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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 60082" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>Hi nicki</p><p></p><p>Firstly welcome to the forum</p><p></p><p>Eat plenty of carbs, is a bit of a misnomer as it gives the impression that as long as you avoid sugary foods and drinks you can still pile your plate up with foods such as potatoes, rice pasta, and eat slices of bread etc with out any real worry… Which is sadly wrong in many respects…?</p><p></p><p>A diabetic whether they are T1 or T2, really needs to learn and understand, what carbs actually are where you can find them, and how to count them within a meal or a snack… Then they need to learn how they effect there blood sugar levels and work out the maximum amount of any particular/combination of carbs work for them with any meal or snack, they need to understand how other factors such as exercise, stress or illness effects this as well, to stand a chance of there condition.</p><p></p><p>You can achieve this in several ways, you could try the G.I diet which is less of a impact on lifestyle changes than the extreme low carb diet when you follow a strict 30g of carbs a day regime, or you can work on finding out what foods spike and raise your blood sugar levels and either reduce or eliminate them as needed to stabilise your blood sugar.</p><p></p><p>As to the insulin concerns, well I’m a T1 diabetic so insulin is a most, but at the end of the day, with either oral medication or insulin, each has it’s pro’s and cons to it… I do how ever find that having insulin actually does give me more flexibility that perhaps oral medication would give…</p><p></p><p>Take a look around the forum, there are plenty of ideas how to achieve good control, ask question for more information or just general support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 60082, member: 11712"] Hi nicki Firstly welcome to the forum Eat plenty of carbs, is a bit of a misnomer as it gives the impression that as long as you avoid sugary foods and drinks you can still pile your plate up with foods such as potatoes, rice pasta, and eat slices of bread etc with out any real worry… Which is sadly wrong in many respects…? A diabetic whether they are T1 or T2, really needs to learn and understand, what carbs actually are where you can find them, and how to count them within a meal or a snack… Then they need to learn how they effect there blood sugar levels and work out the maximum amount of any particular/combination of carbs work for them with any meal or snack, they need to understand how other factors such as exercise, stress or illness effects this as well, to stand a chance of there condition. You can achieve this in several ways, you could try the G.I diet which is less of a impact on lifestyle changes than the extreme low carb diet when you follow a strict 30g of carbs a day regime, or you can work on finding out what foods spike and raise your blood sugar levels and either reduce or eliminate them as needed to stabilise your blood sugar. As to the insulin concerns, well I’m a T1 diabetic so insulin is a most, but at the end of the day, with either oral medication or insulin, each has it’s pro’s and cons to it… I do how ever find that having insulin actually does give me more flexibility that perhaps oral medication would give… Take a look around the forum, there are plenty of ideas how to achieve good control, ask question for more information or just general support. [/QUOTE]
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