There are diabetics posting on this site who do manage to keep their blood glucose down while allowing themselves the odd slice of bread. This is where having a meter and testing your bg before and after meals and snacks is so useful. Everyone's carb tolerance is different. However on a low carb diet bread will almost certainly be an occasional treat, probably from a specially high protein lower carb loaf, rather than the useful staple most of us used to rely on.No brown bread, pasta, rice, no cereals, grains.
Dr Bernstein's cookbook is fine from the point of view of low carb, but for enjoyment maybe not so much. You can check out some of the recipes here: http://www.diabetes-book.com/recipes/The first thing you need to know is that there is no such thing as a diabetic cook book.
Some carbs are fine. A recent study showed that 80% of participants in a continuous glucose monitor test had diabetic numbers eating Corn Flakes - this was really no surprise to me, just look at the back of all cereals they are all around 60 -70 grams of carbs per 100, so mainly sugar. 200 hundred years ago Americans consumed 2 pounds of sugar a year, now this is 152 pounds a year i.e. 6 cups of sugar a week; this is consumed in the form of high gi carbs and sugary drinks - it is the major biggest macro change of the lot, alongside fake fats. Whether you believe sugar / carbs cause diabetes is another discussion (I do, others don't), what we do know is that removing hi GI carbs / sugars from the diet of a diabetic makes a dramatic effect. Many on this site, I would say the majority who reverse or get remission in their diabetes do so via eating what would be classed as a regular meal and replacing the rice, pasta, chips, potatoes etc - this is fact, call it anecdotal or whatever it is the case (again 80 / 20 rule applies).I think the most confusing aspect of all this is how contradictory it all seems to be on the web. Some sources say carbs are fine and everything in moderation. Some say don't eat these fruits as they are high in sugar yet others say eat more of these.
At times I don't know what to think and what's a myth and what's true etc.
With a meter you can conduct your own experiments.I think the most confusing aspect of all this is how contradictory it all seems to be on the web. Some sources say carbs are fine and everything in moderation. Some say don't eat these fruits as they are high in sugar yet others say eat more of these.
At times I don't know what to think and what's a myth and what's true etc.
With a meter you can conduct your own experiments.
I think the most confusing aspect of all this is how contradictory it all seems to be on the web. Some sources say carbs are fine and everything in moderation. Some say don't eat these fruits as they are high in sugar yet others say eat more of these.
At times I don't know what to think and what's a myth and what's true etc.
Probably however there are lower carb breads out there - I can tolerate a slice of Tesco High Protein bread, Hovis Low Carb or Hovis Seed Sensations (in the orange wrapper) which, when loaded with filling, is quite substantial. There is no ‘one size fits all’ and everyone is different. The only way to find out is to test and you will eventually learn what you can or shouldn’t eat.The carbs thing. Is brown bread totally a no go then?
I totally agree. It actually rather horrifies me when people new to all this seem happy to get all their information and guidance from this Forum. Better than getting it from their GP, but still! The help we can get from each other here is invaluable, but naturally enough our views are contradictory. Between us we have an enormous amount of experience, helpfulness and warmth to offer, but we can also be fanatical, confused, crazy and just plain wrong. IMO it is much safer to acquire one or two books to help evaluate all this. My preference would be books by respected authors who are also themselves diabetic - Jenny Ruhl and Dr Bernstein.Best advice I ever got on T2 was the need to understand this disease really wel
Well done! You must be pleased with yourself (and you should be!) When are you testing?I've been eating less carbs and it has dropped my sugar levels to between 6.5 to 5.0 unless I have something out of the diet I take care metformin
Every morning once because I don't get the equipment I have to buy it myself strips and lancets I bought a reader for the computer this is brilliant it takes the readings from the Accu machine and gives you a graph of your progress Down from 11.5 to 6.8 over a 8 month period slow but sureWell done! You must be pleased with yourself (and you should be!) When are you testing?
What dose of Metformin are you taking?Every morning once because I don't get the equipment I have to buy it myself strips and lancets I bought a reader for the computer this is brilliant it takes the readings from the Accu machine and gives you a graph of your progress Down from 11.5 to 6.8 over a 8 month period slow but sure
As Richard is only doing a morning fasting test at present, the estimated A1c is unlikely to be at all accurate.@Richard Frost download the mySugr app and enter your last weeks data, it will give you an estimated HbA1c.
I think you should insist on seeing your doctor asap. Or ring 111.Hi , im new to this and dont like to intrude or jump into your convrrsation but im trying to find my way round the site , i spoke to a moderator yesterday about my issues im not diabetic but theres something not right with bg as i check it 3 0r 4 times a day , i got a fright last night with bg 15.1 post prandial 3 hours actually , my question is if im prddiabetes and i dont eat lunch to try keep blood down , its going down to 3.8 but i feel weird bit shaky is that a hypo and would you say its ok to do this ?
Hi , im new to this and dont like to intrude or jump into your convrrsation but im trying to find my way round the site , i spoke to a moderator yesterday about my issues im not diabetic but theres something not right with bg as i check it 3 0r 4 times a day , i got a fright last night with bg 15.1 post prandial 3 hours actually , my question is if im prddiabetes and i dont eat lunch to try keep blood down , its going down to 3.8 but i feel weird bit shaky is that a hypo and would you say its ok to do this ?
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