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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2108124" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Tinned fish is fine. (Especially if they're in good oils, not brine). And a little bit of everything...? Thing is, there's 3 macro nutrients: Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates. Fats don't do anything to mess up your bloodsugars. Protein, well, they do cause a little blip, but that's okay. Carbs, they make your blood sugars<em> skyrocket</em>. And you don't actually need them: You can get all the macro nutrients (vitamins, minerals) from fats and protein. So the "balanced diet" with "a bit of everything" is, <em>for a T2</em>, a disaster. You have a metabolic disorder, you can't process the glucose that the carbs turn into, back out of your body. It gets stored in fat cells, it floats around your bloodstream damaging organs, eyes, veins... See it as an allergic reaction. If you can't tolerate peanuts, you don't eat them. If you can't tolerate carbs, same thing. Just something to mull over. </p><p></p><p>No-one said it was going to be actually easy.... I have migraine triggers and rheumatism agitators to consider, that narrows my menu too. Others here are coeliac's, or have autism an cannot tolerate the structure of certain foods, etc etc.... It's a lot to contend with. And yet we still manage, somehow. It's not hopeless. It's a puzzle. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2108124, member: 401801"] Tinned fish is fine. (Especially if they're in good oils, not brine). And a little bit of everything...? Thing is, there's 3 macro nutrients: Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates. Fats don't do anything to mess up your bloodsugars. Protein, well, they do cause a little blip, but that's okay. Carbs, they make your blood sugars[I] skyrocket[/I]. And you don't actually need them: You can get all the macro nutrients (vitamins, minerals) from fats and protein. So the "balanced diet" with "a bit of everything" is, [I]for a T2[/I], a disaster. You have a metabolic disorder, you can't process the glucose that the carbs turn into, back out of your body. It gets stored in fat cells, it floats around your bloodstream damaging organs, eyes, veins... See it as an allergic reaction. If you can't tolerate peanuts, you don't eat them. If you can't tolerate carbs, same thing. Just something to mull over. No-one said it was going to be actually easy.... I have migraine triggers and rheumatism agitators to consider, that narrows my menu too. Others here are coeliac's, or have autism an cannot tolerate the structure of certain foods, etc etc.... It's a lot to contend with. And yet we still manage, somehow. It's not hopeless. It's a puzzle. ;) [/QUOTE]
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