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The right amount of carbs intake for type 2 diabetics

MVEasternbride1982 said:
May I know what is the daily right amount of carb intake for people who has type 2 diabetes.
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For perfect carb eating I prefer nothing more than 10g of carb per 100g item of food. It keeps me right whatever my diet. Always.

You decide how much carb GS per day you refer your diet. Your meter tells you when your eating too much carb for your body!
I hope this helps. ☺
 
If you don't already have a meter definately get one as testing before and after meals is essential, that way you will be able to see what effects different foods have on your BS.
 
If you are contemplating lowering the amount of carbohydrates you eat then 130g per day or less is said to be low carb. From there you can lower the carbs per day you take to suit yourself. By cutting out sugar, rice, potatoes, pasta and bread (or anything made with white flour) you can make a huge difference to the amountof carbs in your diet but do this gradually.
 
The number of carbs I can eat is less than or equal to the number of carbs my body can deal with. We are all different. As other have said, get a meter if you don't have one and TEST, TEST, TEST. It doesn't tell lies!
 
Guzzler said:
If you are contemplating lowering the amount of carbohydrates you eat then 130g per day or less is said to be low carb. From there you can lower the carbs per day you take to suit yourself. By cutting out sugar, rice, potatoes, pasta and bread (or anything made with white flour) you can make a huge difference to the amountof carbs in your diet but do this gradually.
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I notice allot of people say reduce carbs gradually- im boarder line t2 and drastically changed my diet from carb loaded (take ways, pastries, bread, pasta every meal) to today I just worked out was about 46g carbs (mostly in vege) and only few g of sugar for the day. I am losing weight not trying to maintain I guess should mention but I'm unsure why it's said to reduce gradually - like what are the expected negitive effects of doing so? I've been going nearly month every day similar carbs (some maybe a bit more but prob never 130g) and not noticed any thing negitive.

Thanks for replying to my other post to guzzler
 
Jared1 said:
I notice allot of people say reduce carbs gradually- im boarder line t2 and drastically changed my diet from carb loaded (take ways, pastries, bread, pasta every meal) to today I just worked out was about 46g carbs (mostly in vege) and only few g of sugar for the day. I am losing weight not trying to maintain I guess should mention but I'm unsure why it's said to reduce gradually - like what are the expected negitive effects of doing so? I've been going nearly month every day similar carbs (some maybe a bit more but prob never 130g) and not noticed any thing negitive.

Thanks for replying to my other post to guzzler
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This is to avoid 'Carb Flu' also known as 'Keto Flu'. When carbs are lowered too fast the body can react in a most unpleasant fashion resulting in flu-like symptoms because blood glucose is reduced quickly. I made this mistake because my A1c was so high and I can attest that it makes one feel absolutely miserable, so miserable that it almost made me give up the whole idea of reducing carbs.
 
walnut_face said:
The number of carbs I can eat is less than or equal to the number of carbs my body can deal with. We are all different. As other have said, get a meter if you don't have one and TEST, TEST, TEST. It doesn't tell lies!
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How do you test for that? Amount of spike per meal?
 
You simply test before meals and two hours after meals and it gives you an indication of how that meal affected your BS. A rise of less than 2mmol at the two hour mark is considered good but everyone is different and you have to find what levels you are happy with.
 
4ratbags said:
You simply test before meals and two hours after meals and it gives you an indication of how that meal affected your BS. A rise of less than 2mmol at the two hour mark is considered good but everyone is different and you have to find what levels you are happy with.
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Thank you
 
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