A low-carb discussion without the emotional noise ***Update*** with video link

OK, I apologize for the "nutcake" reference. If my mind had been clearer (and if bsc hadn't just sarcastically baited me in another thread) I would have said "other low carb extremists" which is what I really believe.

I went back and reread part of the scheiner discussion HERE. He actually said that for a T1 (no mention of T2) that eating 100g carb a day "simplifies control". He was answering the question based on his extensive personal and professional experience managing T1. I'm not sure where the "Nazi-like" reference came from, but I'll note that in that discussion Scheiner was attacked as "a self defined 'expert'", "misinformed", "less than credible", "blatant definite bias", etc. Which I don't think he deserved.

Finally, let me say that I am a T1 and don't pretend to know the best way to manage T2. And I certainly understand that eating ultra-low-carb could be a viable way to minimize or eliminate insulin or other medication for a T2 who still produces enough insulin to cover slow rises in their BG. So if nutritionist Spritzler is talking specifically about managing and minimizing medication for a T2 and not T1, then her advice can make sense. What I don't like is the presumption that because an ultra-low-carb diet may be beneficial to the management of some T2s, therefore it must be the best or only way to also manage all T1s.