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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 997950" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi, thanks. </p><p></p><p>A lot of that diet makes sense to me - but I am unclear about one thing; is it no white flours or grains, or no starchy carbs (so no potato, brown rice, brown pasta, brown bread)?</p><p></p><p>I ask because brown/wholegrain/wholewheat carbs are just as bad for my RH as the white carbs - so i avoid them all.</p><p></p><p>Do you have a blood glucose monitor so you can check your husband's level after these foods? I find the brown carb spike-and-drop is slightly later, but just as nasty.</p><p></p><p>To answer your question, a ketogenic diet is one where the body gets very little fuel from carbs (typically it is just meat, fish, eggs, dairy, cheese, tofu, non-starchy veg, non tropical fruit, oils, nuts, etc.) think steak n salad, huge salads. Because there aren't many carbs in the diet, calories come from fats and protein. This means that the body breaks these down not to glucose as fuel, but ketones as fuel. Just as efficient, but with the huge benefit that you don't get the glucose highs and lows.</p><p></p><p>My RH is totally controlled by this (adjusting to ketosis and a ketogenic diet takes a couple of weeks) at which point, hypos almost never happen to me. In fact, it is fair to say that nowadays i only hypo when i mess up my ketogenic diet. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 997950, member: 41816"] Hi, thanks. A lot of that diet makes sense to me - but I am unclear about one thing; is it no white flours or grains, or no starchy carbs (so no potato, brown rice, brown pasta, brown bread)? I ask because brown/wholegrain/wholewheat carbs are just as bad for my RH as the white carbs - so i avoid them all. Do you have a blood glucose monitor so you can check your husband's level after these foods? I find the brown carb spike-and-drop is slightly later, but just as nasty. To answer your question, a ketogenic diet is one where the body gets very little fuel from carbs (typically it is just meat, fish, eggs, dairy, cheese, tofu, non-starchy veg, non tropical fruit, oils, nuts, etc.) think steak n salad, huge salads. Because there aren't many carbs in the diet, calories come from fats and protein. This means that the body breaks these down not to glucose as fuel, but ketones as fuel. Just as efficient, but with the huge benefit that you don't get the glucose highs and lows. My RH is totally controlled by this (adjusting to ketosis and a ketogenic diet takes a couple of weeks) at which point, hypos almost never happen to me. In fact, it is fair to say that nowadays i only hypo when i mess up my ketogenic diet. :D [/QUOTE]
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