No please I want the info!!! I understand that years ago most of our grains and such came from the protien we consumed, no added hormones or sugar in place....so its not that I disagree please don't misunderstand me.
Sugar is a nasty substance I agree...although I love that we have "natural" sugars in our fruits and veggies. I think I need to pick up a book or two about Dr. Bernsteins diet. Althought I don't agree with everything I've heard that it entails I would love to see it.
Richard K. Bernstein, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, 4th. ed. (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011)
It's readily available on Amazon and elsewhere. You don't have to agree with every single thing he says (I don't), nor do you need to slavishly follow every single bit of advice he gives (I don't), but the book is crammed full of relevant and useful information. IMHOP it's worth the price just for the introductory chapter that explains what diabetes is and how it works.
Disclaimer: I do follow most of his advice about diet and medication. Been doing it for just under a year and my A1c is below 6 for the first time in over a decade. He hasn't steered me wrong yet. Take what is useful and leave the rest, but there's a lot of good information in there from an 80 year old T1 who also happens to be a doctor.
When low carb is criticized, people fail to understand that around 58% of protein is converted to glucose. Also, a small percentage of fat is also converted.
My carbs are from vegetables & nuts. Fruit isn't as healthy as we've been lead to believe. Fructose is risky because it's the only sugar metabolized by the liver. I eat very small amounts of fruit. Berries, which fortunately are my favorite, have relatively little sugar.
Copied and pasted from the Canadian Diabetes Association's 2008 Clinical Guidelines : " When setting treatment goals and strategies, consideration must be given to individual risk factors such as age, prognosis, presence of diabetes complications or comorbidities, and their risk for and ability to perceive hypoglycemia." As a well over 70 year of age person , living with d for over 30 years this statement makes sense ...My Medical Team ( and I ) observe this comment A quote by well respected Jeff H : "We don't do diabetes management to have an A1C of 7 or a BG of 5, we "do" diabetes to live and have a full life. So do that, live the life you were meant to despite diabetes, and parents, let them." Jeff Hitchcock, founder of Children with Diabetes
fantastic thread. I really agree with the stance that the ADA sets the bar far too low. I too am a personal testament to the low carb - sub 140 post prandial test results. I understand where JIMS is coming from, having to take account for additional uncertainties with his liver (and there are exceptions to every rule) but post meal goal of under 180 and an A1C of under 7.0 shouldn't be the standard.
I don't want mean to offend anyone working the higher carb type diest recommended by the ADA. Mileage varies, but in my experience and most D2's that I chat with have had similiar succesful experience sticking to the low carb diet (with exercise) and seeing success.
My local library has several copies of his book, which is where I borrowed it. In my opinion it is well worth buying to have as a reference. It is packed with a lot of useful and very relevant information.
I also do not follow every rule in the book, but I do apply the basic principles and have had excellent results. So good in fact that I'm getting the "are you really diabetic?" from my endo... who has probably never seen a patient on a low carb diet. Sheesh.
WoW ! I have learned so much already. should have come here years ago.. I BS has been in the danger zone for 10 years.. Now I try to keep it about 150 to 180 Not the 300 to 425 I have found it at a lot.. Now about metformin. Hlc I have been taking 1000 mg twice a day for that 10 Years. I Feel it creates more problems than it is worth.. I'm also a big meat eater. But try to keep my meat intake down. so I starve a lot.. that is caused by my bs as well Hungry all the time. my Doc wants the A1C to be at 7 but my sugar dropped 100 points when I get up in the morning I find it at 95 to 185 my Doctor wants me to take the slow insulin 100 units before bed time. my other doctor complained years ago That he didn't want me to take over 30 units.. So I take 50. works for me.. My sugar has been low due to motorcycle rides and no Food.. I can tell it is low due to shakes mostly. So I am glad to be here and hope to get the right advice to live a longer happy life..
I also had high numbers and let ride for too long and got stroke. I then got off my derrier and got numbers down, actos out, proper diet/exercise and got numbers down to 6.4 a1c - sub 140. Health has been far better.
Eyes cleaned up.
Sorry about metformin but that stuff really cuts off excess liver glucose at source.
I also think Dr. Bernstein, healthy at 80 after a lifetime of low carb eating to manage diabetes, is a great example. But he is just one. Today there are many thousands more people living healthy lives on very few carbs – perhaps under 30-40g as you say. These are hunter-gatherer tribes who still eat the way humans ate for millions of years. Diet consists mostly of animals, fish, tubers, nuts, vegetables, fruits and does NOT include bread, pasta, cookies, chips, cereal, etc. So why be concerned about eating less than 40g of carb a day? It is a better question to ask what is the effect on the human body when you eat MORE than 40g carb ber day.
Late comer to this one. I just attended a 4 week diabetes class. Ive had it since 1999 but only in the last few years did I need insulin so it was time for a refresher. They taught me that I'm supposed to target 70 to 110. The numbers I originally heard were 80 to 140, way back when. The only thing they said was actual heart patients get relaxed standards, since having a heart patient go low can trigger the body adrenaline response, which leads to not fun for them
My doc treats me like a heart patient from certain guidelines for cholesterol
