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<blockquote data-quote="VashtiB" data-source="post: 2190744" data-attributes="member: 511345"><p>Walker,</p><p></p><p>Welcome to this forum. Read around as you have been pointed to a number of different areas of the forum -vegetarian and low carb.</p><p></p><p>My first bit of advice is that you should start testing more frequently. To test whether your body copes with a particular meal test before and 2 hours after your first bite. if the level rises by more than 2 that meal didn't suit your body. I have found that the less carb s in a meal the less the rise is and sometimes even a drop.</p><p></p><p>I'm curious as to why a vegan diet. My daughter is a vegan- young and not a diabetic but is a vegan for ethical reasons- she being a sweet daughter has read around on this site and she thinks if she becomes diabetic it would be difficult for her to go low carb even though she knows that is what would work.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have a problem with dairy then a vegetarian diet would probably ly be a lot easier to go low carb. Double cream is very low carb for example.</p><p></p><p>I suggest that you try a week of low carb, testing regularly to see what effect it has on your blood sugars- you could then try out the book your mother bought for you and see what happens to your levels.</p><p></p><p>This site is really all about what works for you and your body. there are many here on low carb, some low calorie etc. Low carb varies between over 100 grams a day to some (like me) less than 20 grams of carbs a day. The problem with very low carb is the surprising amount of carbs in some vegetables. I'm not even talking potato but cucumber, tomato and onion. On very low carb you would need to keep a log of these as they can really add up the carbs.</p><p></p><p>Good luck- please take out seriously- the possible consequences can be really severe.</p><p></p><p>Read around, ask questions and test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VashtiB, post: 2190744, member: 511345"] Walker, Welcome to this forum. Read around as you have been pointed to a number of different areas of the forum -vegetarian and low carb. My first bit of advice is that you should start testing more frequently. To test whether your body copes with a particular meal test before and 2 hours after your first bite. if the level rises by more than 2 that meal didn't suit your body. I have found that the less carb s in a meal the less the rise is and sometimes even a drop. I'm curious as to why a vegan diet. My daughter is a vegan- young and not a diabetic but is a vegan for ethical reasons- she being a sweet daughter has read around on this site and she thinks if she becomes diabetic it would be difficult for her to go low carb even though she knows that is what would work. If you don't have a problem with dairy then a vegetarian diet would probably ly be a lot easier to go low carb. Double cream is very low carb for example. I suggest that you try a week of low carb, testing regularly to see what effect it has on your blood sugars- you could then try out the book your mother bought for you and see what happens to your levels. This site is really all about what works for you and your body. there are many here on low carb, some low calorie etc. Low carb varies between over 100 grams a day to some (like me) less than 20 grams of carbs a day. The problem with very low carb is the surprising amount of carbs in some vegetables. I'm not even talking potato but cucumber, tomato and onion. On very low carb you would need to keep a log of these as they can really add up the carbs. Good luck- please take out seriously- the possible consequences can be really severe. Read around, ask questions and test. [/QUOTE]
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