Well I posted this in the Low Carb forum deliberately and immediately following a visit to a consultant who suggested that I have 50% carbs with every meal.
Sid - I don't agree that portion control is as effective as low carbing. If it is effective for you at the NHS levels, then that only indicates that you have better pancreatic function than me. If I followed portion control but also ate to my meter, I would simply end up not having any quantity of high-carb foods so would be low carbing. The problem with having some 'high' carbohydrate is that then you have to deal with the cravings and it makes low carbing harder.
My original post was really about what would happen if a person, in this case me, followed the NHS advice given for the ideal food plate. This isn't just generic advice as I sat in a consulting room and was told that the only 'good' thing I ate was the 10g of Porridge Oats I have in the morning. I suspect, though I haven't tested it recently, that if I followed by consultant's advice my levels would rise very high and this would, if repeated, do me no good at all.
I think it's important to experiment on ourselves and work out what works. It keeps us motivated and prevents us slipping back to bad control and all the dangers that can bring. I also think that many thousands of diabetics are being badly let down by the NHS and I therefore think it's reasonable to, in this little "Low Carb" corner of a unofficial website, to promote the idea of low carbing as it works for me and many others on here who've tried it.
I am not a fanatic and I have no wish to disrespect others and the methods they use, but I'm proud of what many people on here have achieved by radically cutting their carb intake and I don't think we should be shy about that.
