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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 2309418" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>It is only a major disease if you let it be.</p><p>An inability to deal with carbs really has to be dealt with, the worst thing to do is pretend it isn't there and go on eating the frankly crazy amounts of carbohydrates in the modern diet.</p><p>If you test just before you start to eat and then again two hours later that should give you a really good idea of how you are doing. The ideal would be to have no more than 2 whole numbers increase, but that is something to aim for by assessing the amount of carbs in your meals. That might mean eating more fat than advised - but the fuel has to come from somewhere and ever since the advice to eat less fat came out, things seem to have been going downhill, plus when checked, the supposed benefits of eating a low fat diet just aren't there.</p><p>My Hba1c was rather higher than yours, and I am probably far more sensitive to carbs than most type 2s, so you might well find that you don't need to be anything like as low carb, but just to show you what is possible, I find that I get the best results eating just 10 gm of carb in the morning - in addition to the protein and fats, and the mug of real coffee with cream, cinnamon and a tiny pinch of salt to stop night time cramps, and then I can go all day and eat again in the evening. I only need a maximum of 40 gm of carbs a day for flavour and variety, plus the micronutrients they bring - which keeps me at the top end of normal for Hba1c, which is fine by me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 2309418, member: 355878"] It is only a major disease if you let it be. An inability to deal with carbs really has to be dealt with, the worst thing to do is pretend it isn't there and go on eating the frankly crazy amounts of carbohydrates in the modern diet. If you test just before you start to eat and then again two hours later that should give you a really good idea of how you are doing. The ideal would be to have no more than 2 whole numbers increase, but that is something to aim for by assessing the amount of carbs in your meals. That might mean eating more fat than advised - but the fuel has to come from somewhere and ever since the advice to eat less fat came out, things seem to have been going downhill, plus when checked, the supposed benefits of eating a low fat diet just aren't there. My Hba1c was rather higher than yours, and I am probably far more sensitive to carbs than most type 2s, so you might well find that you don't need to be anything like as low carb, but just to show you what is possible, I find that I get the best results eating just 10 gm of carb in the morning - in addition to the protein and fats, and the mug of real coffee with cream, cinnamon and a tiny pinch of salt to stop night time cramps, and then I can go all day and eat again in the evening. I only need a maximum of 40 gm of carbs a day for flavour and variety, plus the micronutrients they bring - which keeps me at the top end of normal for Hba1c, which is fine by me. [/QUOTE]
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