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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 371625" data-source="post: 1538863"><p>The NHS recommendations, to be fair, are in conjunction with regular exercise (both cardio and muscle building).</p><p>After being diagnosed I brought BG under control with exercise and about 100g Carbs/day. I now have about 200g/day of carbs on average without increasing my average BG of 4.5 / HbA1c 32. I am still experimenting with my diet as I don't want to lose any more weight or to cut my exercise (11st 7lb now after being c.17st at Xmas).</p><p>However, it depends on activity. I may have a bowl of porridge (made with almond milk) and fruit for breakfast if I am going out for a long walk or on the rowing machine for a while or both. I will probably have toast & avocado afterwards or maybe mackerel or something similar. I find that I cannot do much exercise now without a loading of carbs. I could when first diagnosed as exercise was not as vigorous and I had plenty of stored fat too.</p><p>If, however, I have to spend the morning working at the computer at home, or (God forbid) sitting in a meeting, then it is bacon and eggs for me. I have tested a couple of times having porridge and not exercising and BG goes down just fine but I no longer feel comfortable eating lots of carbs if I'm not about to burn them up.</p><p>I don't believe that any discussion about diet is really relevant without including levels of activity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 371625, post: 1538863"] The NHS recommendations, to be fair, are in conjunction with regular exercise (both cardio and muscle building). After being diagnosed I brought BG under control with exercise and about 100g Carbs/day. I now have about 200g/day of carbs on average without increasing my average BG of 4.5 / HbA1c 32. I am still experimenting with my diet as I don't want to lose any more weight or to cut my exercise (11st 7lb now after being c.17st at Xmas). However, it depends on activity. I may have a bowl of porridge (made with almond milk) and fruit for breakfast if I am going out for a long walk or on the rowing machine for a while or both. I will probably have toast & avocado afterwards or maybe mackerel or something similar. I find that I cannot do much exercise now without a loading of carbs. I could when first diagnosed as exercise was not as vigorous and I had plenty of stored fat too. If, however, I have to spend the morning working at the computer at home, or (God forbid) sitting in a meeting, then it is bacon and eggs for me. I have tested a couple of times having porridge and not exercising and BG goes down just fine but I no longer feel comfortable eating lots of carbs if I'm not about to burn them up. I don't believe that any discussion about diet is really relevant without including levels of activity. [/QUOTE]
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