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Type1. Can someone please explain Carbs in Protein and how they work?
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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 1051408" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>No Geoff, Hi Calories is not equal to increases in blood glucose levels. If you were to eat butter (I know, yeuch) you would see next to no increase in blood glucose levels, but eat very many calories. This is due to the processes that convert fat to carbs taking a long time, and also because fat absorption takes a long time.</p><p></p><p>Protein is slightly different. Again it's not the calories that matter, and as a T1, protein tends to have more of an effect than as a T2 - if you eat a normal amount of protein per meal (i.e. less than 30g) then it will have very little impact on your blood glucose levels.</p><p></p><p>The thing that will affect your blood glucose the most is carbs, and it is these that you should pay most attention to.</p><p></p><p>I'll say again though, that statement is rather misleading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 1051408, member: 30007"] No Geoff, Hi Calories is not equal to increases in blood glucose levels. If you were to eat butter (I know, yeuch) you would see next to no increase in blood glucose levels, but eat very many calories. This is due to the processes that convert fat to carbs taking a long time, and also because fat absorption takes a long time. Protein is slightly different. Again it's not the calories that matter, and as a T1, protein tends to have more of an effect than as a T2 - if you eat a normal amount of protein per meal (i.e. less than 30g) then it will have very little impact on your blood glucose levels. The thing that will affect your blood glucose the most is carbs, and it is these that you should pay most attention to. I'll say again though, that statement is rather misleading. [/QUOTE]
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