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<blockquote data-quote="Karen Dwyer" data-source="post: 1784122" data-attributes="member: 473563"><p>I'm certainly no expert on medical questions, but in my opinion, every diabetic should be testing blood glucose levels regularly. To me, that is the main purpose of testing before and after every meal - to see how various foods affect blood glucose levels. Even if you have to take diabetes medications (which I don't) the fewer carbs you eat, the smaller a dose of your medication you will have to take.</p><p></p><p>If you're not currently eating a low carb diet and decide to start doing so, (assuming that you're a type 2) you may well find that no medications are necessary; that's what happened to me and I haven't taken any medications for 17 years. Of course, type 1s will always need to take insulin, but will need less of it on a low-carb diet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karen Dwyer, post: 1784122, member: 473563"] I'm certainly no expert on medical questions, but in my opinion, every diabetic should be testing blood glucose levels regularly. To me, that is the main purpose of testing before and after every meal - to see how various foods affect blood glucose levels. Even if you have to take diabetes medications (which I don't) the fewer carbs you eat, the smaller a dose of your medication you will have to take. If you're not currently eating a low carb diet and decide to start doing so, (assuming that you're a type 2) you may well find that no medications are necessary; that's what happened to me and I haven't taken any medications for 17 years. Of course, type 1s will always need to take insulin, but will need less of it on a low-carb diet. [/QUOTE]
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