.
Hana
